Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Die \Die\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Died}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dying}.]
   [OE. deyen, dien, of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. deyja; akin to
   Dan. d["o]e, Sw. d["o], Goth. diwan (cf. Goth. afd?jan to
   harass), OFries. d?ia to kill, OS. doian to die, OHG. touwen,
   OSlav. daviti to choke, Lith. dovyti to torment. Cf. {Dead},
   {Death}.]
   1. To pass from an animate to a lifeless state; to cease to
      live; to suffer a total and irreparable loss of action of
      the vital functions; to become dead; to expire; to perish;
      -- said of animals and vegetables; often with of, by,
      with, from, and rarely for, before the cause or occasion
      of death; as, to die of disease or hardships; to die by
      fire or the sword; to die with horror at the thought.

            To die by the roadside of grief and hunger.
                                                  --Macaulay.

            She will die from want of care.       --Tennyson.

   2. To suffer death; to lose life.

            In due time Christ died for the ungodly. --Rom. v.
                                                  6.

   3. To perish in any manner; to cease; to become lost or
      extinct; to be extinguished.

            Letting the secret die within his own breast.
                                                  --Spectator.

            Great deeds can not die.              --Tennyson.

   4. To sink; to faint; to pine; to languish, with weakness,
      discouragement, love, etc.

            His heart died within, and he became as a stone. --1
                                                  Sam. xxv. 37.

            The young men acknowledged, in love letters, that
            they died for Rebecca.                --Tatler.

   5. To become indifferent; to cease to be subject; as, to die
      to pleasure or to sin.

   6. To recede and grow fainter; to become imperceptible; to
      vanish; -- often with out or away.

            Blemishes may die away and disappear amidst the
            brightness.                           --Spectator.

   7. (Arch.) To disappear gradually in another surface, as
      where moldings are lost in a sloped or curved face.

   8. To become vapid, flat, or spiritless, as liquor.

   {To die in the last ditch}, to fight till death; to die
      rather than surrender.

            ``There is one certain way,'' replied the Prince
            [William of Orange] `` by which I can be sure never
            to see my country's ruin, -- I will die in the last
            ditch.''                              --Hume (Hist.
                                                  of Eng. ).

   {To die out}, to cease gradually; as, the prejudice has died
      out.

   Syn: To expire; decease; perish; depart; vanish.

Dying \Dy"ing\, a.
   1. In the act of dying; destined to death; mortal;
      perishable; as, dying bodies.

   2. Of or pertaining to dying or death; as, dying bed; dying
      day; dying words; also, simulating a dying state.

Dying \Dy"ing\, n.
   The act of expiring; passage from life to death; loss of
   life.

Source : WordNet®

die
     n 1: small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces; used to generate
          random numbers [syn: {dice}]
     2: a device used for shaping metal
     3: 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
     [also: {dying}]

die
     v 1: 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" [syn: {decease}, {perish}, {go},
           {exit}, {pass away}, {expire}, {pass}] [ant: {be born}]
     2: suffer or face the pain of death; "Martyrs may die every day
        for their faith"
     3: 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"
     4: 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" [syn: {fail}, {go bad}, {give way}, {give
        out}, {conk out}, {go}, {break}, {break down}]
     5: feel indifferent towards; "She died to worldly things and
        eventually entered a monastery"
     6: languish as with love or desire; "She dying for a
        cigarette"; "I was dying to leave"
     7: cut or shape with a die; "Die out leather for belts" [syn: {die
        out}]
     8: to be on base at the end of an inning, of a player
     9: lose sparkle or bouquet; "wine and beer can pall" [syn: {pall},
         {become flat}]
     10: disappear or come to an end; "Their anger died"; "My secret
         will die with me!"
     11: suffer spiritual death; be damned (in the religious sense);
         "Whosoever..believes in me shall never die"
     [also: {dying}]

dying
     adj 1: 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" [syn: {dying(a)}]
            [ant: {aborning}]
     2: eagerly desirous; "anxious to see the new show at the
        museum"; "dying to hear who won" [syn: {anxious(p)}, {dying(p)}]
     n : the time when something ends; "it was the death of all his
         plans"; "a dying of old hopes" [syn: {death}, {demise}]
         [ant: {birth}]

dying
     See {die}