Dying
['daɪɪŋ]
Definition
(adj.) in or associated with the process of passing from life or ceasing to be; 'a dying man'; 'his dying wish'; 'a dying fire'; 'a dying civilization' .
Typist: Nelly--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Die
(a.) In the act of dying; destined to death; mortal; perishable; as, dying bodies.
(a.) Of or pertaining to dying or death; as, dying bed; dying day; dying words; also, simulating a dying state.
(n.) The act of expiring; passage from life to death; loss of life.
Typed by Chloe
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Expiring.[2]. Mortal, perishable.
n. Death, decease, demise, dissolution, departure, exit, end of life.
Editor: Margaret
Definition
pr.p. of Die.—adj. destined for death: mortal: declining: occurring immediately before death as dying words: supporting a dying person as a dying-bed: pertaining to death.—n. death.—adv. Dy′ingly.—n. Dy′ingness.—Dying declaration (law) the declaration made by a person convinced of his impending death and who does not expect to survive the trial of the accused.
Edited by Edward
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of dying, foretells that you are threatened with evil from a source that has contributed to your former advancement and enjoyment. To see others dying, forebodes general ill luck to you and to your friends. To dream that you are going to die, denotes that unfortunate inattention to your affairs will depreciate their value. Illness threatens to damage you also. To see animals in the throes of death, denotes escape from evil influences if the animal be wild or savage. It is an unlucky dream to see domestic animals dying or in agony. [As these events of good or ill approach you they naturally assume these forms of agonizing death, to impress you more fully with the joyfulness or the gravity of the situation you are about to enter on awakening to material responsibilities, to aid you in the mastery of self which is essential to meeting all conditions with calmness and determination.] See Death.
Checker: Thomas
Examples
- This growth and dying and reproduction of living things leads to some very wonderful consequences. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I would not tell him that I thought him dying, so I expressed my regret that he had not written to me when he was so ill. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Still there would not be all this dying to go through. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- I am deeply sensible of your generosity, and I shall treasure its remembrance to my dying hour. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I am a dying man, said old Turner. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- She admired the self-possession and the control of the dying man exceedingly. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The one candle was dying out: the room was full of moonlight. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- That first revival seemed like the flicker of a dying lamp. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- We were in a fever of impatience; we were dying to see the renowned cathedral! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The Holy Roman Empire struggled on indeed to the days of Napoleon, but as an invalid and dying thing. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Even in Greece the tale of the sun of darkness encreased the fears and despair of the dying multitude. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- You are quite happy, Argyle says; and I in the very flower of my age am dying. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- And dying thus around us every day. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I explained that I had escaped from the Warhoons and was dying of starvation and exhaustion. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Dying is nothing to it. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
Typist: Maura