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dying definition

dying


 
  Troponyms  (hyponyms)  of  verb  die 
 
  2  of  11  senses  of  die 
 
  Sense  1 
  die,  decease,  perish,  go  exit  pass  away  expire,  pass 
  =>  suffocate 
  =>  buy  it  pip  out 
  =>  drown 
  =>  kick  the  bucket,  buy  the  farm,  conk,  drop  dead,  pop  off  choke,  croak,  snuff  it 
  =>  predecease 
  =>  starve,  famish 
  =>  fall 
  =>  succumb,  yield 
 
  Sense  4 
  fail  go  bad  give  way  die,  give  out  conk  out  go  break,  break  down 
  =>  crash,  go  down 
  =>  blow  out  burn  out  blow 
  =>  misfire 
  =>  malfunction,  misfunction 
 
  Troponyms  (hyponyms)  of  verb  die 
 
  2  of  11  senses  of  die 
 
  Sense  1 
  die,  decease,  perish,  go  exit  pass  away  expire,  pass 
  =>  suffocate 
  =>  buy  it  pip  out 
  =>  drown 
  =>  kick  the  bucket,  buy  the  farm,  conk,  drop  dead,  pop  off  choke,  croak,  snuff  it 
  =>  predecease 
  =>  starve,  famish 
  =>  fall 
  =>  succumb,  yield 
 
  Sense  4 
  fail  go  bad  give  way  die,  give  out  conk  out  go  break,  break  down 
  =>  crash,  go  down 
  =>  blow  out  burn  out  blow 
  =>  misfire 
  =>  malfunction,  misfunction 
  =>  jam 
 
  Entailment  of  verb  die 
 
 
  Synonyms/Hypernyms  (Ordered  by  Frequency)  of  verb  die 
 
  11  senses  of  die 
 
  Sense  1 
  die,  decease,  perish,  go  exit  pass  away  expire,  pass 
  =>  change  state,  turn 
  Also  See->  die  out#1;  die  off#1;  die  down#1;  die  down#2 
 
  Sense  2 
  die 
  =>  suffer,  endure 
 
  Sense  3 
  die 
  =>  break  down  lose  it 
 
  Sense  4 
  fail  go  bad  give  way  die,  give  out  conk  out  go  break,  break  down 
  =>  change 
 
  Sense  5 
  die 
  =>  feel  experience 
 
  Sense  6 
  die 
  =>  long,  ache,  yearn,  yen,  pine,  languish 
 
  Sense  7 
  die,  die  out 
  =>  cut  out 
 
  Sense  8 
  die 
  =>  play 
 
  Sense  9 
  die,  pall,  become  flat 
  =>  change 
 
  Sense  10 
  die 
  =>  disappear,  vanish,  go  away 
 
  Sense  11 
  die 
 
  Familiarity  of  verb  die 
 
  die  used  as  a  verb  is  familiar  (polysemy  count  =  11) 
 
  Synonyms  (Grouped  by  Similarity  of  Meaning)  of  verb  die 
 
  Sense  1 
  die,  decease,  perish,  go  exit  pass  away  expire,  pass 
  =>  change  state,  turn 
 
  Sense  2 
  die 
  =>  suffer,  endure 
 
  Sense  4 
  fail  go  bad  give  way  die,  give  out  conk  out  go  break,  break  down 
  =>  change 
  -------------- 
 
  Sense  3 
  die 
  =>  break  down  lose  it 
  -------------- 
 
  Sense  5 
  die 
  =>  feel  experience 
  -------------- 
 
  Sense  6 
  die 
  =>  long,  ache,  yearn,  yen,  pine,  languish 
  -------------- 
 
  Sense  7 
  die,  die  out 
  =>  cut  out 
  -------------- 
 
  Sense  8 
  die 
  =>  play 
  -------------- 
 
  Sense  9 
  die,  pall,  become  flat 
  =>  change 
  -------------- 
 
  Sense  10 
  die 
  =>  disappear,  vanish,  go  away 
  -------------- 
 
  Sense  11 
  die 
  -------------- 
 
  Grep  of  noun  dying 
  dying 
  readying 
  studying 
 
  Overview  of  noun  dying 
 
  The  noun  dying  has  1  sense  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  death,  dying,  demise  --  (the  time  when  something  ends  "it  was  the  death  of  all  his  plans";  "a  dying  of  old  hopes") 
 
  Overview  of  verb  die 
 
  The  verb  die  has  11  senses  (first  4  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (142)  die,  decease,  perish,  go  exit  pass  away  expire,  pass  --  (pass  from  physical  life  and  lose  all  all  bodily  attributes  and  functions  necessary  to  sustain  life;  "She  died  from  cancer";  "They  children  perished  in  the  fire";  "The  patient  went  peacefully") 
  2.  (1)  die  --  (suffer  or  face  the  pain  of  death;  "Martyrs  may  die  every  day  for  their  faith") 
  3.  (1)  die  --  (be  brought  to  or  as  if  to  the  point  of  death  by  an  intense  emotion  such  as  embarrassment,  amusement,  or  shame;  "I  was  dying  with  embarrassment  when  my  little  lie  was  discovered";  "We  almost  died  laughing  during  the  show") 
  4.  (1)  fail  go  bad  give  way  die,  give  out  conk  out  go  break,  break  down  --  (stop  operating  or  functioning;  "The  engine  finally  went";  "The  car  died  on  the  road";  "The  bus  we  travelled  in  broke  down  on  the  way  to  town";  "The  coffee  maker  broke";  "The  engine  failed  on  the  way  to  town";  "her  eyesight  went  after  the  accident") 
  5.  die  --  (feel  indifferent  towards;  "She  died  to  worldly  things  and  eventually  entered  a  monastery") 
  6.  die  --  (languish  as  with  love  or  desire;  "She  dying  for  a  cigarette";  "I  was  dying  to  leave") 
  7.  die,  die  out  --  (cut  or  shape  with  a  die;  "Die  out  leather  for  belts") 
  8.  die  --  (to  be  on  base  at  the  end  of  an  inning,  of  a  baseball  player) 
  9.  die,  pall,  become  flat  --  (lose  sparkle  or  bouquet,  as  of  wine  or  beer;  pall"  is  an  obsolete  word) 
  10.  die  --  (disappear  or  come  to  an  end  "Their  anger  died";  "My  secret  will  die  with  me!") 
  11.  die  --  (suffer  spiritual  death;  be  damned  (in  the  religious  sense);  "Whosoever..believes  in  me  shall  never  die") 
 
  Overview  of  adj  dying 
 
  The  adj  dying  has  2  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (2)  dying  --  (in  or  associated  with  the  process  of  passing  from  life  or  ceasing  to  be  "a  dying  man";  "his  dying  wish";  "a  dying  fire";  "a  dying  civilization") 
  2.  anxious,  dying  --  ((colloquial)  eagerly  desirous;  "anxious  to  see  the  new  show  at  the  museum";  "dying  to  hear  who  won") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  dying 
 
  2  senses  of  dying 
 
  Sense  1 
  dying(postnominal)  (vs.  aborning) 
 
  aborning  (vs.  dying) 
  =>  birthing,  lying-in 
  =>  emergent,  emerging,  nascent 
  =>  parturient,  in  labor(prenominal) 
 
  Sense  2 
  anxious(prenominal),  dying(prenominal) 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  eager)  ->  uneager 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  dying 
 
  2  senses  of  dying 
 
  Sense  1 
  dying(postnominal)  (vs.  aborning) 
  =>  declining(postnominal) 
  =>  expiring(postnominal),  moribund 
  =>  last 
  =>  guttering,  guttering  out 
 
  Sense  2 
  anxious(prenominal),  dying(prenominal) 
  =>  eager  (vs.  uneager) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  dying 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  dying 
 
  dying  used  as  an  adjective  is  rare  (polysemy  count  =  2) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  dying 
  dying 
  steadying 
  undying 
 
  Overview  of  noun  dying 
 
  The  noun  dying  has  1  sense  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  death,  dying,  demise  --  (the  time  when  something  ends  "it  was  the  death  of  all  his  plans";  "a  dying  of  old  hopes") 
 
  Overview  of  verb  die 
 
  The  verb  die  has  11  senses  (first  4  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (142)  die,  decease,  perish,  go  exit  pass  away  expire,  pass  --  (pass  from  physical  life  and  lose  all  all  bodily  attributes  and  functions  necessary  to  sustain  life;  "She  died  from  cancer";  "They  children  perished  in  the  fire";  "The  patient  went  peacefully") 
  2.  (1)  die  --  (suffer  or  face  the  pain  of  death;  "Martyrs  may  die  every  day  for  their  faith") 
  3.  (1)  die  --  (be  brought  to  or  as  if  to  the  point  of  death  by  an  intense  emotion  such  as  embarrassment,  amusement,  or  shame;  "I  was  dying  with  embarrassment  when  my  little  lie  was  discovered";  "We  almost  died  laughing  during  the  show") 
  4.  (1)  fail  go  bad  give  way  die,  give  out  conk  out  go  break,  break  down  --  (stop  operating  or  functioning;  "The  engine  finally  went";  "The  car  died  on  the  road";  "The  bus  we  travelled  in  broke  down  on  the  way  to  town";  "The  coffee  maker  broke";  "The  engine  failed  on  the  way  to  town";  "her  eyesight  went  after  the  accident") 
  5.  die  --  (feel  indifferent  towards;  "She  died  to  worldly  things  and  eventually  entered  a  monastery") 
  6.  die  --  (languish  as  with  love  or  desire;  "She  dying  for  a  cigarette";  "I  was  dying  to  leave") 
  7.  die,  die  out  --  (cut  or  shape  with  a  die;  "Die  out  leather  for  belts") 
  8.  die  --  (to  be  on  base  at  the  end  of  an  inning,  of  a  baseball  player) 
  9.  die,  pall,  become  flat  --  (lose  sparkle  or  bouquet,  as  of  wine  or  beer;  pall"  is  an  obsolete  word) 
  10.  die  --  (disappear  or  come  to  an  end  "Their  anger  died";  "My  secret  will  die  with  me!") 
  11.  die  --  (suffer  spiritual  death;  be  damned  (in  the  religious  sense);  "Whosoever..believes  in  me  shall  never  die") 
 
  Overview  of  adj  dying 
 
  The  adj  dying  has  2  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (2)  dying  --  (in  or  associated  with  the  process  of  passing  from  life  or  ceasing  to  be  "a  dying  man";  "his  dying  wish";  "a  dying  fire";  "a  dying  civilization") 
  2.  anxious,  dying  --  ((colloquial)  eagerly  desirous;  "anxious  to  see  the  new  show  at  the  museum";  "dying  to  hear  who  won") 



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