dying
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Synonyms: ding, lying, doing, vying, dring, drying, hying, eying, dyking, tying, dyeing
Antonyms: ding, lying, doing, vying, dring, drying, hying, eying, dyking, tying, dyeing
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Adjective
- Approaching death; about to die; moribund.
- The dying dog was put out of his misery with a single shot!
- a dying fire
- The battlefield was littered with the dead and dying.
- 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
Noun
- The process of approaching death; loss of life; death.
Verb
- present participle and gerund of die
Verb
- present participle and gerund of dye
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