dying

To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.

To (stop living and) undergo (a specified death).

"He died a hero's death."

To yearn intensely.

"I'm dying for a packet of crisps."

To colour with dye, or as if with dye.

The process of approaching death; loss of life; less precisely, death.

(with "the") Those who are currently expiring, moribund.

"The battlefield was littered with the dead and dying."

Approaching death; about to die; moribund.

"The dying dog was put out of his misery with a single shot!"

Declining, terminal, or drawing to an end.

"In the dying moments of daylight I glimpsed a sail on the horizon."

Pertaining to death, or the moments before death.

"His dying words were of his mother."