dying /ˈdaɪ.ɪŋ/adjective 3noun 1forms 1phrases 1 adjective3 •very near the end of lifeThe dying dog was put out of his misery with a single shot!The battlefield was littered with the dead and dying. •Declining, terminal, or drawing to an end.In the dying moments of daylight I glimpsed a sail on the horizon. •Pertaining to death, or the moments before death.His dying words were of his mother. noun1 •The process of approaching death; loss of life; death. formsdyings Phrases with dying dying quailA pop fly which is hit weakly and falls in front of the outfielders.