Deathbed
['deθbed] or ['dɛθbɛd]
Definition
(noun.) the bed on which a person dies.
(noun.) the last few hours before death.
Checked by Francis--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The bed in which a person dies; hence, the closing hours of life of one who dies by sickness or the like; the last sickness.
Inputed by Joe
Examples
- The next day Bessie was sent for home to the deathbed of her little sister. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Some people even talked of a promise to his wife on her deathbed, and others of the son and the uncle not letting him. Jane Austen. Emma.
- A copy of his book, teaching that our earth is not the center of the universe, was brought to him on his deathbed, but he never opened it. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- I may use the word, for the alley and the gutter were mine, as they will be my deathbed. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Your own deathbeds, when they come, will be the easier for the thought of the peace which you have given to mine. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
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