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Dying vs. Dyeing

Dying and Dyeing Definitions

Dying

Present participle of die1.

Dyeing

A substance used to color materials. Also called dyestuff.

Dying

About to die
Dying patients.

Dyeing

A color imparted by dyeing.

Dying

Drawing to an end; declining
In the dying hours of the legislative session.

Dyeing

To color (a material), especially by soaking in a coloring solution.
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Dying

Done or uttered just before death
A dying request.

Dyeing

To take on or impart color.

Dying

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.

Dyeing

Present participle of dye

Dying

Declining, terminal, or drawing to an end.
In the dying moments of daylight I glimpsed a sail on the horizon.

Dyeing

The act by which something is dyed.
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Dying

Pertaining to death, or the moments before death.
His dying words were of his mother.
Until my dying day
His dying bed

Dyeing

The process or art of fixing coloring matters permanently and uniformly in the fibers of wool, cotton, etc.

Dying

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

Dyeing

The use of dye to change the color of something permanently

Dying

Present participle of die

Dying

(nonstandard) dye
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Dying

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

Dying

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

Dying

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

Dying

The time when something ends;
It was the death of all his plans
A dying of old hopes

Dying

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

Dying

Eagerly desirous;
Anxious to see the new show at the museum
Dying to hear who won

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