dying

[ dahy-ing ]

adjective

1. ceasing to live; approaching death; expiring:

   a dying man.

2. of, relating to, or associated with death:

   his dying hour.

3. given, uttered, or manifested just before death:

   her dying words.

4. drawing to a close; ending:

   the dying year.

noun

1. the act or process of ceasing to live, ending, or drawing to a close.

dying

/ ˈdaɪɪŋ /

verb

1. See die
   the present participle of die 1

adjective

1. relating to or occurring at the moment of death

   a dying wish

Other Words From

• half-dying adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of dying¹

1250–1300; Middle English. See die ¹, -ing ², -ing ¹

Idioms and Phrases

see under die .

Example Sentences

You might think that the praise for So’s work springs from grief over his dying so young.

From Washington Blade

In fact, even if you do get infected after vaccination, your risks of getting seriously ill, needing to go in the hospital, needing to go in the intensive care unit or dying are reduced even further.

From FiveThirtyEight

It’s a reminder that while most of those who’ve died of the virus have been old, being old is not a prerequisite for dying of the virus.

From Washington Post

In the final stage of this “demographic transition,” Thompson proposed, the fertility rate would settle at just about replacement level with one baby born for every adult dying.

From FiveThirtyEight

Retiring or dying would still dilute the impact of a justice’s side on the court, but it wouldn’t be so pivotal.

From Washington Post

I am fortunate that I have never been deathly ill, but whenever I have the stomach flu, I most certainly feel like I am dying.

From The Daily Beast

Gillingham tells Mary that he wants to make their lives simpler, but it sounds a little like the dying of the light.

From The Daily Beast

Mills was lying on the sidewalk, dying, right in front of people trained to save him.

From The Daily Beast

“In a country that once fed the world, children were dying of malnourishment,” writes Ivereigh.

From The Daily Beast

Her son peeked out the window and told me his mother had left Havana for La Lisa to visit a dying relative.

From The Daily Beast

You see, I am the city undertaker, and the people are dying here so fast, that I can hardly supply the demand for coffins.

From Project Gutenberg

The Alcalde was kneeling by his side, gazing sadly and earnestly into the face of the dying man.

From Project Gutenberg

The farewell and the mourning are finished by the slaughter of dogs, that the dying man may have forerunners in the other world.

From Project Gutenberg

As the music wailed its dying cadences into this fateful silence, Tom met her eyes across the room.

From Project Gutenberg

The wish to go to heaven without dying is, as I know, a motive derived from child-life.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• death
• decease
• demise
• expiration
• loss of life
• passing