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Dying vs. Dieing

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Dyingadjective

Approaching death; about to die; moribund.

‘The dying dog was put out of his misery with a single shot!’; ‘dying fire’;

Dieingverb

misspelling of dying

Dyingadjective

Declining, terminal, or drawing to an end.

‘In the dying moments of daylight I glimpsed a sail on the horizon.’;

Dyingadjective

Pertaining to death, or the moments before death.

‘His dying words were of his mother.’; ‘until my dying day’; ‘his dying bed’;

Dyingnoun

The process of approaching death; or, less precisely, death itself.

Dyingnoun

(with "the") Those who are currently expiring, moribund.

‘The battlefield was littered with the dead and dying.’;

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Dyingverb

present participle of die

Dyingverb

(nonstandard) nocat=1

Dyingadjective

In the act of dying; destined to death; mortal; perishable; as, dying bodies.

Dyingadjective

Of or pertaining to dying or death; as, dying bed; dying day; dying words; also, simulating a dying state.

Dyingnoun

The act of expiring; passage from life to death; loss of life.

Dyingnoun

the time when something ends;

‘it was the death of all his plans’; ‘a dying of old hopes’;

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Dyingadjective

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’;

Dyingadjective

eagerly desirous;

‘anxious to see the new show at the museum’; ‘dying to hear who won’;

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