dying
adjective
1. in or associated with the process of passing from life or ceasing to be
- a dying man
- his dying wish
- a dying fire
Similar word(s): moribund, last
2. eagerly desirous
- dying to hear who won
Similar word(s): eager, anxious
Sentences with dying as an adjective:
- The dying dog was put out of his misery with a single shot!
- dying fire
- In the dying moments of daylight I glimpsed a sail on the horizon.
- His dying words were of his mother.
- until my dying day
- his dying bed
noun
1. the time when something ends
- a dying of old hopes
Similar word(s): death, demise
Definition categories: time, end, ending
Sentences with dying as a noun:
- The battlefield was littered with the dead and dying.
verb
1. present participle of die