dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/dyi_MW.json
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{
"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"
}
}