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dying - What does it mean?

Definition of 'dying'

English

(wikipedia)

Etymology 1

Adjective

(-)
  • Approaching death; about to die; moribund.
  • The dying dog was put out of his misery with a single shot!
    dying fire
  • 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

    Noun

  • (plurale tantum) Those who are currently expiring, moribund.
  • The battlefield was littered with the dead and dying .
  • The process of approaching death; or, less precisely , death itself.
  • Verb

    (head)
  • Etymology 2

    Verb

    (head)
  • (nonstandard) )
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