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verb (dies, dying, died)

• 1(of a person, animal, or plant) stop living:he died of AIDS trees are dying from acid rain [with object]:the king died a violent death
• (die out) become extinct:many species died out
• be forgotten:her genius has assured her name will never die
• [with adverbial] become less loud or strong:after a while, the noise died down at last the storm died away
• (die back) (of a plant) decay from the tip toward the root:rhubarb dies back to a crown of buds each winter
• (die off) die one after another until few or none are left:the original founders died off or retired
• (of a fire or light) stop burning or gleaming: the fire had died and the room was cold
• informal (of a machine) stop functioning or run out of electric charge:three toasters have died on me I was halfway through a text message when the phone died

• 2 informal be very eager for something:they must be dying for a drink [with infinitive]:he’s dying to meet you
• used to emphasize how strongly one is affected by a particular feeling or emotion:only the thought of Matilda prevented him from dying of boredom we nearly died laughing when he told us

• 3 archaic have an orgasm.