dying

• IPA^(key): /ˈdaɪ.ɪŋ/

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• Homophone: dyeing

die +‎ -ing

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

• nascent

dying (countable and uncountable, plural dyings)

1. The process of approaching death; or, less precisely, death itself.

dying pl (plural only)

1. (with "the") Those who are currently expiring, moribund.

   The battlefield was littered with the dead and dying.

dying

1. present participle of die

dye +‎ -ing

dying

1. (nonstandard) present participle of dye

• dingy