Definition of "dying" in English

adjective

1. Approaching death; about to die; moribund.

   • The dying dog was put out of his misery with a single shot!
   • a dying fire
   • The battlefield was littered with the dead and dying.

2. Declining, terminal, or drawing to an end.

   • In the dying moments of daylight I glimpsed a sail on the horizon.

3. Pertaining to death, or the moments before death.

   • His dying words were of his mother.
   • until my dying day
   • his dying bed

noun

1. The process of approaching death; loss of life; death.

verb

1. present participle and gerund of die

verb

1. (now nonstandard) present participle and gerund of dye