to dying
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- verb
- /ˈdaɪɪŋ/
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- IT'S AWFUL TO THINK OF HER DYING SO YOUNG.
I don't feel like I hear a lot about women dying, you know?
- I don't feel like I hear a lot about women dying, you know?
- So, you know, when she dies, it's it's a huge blow to him.
- And I watched while this woman died on the hood of the Volvo.
- But we also know that children were dying, and now they're not.
- And they thought they had died and gone to heaven.
- You're in the process of dying a dog's death.
- It's been a while since he died, about two years.
- He lost his father, died on a plane back.
- He just died of he just died and good riddance.
- And no female at this point has died, not one, right?
- Some people, some people's parents died being restrained.
Examples
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But we also know that children were dying, and now they're not.
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I don't feel like I hear a lot about women dying, you know?
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During the weekend, we will have time to sit and watch Homeland and paint our nails (two things I’m personally DYING to do already).
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LOOK, I KNOW HE'S DYING TO OFFER ME A ROLE IN "THE BOYFRIEND" BUT HE JUST CAN'T PLUCK UP THE COURAGE.
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After months of illness, she was scared of dying and wanted to make peace with her family.
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The doctor explained that without treatment, the patient would be dying within weeks.
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The old tree in the park was slowly dying due to a severe lack of water.
Synonyms
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To stop living and no longer be alive
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8.6
To die, often used in medical or formal speech
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3.5
To slowly disappear or stop existing
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To stop living as a natural part of life
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
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The final moment before something stops, often the last breath a person takes at the end of life
- Informal
A last weak attempt to believe things will get better before giving up
How Alive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Dying is the present form of the verb die, meaning 'to stop living', and it shows something is in the process of ending. So we say a tree is 'dying' when it slowly loses life, and a tradition is 'dying' when fewer people keep it.