dyingadjective
uk/ˈdaɪ.ɪŋ/us/ˈdaɪ.ɪŋ/very ill and likely to die soon:
She nursed her dying husband for months.
A dying tradition or industry is becoming much less common or important.
happening at the time someone dies, or connected with that time:
Beethoven's dying words are said to have been "I shall hear in heaven."
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Death and dying
- be pushing up (the) daisies idiom
- bereave
- bite
- bury
- buy the farm idiom
- deceased
- depart
- done
- drop
- expire
- foot
- gone
- inquest
- loss
- peg
- posthumous
- road kill
- SIDS
- sudden infant death syndrome
- the disappeared
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dyingnoun [ plural ]
uk/ˈdaɪ.ɪŋ/us/ˈdaɪ.ɪŋ/the dying
people who are about to die:
These nurses specialize in the care of the dying.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Death and dying
- be pushing up (the) daisies idiom
- bereave
- bite
- bury
- buy the farm idiom
- deceased
- depart
- done
- drop
- expire
- foot
- gone
- inquest
- loss
- peg
- posthumous
- road kill
- SIDS
- sudden infant death syndrome
- the disappeared
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