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Adjective dying has 2 senses

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"
Antonyms: aborning, emergent, emerging, nascent, parturient, in labor
anxious, dying - eagerly desirous; "anxious to see the new show at the museum"; "dying to hear who won"
Antonym: uneager (indirect, via eager)

Noun dying has 1 sense

death, dying, demise - the time when something ends; "it was the death of all his plans"; "a dying of old hopes"
--₁ is a kind of end, ending
--₁ is a part of life, lifetime, lifespan
--₁ has particulars: grave
Derived form: verb die₁₀

Verb die has 11 senses

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"
--₁ is one way to change state, turn
Antonyms: be born

Derived forms: noun death₁, noun death₂, noun death₃, noun Death₄, noun death₅, noun death₇
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
die - suffer or face the pain of death; "Martyrs may die every day for their faith"
--₂ is one way to suffer, endure

Derived forms: noun death₁, noun death₂, noun death₃, noun Death₄, noun death₅, noun death₇
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
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"
--₃ is one way to break down, lose it, snap
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s PP
Somebody ----s VERB-ing
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"
--₄ is one way to change
Sample sentence:
These cars won't die
die - feel indifferent towards; "She died to worldly things and eventually entered a monastery"
--₅ is one way to feel, experience
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s PP
die - languish as with love or desire; "She dying for a cigarette"; "I was dying to leave"
--₆ is one way to ache, yearn, yen, pine, languish
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s PP
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
die, die out - cut or shape with a die; "Die out leather for belts"
--₇ is one way to cut out

Derived forms: noun die₃, noun die₂
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
die - to be on base at the end of an inning, of a player
--₈ is one way to play
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
die, pall, become flat - lose sparkle or bouquet; "wine and beer can pall"
--₉ is one way to change
Sample sentence:
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die - disappear or come to an end; "Their anger died"; "My secret will die with me!"
--₁₀ is one way to disappear, vanish, go away

Derived forms: noun death₆, noun death₈, noun dying₁
Sample sentence:
The business is going to die
die - suffer spiritual death; be damned (in the religious sense); "Whosoever..believes in me shall never die"
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s