/duy"ing/ , adj.
1. ceasing to live; approaching death; expiring: a dying man.
2. of, pertaining to, or associated with death: his dying hour.
3. given, uttered, or manifested just before death: her dying words.
4. drawing to a close; ending: the dying year.
n.
5. the act or process of ceasing to live, ending, or drawing to a close.
[ 1250-1300; ME. See DIE 1 , -ING 2 , -ING 1 ]