dying
What is the Definition of dying?
Noun:
- the time when something ends
Verb:
- pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
- suffer or face the pain of death
- be brought to or as if to the point of death by an intense emotion such as embarrassment, amusement, or shame
- stop operating or functioning
- feel indifferent towards
- languish as with love or desire
- cut or shape with a die
- to be on base at the end of an inning, of a player
- lose sparkle or bouquet
- disappear or come to an end
- suffer spiritual death; be damned (in the religious sense)
- color with dye
Adjective:
- in or associated with the process of passing from life or ceasing to be
- eagerly desirous
How can I use dying in a sentence?
If I get caught before I can get to the Stone, well, I will have to go back to the Dursleys and wait for Voldemort to find me there, it is only dying a bit later than I would have, because I am never going over to the Dark Side!
Even better, Professor Flitwick announced in Charms that he thought they were ready to start making objects fly, something they had all been dying to try since they'd seen him make Neville's toad zoom around the classroom.
They walked straight past, and Harry leaned against the wall, breathing deeply, listening to their footsteps dying away.
A stone that makes gold and stops you from ever dying! said Harry.
The plant is dying because it hasn’t been watered. - Растение умирает, потому что его не поливали.
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