dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/dyi_MW.json

{
  "dying":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": approaching death":[
        "a dying man",
        "He had come back three years earlier to care for his dying mother.",
        "\u2014 Jeff Tietz",
        "the dying day",
        "a dying fire"
      ],
      ": gradually ceasing to be":[
        "a dying man",
        "He had come back three years earlier to care for his dying mother.",
        "\u2014 Jeff Tietz",
        "the dying day",
        "a dying fire"
      ],
      ": having reached an advanced or ultimate stage of decay or disuse":[
        "a dying civilization",
        "a dying tradition"
      ],
      ": of, relating to, or occurring at the time of death or dying":[
        "recorded his dying words",
        "promised to fulfill her dying wishes"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8d\u012b-i\u014b"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "moribund"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-042545",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "dying wish":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the last thing a person wants before dying":[
        "It was her dying wish to see them married."
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-165744"
  },
  "dying breed":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a relatively rare type of person or thing":[
        "People like them are a dying breed ."
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-174909"
  }
}