dying

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdaɪ.ɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -aɪɪŋ
• Homophone: dyeing

Etymology 1

die +‎ -ing

Adjective

dying (not comparable)

1. 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.

3. 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

• Bulgarian: умиращ (bg) (umirašt)
• Dutch: aan het sterven
• Finnish: kuoleva (fi)
• French: mourant (fr)
• German: sterbend (de), im Sterben liegen (to be dying)
• Hungarian: haldokló (hu)
• Italian: morente (it)
• Japanese: 死にそうな (shinisōna), 消えそうな (kiesōna), 瀕死の (ja) (hinshi no)
• Latin: moribundus (la)
• Old Prussian: aulaūjants
• Polish: umierający
• Portuguese: morrente (pt), moribundo (pt)
• Romanian: muribund (ro), pe moarte
• Russian: умира́ющий (ru) (umirájuščij)
• Sanskrit: मारुक (sa) (māruka)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: у̀мирӯћи

  Latin: ùmirūći

• Spanish: moribundo (es)
• Swedish: döende (sv)
• Tagalog: naghihingalo
• Turkish: ölmekte olan

approaching death, used as a substantive: those who are currently expiring

• Bulgarian: умиращи (bg) pl (umirašti)
• Czech: umírající
• Dutch: de stervenden pl
• Finnish: kuolevat (fi) pl
• Hungarian: haldokló (hu)
• Italian: moribondo (it) m, morente (it) m or f
• Russian: умира́ющие (ru) pl (umirájuščije)
• Spanish: moribundo (es)

declining, or drawing to an end

• Bulgarian: пропадащ (bg) (propadašt)
• Finnish: viime (fi), loppu-
• Japanese: 末期の (ja) (makki no)
• Maori: tāromaroma
• Russian: погиба́ющий (ru) (pogibájuščij), ги́бнущий (ru) (gíbnuščij)

pertaining to the moments before death

• Bulgarian: предсмъртен (bg) (predsmǎrten)
• Dutch: stervende (nl)
• Finnish: viimeinen (fi), kuolin-
• Hungarian: halál előtti
• Japanese: 末期の (ja) (matsugo no)
• Portuguese: de morte
• Romanian: de moarte
• Russian: предсме́ртный (ru) (predsmértnyj)
• Swedish: dödsbädds-, döds-
• Ukrainian: передсме́ртний (peredsmértnyj)

Noun

dying (countable and uncountable, plural dyings)

1. 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^[1], →ISSN:

     “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.”

Derived terms

• assisted dying
• Great Dying

Translations

process of approaching death

• Bulgarian: умиране n (umirane)
• Czech: umírání
• Dutch: sterven (nl)
• Finnish: kuoleminen (fi)
• German: Sterben (de) n
• Hungarian: haldoklás (hu)
• Russian: умира́ние (ru) n (umiránije)
• Volapük: deadam (vo)

Verb

dying

1. present participle and gerund of die

Etymology 2

dye +‎ -ing

Verb

dying

1. (nonstandard) present participle and gerund of dye

Anagrams

• dingy