dying
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdaɪ.ɪŋ/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -aɪɪŋ
- Homophone: dyeing
Etymology 1
die + -ing
Adjective
dying (not comparable)
- Approaching death; about to die; moribund.
- The dying dog was put out of his misery with a single shot!
- a dying fire
- The battlefield was littered with the dead and dying.
- 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.
- until my dying day
- his dying bed
Antonyms
- nascent
Derived terms
- dying declaration
- dying gasp
- dying pig
- dying quail
- dying seconds
- like a dying duck in a thunderstorm
- never-dying
- to one's dying day
- until one's dying day
- with one's dying breath
Translations
approaching death
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approaching death, used as a substantive: those who are currently expiring
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declining, or drawing to an end
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pertaining to the moments before death
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Noun
dying (countable and uncountable, plural dyings)
- The process of approaching death; loss of life; death.
- 1995 November 26, Laura Mansnerus, quoting Timothy Leary, “At Death's Door, the Message Is Tune In, Turn On, Drop In”, in The New York Times, ISSN 0362-4331:
- “I'm looking forward to the most fascinating experience in life, which is dying,” he said. “You've got to approach your dying the way you live your life—with curiosity, with hope, with fascination, with courage and with the help of your friends.”
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Derived terms
- assisted dying
- Great Dying
Translations
process of approaching death
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Verb
dying
- present participle of die
Etymology 2
dye + -ing
Verb
dying
- (nonstandard) present participle of dye
Anagrams
- dingy