intransitive verb died, dying dy′·ing

1. to stop living; become dead
2. to suffer the agony of death or an agony regarded as like it
3. 1. to cease existing; end
   2. to stop functioning
4. to lose force or activity; become weak, faint, unimportant, etc.
5. to fade or wither away
6. to become alien or indifferent (to), as if dead
7. to pine away, as with desire
8. Informal to wish with extreme intensity; yearn she's dying to learn the secret
9. Theol. to suffer spiritual death

Etymology: ME dien < ON deyja < IE base *dheu-, to pass away, become senseless > OS doian, to die, OE dead, OHG tot, dead