Dying

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  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • adjective. About to die.
  • adjective. Drawing to an end; declining.
  • adjective. Done or uttered just before death.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act of expiring; loss of life; death.
  • Physically decaying; failing from life; approaching death or dissolution; moribund: as, a dying man; a dying tree.
  • Mortal; destined to death; perishable: as, dying bodies.
  • Drawing to a close; fading away; failing; languishing: as, the dying year; a dying light.
  • Given, uttered, or manifested just before death: as, dying words; a dying request; dying love.
  • Pertaining to or associated with death: as, a dying hour; a dying bed.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. In the act of dying; destined to death; mortal; perishable.
  • adjective. Of or pertaining to dying or death
  • noun. The act of expiring; passage from life to death; loss of life.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Approaching death; about to die; moribund;
  • adjective. Declining, or drawing to an end.
  • adjective. Pertaining to the moments before death
  • adjective. Failing to evoke laughter from the audience.
  • adjective. Experiencing strong desire
  • noun. Those who are currently expiring, moribund.
  • noun. The process of approaching death; or, less precisely, death itself.
  • verb. Present participle of die.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. in or associated with the process of passing from life or ceasing to be
  • noun. the time when something ends
  • adjective. eagerly desirous
  • Word Usage
    "It's just awful for a young women and mother to be dying so young (which, of course, does not mean it's not awful for all others in the same or similar situations - that should go without saying). i feel sorry that a young person is going to die, but she courts the media so should expect the stick. * jade goody: dying* only on living! the irony"
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    eager  last  moribund  
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    die  dye