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Meaning of dying

verb

To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.
To (stop living and) undergo (a specified death). Example: He died a hero's death.
To yearn intensely. Example: I'm dying for a packet of crisps.
To be or become hated or utterly ignored or cut off, as if dead. Example: The day our sister eloped, she died to our mother.
To become spiritually dead; to lose hope. Example: He died a little inside each time she refused to speak to him.

verb

To colour with dye, or as if with dye.

noun

The process of approaching death; loss of life; less precisely, death.

noun

(with "the") Those who are currently expiring, moribund. Example: The battlefield was littered with the dead and dying.

adjective

Approaching death; about to die; moribund. Example: The dying dog was put out of his misery with a single shot!
Declining, terminal, or drawing to an end. Example: In the dying moments of daylight I glimpsed a sail on the horizon.
Pertaining to death, or the moments before death. Example: His dying words were of his mother.

Source: Free Dictionary API.

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