Definitions for dying

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dying dy·ing

Spelling: [dahy-ing]

IPA: /ˈdaɪ ɪŋ/

Dying is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 41 anagrams from letters in dying (dginy).

Definitions for dying

noun

1. the act or process of ceasing to live, ending, or drawing to a close.
2. Machinery. any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine. a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like. one of the separate pieces of such a device. a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
3. an engraved stamp for impressing a design upon some softer material, as in coining money.
4. singular of dice.
5. Architecture. dado (def 1).

Idioms

1. die hard, to die only after a bitter struggle. to give way or surrender slowly or with difficulty:
2. die standing up, Theater. (of a performance) to be received with silence rather than applause.
3. never say die, never give up hope; never abandon one's efforts.
4. to die for, stunning; remarkable:
5. the die is cast, the irrevocable decision has been made; fate has taken charge:

adjective

1. ceasing to live; approaching death; expiring:
2. of, relating to, or associated with death:
3. given, uttered, or manifested just before death:
4. drawing to a close; ending:

Verb phrases

1. die away, (of a sound) to become weaker or fainter and then cease:
2. die down, to become calm or quiet; subside.
3. die off, to die one after another until the number is greatly reduced:
4. die out, to cease to exist; become extinct: to die away; fade; subside:

verb (used with object)

1. to impress, shape, or cut with a die.

verb (used without object)

1. to cease to live; undergo the complete and permanent cessation of all vital functions; become dead.
2. (of something inanimate) to cease to exist:
3. to lose force, strength, or active qualities:
4. to cease to function; stop:
5. to be no longer subject; become indifferent:
6. to pass gradually; fade or subside gradually (usually followed by away, out, or down):
7. Theology. to lose spiritual life.
8. to faint or languish.
9. to suffer as if fatally:
10. to pine with desire, love, longing, etc.:
11. to desire or want keenly or greatly:

Origin of dying

1250-1300; Middle English. See die¹, -ing², -ing¹

Examples for dying

Her son peeked out the window and told me his mother had left Havana for La Lisa to visit a dying relative.

For "each age is a dream that is dying, or one that is coming to birth."

Gillingham tells Mary that he wants to make their lives simpler, but it sounds a little like the dying of the light.

By an inexplicable insight the child seemed to know that he was dying.

He thinks you're dying to hear how he made the first thousand of himself.

He was right about one thing: Gracie Dennis had not the slightest idea of dying.

“In a country that once fed the world, children were dying of malnourishment,” writes Ivereigh.

After what she had done for Prissie, if she had a dying wish—But neither of them had thought of her.

Mills was lying on the sidewalk, dying, right in front of people trained to save him.

I am fortunate that I have never been deathly ill, but whenever I have the stomach flu, I most certainly feel like I am dying.