Dying

/ˈdaΙͺ.ΙͺΕ‹/

The meaning and definition of Dying, with examples, synonyms, and a word game to make it stick.

Definition

verb
  1. To (stop living and) undergo (a specified death).
    β€œHe died a hero's death.”
  2. To be or become hated or utterly ignored or cut off, as if dead.
    β€œThe day our sister eloped, she died to our mother.”
adjective
  1. Declining, terminal, or drawing to an end.
    β€œIn the dying moments of daylight I glimpsed a sail on the horizon.”
  2. Pertaining to death, or the moments before death.
    β€œHis dying words were of his mother.”

Definitions from the Free Dictionary API

Synonyms be no more bite the big one bite the dust buy the farm cease to be check out
Antonyms nascent

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