Definition of Dying

1. Noun. The time when something ends. "A dying of old hopes"

Exact synonyms: Death, Demise
Group relationships: Life, Life-time, Lifespan, Lifetime
Specialized synonyms: Grave
Generic synonyms: End, Ending
Antonyms: Birth
Derivative terms: Die, Die

2. Adjective. In or associated with the process of passing from life or ceasing to be. "A dying civilization"
Similar to: Moribund, Last
Antonyms: Nascent

3. Adjective. Eagerly desirous. "Dying to hear who won"
Exact synonyms: Anxious
Language type: Colloquialism
Similar to: Eager

Definition of Dying

1. a. In the act of dying; destined to death; mortal; perishable; as, dying bodies.

2. n. The act of expiring; passage from life to death; loss of life.

Definition of Dying

1. Adjective. Approaching death; about to die; moribund; ¹

2. Adjective. Declining, or drawing to an end. ¹

3. Adjective. Pertaining to the moments before death ¹

4. Adjective. (qualifier stand-up comedy) Failing to evoke laughter from the audience. ¹

5. Adjective. Expressing strong desire ¹

6. Noun. (context: plurale tantum) Those who are currently expiring, moribund. ¹

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

8. Verb. (present participle of die) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dying

1. a passing out of existence [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dying

dyers' chamomile
dyery
dyes
dyester
dyesters
dyestuff
dyestuffs
dyeth
dyeweed
dyeweeds
dyewood
dyewoods
dygogram
dygograms
dyin'
dying (current term)
dying(a)
dying(p)
dying declaration
dying on the vine
dyingly
dyingness
dyings
dyked
dykes
dykier
dykiest

Literary usage of Dying

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion by James George Frazer (1900)
"Again the concrete notion of the dying tree or dying vegetation would by a similar process of generalisation glide into a notion of death in general; ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Formerly Viaticum was usually administered under the species of bread, because the Blessed Sacrament, which was to be carried to the house of the dying ..."

3. Commentaries on the Laws of England by William Blackstone, William Carey Jones (1915)
"(1) Tenant dying without any relations at all; (2) Tenant dying without relations representing ancestor from whom estate descended; ..."

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