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dying away

dying away is the present participle and gerund of die away.

Meaning of die away

Verb

die away (third-person singular simple present dies away, present participle dying away, simple past and past participle died away)

  1. (intransitive) To die gradually or slowly.
  2. (intransitive) To diminish or wane; to cease gradually.
    • So thick a haze o’erspreads the sky,
      They cannot see the sun on high:
      The wind hath blown a gale all day;
      At evening it hath died away.1802, Robert Southey, The Inchcape Rock
    Synonyms:
    fade away
  3. (obsolete, rare, transitive) To cause to die; to do away with.
    • By little and little, in such a gradual sensible death[…]God dies away in us, as I may say, all human satisfactions, in order to subdue his poor creatures to Himself.1748, [Samuel Richardson], chapter 45, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume VII, London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by John Osborn, […], →OCLC

Questions about dying away

What is dying away the present participle and gerund of?
Dying away is the present participle and gerund of die away.

Words near dying away in the dictionary

  1. dyinbes
  2. dying
  3. dying a death
  4. dying a thousand deaths
  5. dying and going to heaven
  6. dying away
  7. dying back
  8. dying breed
  9. dying breeds
  10. dying declaration
  11. dying declarations

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