dying

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Pronunciation

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!
    dying fire
  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
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Translations

Noun

dying (countable and uncountable, plural dyings)

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

Noun

Template:en-plural noun

  1. (with "the") Those who are currently expiring, moribund.
    The battlefield was littered with the dead and dying.
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Verb

dying

  1. present participle of die

Etymology 2

dye +‎ -ing

Verb

dying

  1. (nonstandard) present participle of dye

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