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dying

adj
/ˈdaɪ.ɪŋ/

Etymology

From die + -ing.

  1. derived from *deh₃-✻
  2. derived from datum
  3. derived from de
  4. inherited from dee
  5. suffixed as dying — “die + -ing”

Definitions

  1. Approaching death

    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.

  2. Declining, terminal, or drawing to an end.

    • In the dying moments of daylight I glimpsed a sail on the horizon.
    • The dieselisation of this line has not been, as is sometimes the case, a means of reviving a dying branch, but an improving hand to a healthy service.

  3. Pertaining to death, or the moments before death.

    • His dying words were of his mother.
    • until my dying day
    • his dying bed
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. The process of approaching death

      The process of approaching death; loss of life; death.

    2. present participle and gerund of die

    3. present participle and gerund of dye

The neighborhood

Derived

dying breed, dying declaration, dying gasp, dyingly, dyingness, dying pig, dying quail, dying seconds, like a dying duck in a thunderstorm, never-dying, nondying, to one's dying day, undying, until one's dying day, with one's dying breath

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for dying. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA