dying en · ADJ · etymology 1
Pronunciation
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- /ˈdaɪ.ɪŋ/
Etymology
From die + -ing.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Approaching death; about to die; moribund.
a dying fire
The battlefield was littered with the dead and dying.
The face of the dying man in the lingchi video monotonously evokes Maria Falconetti in Carl Theodor Dreyer ’s 1928 “Passion of Joan of Arc.”
2007 July 25, Roberta Smith, “Figures Moving as if in a Trance Across an Isolated, Lawless Island”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022:The dying dog was put out of his misery with a single shot!
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(not-comparable) Declining, terminal, or drawing to an end.
The dieselisation of this line has not been, as is sometimes the case, a means of reviving a dying branch, but an improving hand to a healthy service.
1957 April 14, P. J. Norris, “The Watford-St. Albans Branch”, in Railway Magazine, page 281:In the dying moments of daylight I glimpsed a sail on the horizon.
Just as with other recent reports by various bodies on HS2 and the ticket office closures, the National Audit Office's effort on the rail reform process is a devastating exposé of the failings and floundering of a dying administration that has failed to understand the value of having an efficient rail network.
2024 March 20, Christian Wolmar, “NAO report highlights lack of clarity and purpose”, in RAIL, number 1005, page 34:
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(not-comparable) Pertaining to death, or the moments before death.
His dying words were of his mother.
his dying bed
until my dying day
Antonyms
Deriveds
dying quail · never-dying · nondying · dying declaration · to one's dying day · dying breed · until one's dying day · undying · with one's dying breath · dyingly · dyingness · dying gasp · dying seconds · dying pig · like a dying duck in a thunderstorm
Translations (63)
ja 末期の (declining, or drawing to an end) · uk передсме́ртний (pertaining to the moments before death) · ru умира́ющие (approaching death, used as a substantive: those who are currently expiring) · ru предсме́ртный (pertaining to the moments before death) · pt moribundo (approaching death) · de sterbend (approaching death) · fi kuolin- (pertaining to the moments before death) · es mortecino (approaching death) · hu haldokló (approaching death) · eo mortanta (approaching death) · ro pe moarte (approaching death) · ja 死にそうな (approaching death) · ru погиба́ющий (declining, or drawing to an end) · it morente (approaching death) · id sekarat (approaching death) · ro de moarte (pertaining to the moments before death) · es moribundo (approaching death, used as a substantive: those who are currently expiring) · cs umírající (approaching death, used as a substantive: those who are currently expiring) · hu halál előtti (pertaining to the moments before death) · ms nazak (approaching death) · tr ölmekte olan (approaching death) · nl aan het sterven (approaching death) · cmn 命危 (approaching death) · it moribondo (approaching death, used as a substantive: those who are currently expiring) · bg умиращ (approaching death) · it morente (approaching death, used as a substantive: those who are currently expiring) · tl naghihingalo (approaching death) · bg предсмъртен (pertaining to the moments before death) · hu haldokló (approaching death, used as a substantive: those who are currently expiring) · sh у̀мирӯћи (approaching death) · sv dödsbädds- (pertaining to the moments before death) · fi kuolevat (approaching death, used as a substantive: those who are currently expiring) · ro muribund (approaching death) · sa मारुक (approaching death) · pl umierający (approaching death) · fi kuoleva (approaching death) · bg пропадащ (declining, or drawing to an end) · prg aulaūjants (approaching death) · ru умира́ющий (approaching death) · fi loppu- (declining, or drawing to an end) · de im Sterben liegen (approaching death) · fr mourant (approaching death) · sv döende (approaching death) · ja 瀕死の (approaching death) · sv döende (approaching death, used as a substantive: those who are currently expiring) · nl stervende (pertaining to the moments before death) · fi viime (declining, or drawing to an end) · es moribundo (approaching death) · pt de morte (pertaining to the moments before death) · ja 末期の (pertaining to the moments before death) · mi tāromaroma (declining, or drawing to an end) · nl de stervenden (approaching death, used as a substantive: those who are currently expiring) · id sakratulmaut (approaching death) · cmn 奄奄一息 (approaching death) · ja 消えそうな (approaching death) · pt morrente (approaching death) · bg умиращи (approaching death, used as a substantive: those who are currently expiring) · la moribundus (approaching death) · ru ги́бнущий (declining, or drawing to an end) · cmn 瀕死 /濒死 (approaching death) · fi viimeinen (pertaining to the moments before death) · sh ùmirūći (approaching death) · sv döds- (pertaining to the moments before death)