1.
Dying is the present participle of die .
2.
A ~ person or animal is very ill and likely to die soon.
...a ~ man.
ADJ: ADJ n
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The ~ are people who are ~.
The dead and the ~ were everywhere.
N-PLURAL: the N
3.
You use ~ to describe something which happens at the time when someone dies, or is connected with that time.
It’ll stay in my mind till my ~ day...
ADJ: ADJ n
4.
The ~ days or ~ minutes of a state of affairs or an activity are its last days or minutes.
The islands were seized by the Soviet army in the ~ days of the second world war...
= final
ADJ: ADJ n
5.
A ~ tradition or industry is becoming less important and is likely to disappear completely.
Shipbuilding is a ~ business.
ADJ: ADJ n