dying

dying /'daiiɳ/
  • danh từ
    • sự chết
    • tính từ
      • chết; hấp hối
        • at one's dying hour: lúc chết
      • thốt ra lúc chết
      • sắp tàn
        • dying years: những năm tàn

    Xem thêm: death, demise, anxious(p), dying(p), dice, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it, fail, go bad, give way, give out, conk out, go, break, break down, die out, pall, become flat



    dying

    Từ điển WordNet

      n.

    • the time when something ends; death, demise

      it was the death of all his plans

      a dying of old hopes

      adj.

    • 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

    • eagerly desirous; anxious(p), dying(p)

      anxious to see the new show at the museum

      dying to hear who won

      n.

    • small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces; used to generate random numbers; dice
    • a device used for shaping metal
    • a cutting tool that is fitted into a diestock and used for cutting male (external) screw threads on screws or bolts or pipes or rods

      v.

    • pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it

      She died from cancer

      They children perished in the fire

      The patient went peacefully

      The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102

    • suffer or face the pain of death

      Martyrs may die every day for their faith

    • 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

    • stop operating or functioning; fail, go bad, give way, give out, conk out, go, break, break down

      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

    • feel indifferent towards

      She died to worldly things and eventually entered a monastery

    • languish as with love or desire

      She dying for a cigarette

      I was dying to leave

    • cut or shape with a die; die out

      Die out leather for belts

    • to be on base at the end of an inning, of a player
    • lose sparkle or bouquet; pall, become flat

      wine and beer can pall

    • disappear or come to an end

      Their anger died

      My secret will die with me!

    • suffer spiritual death; be damned (in the religious sense)

      Whosoever..believes in me shall never die


    English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary


    syn.: anxious(p) death demise dying(p)
    dies|died|dying
    syn.: decease expire pass away perish

    ant.: accord agree live