dying :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

n. the time when something ends; "it was the death of all his plans"; "a dying of old hopes"

adj. 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"

anxious

adj. eagerly desirous; "anxious to see the new show at the museum"; "dying to hear who won"

death, decease

n. the event of dying or departure from life; "her death came as a terrible shock"; "upon your decease the capital will pass to your grandchildren"

fall, autumn

n. the season when the leaves fall from the trees; "in the fall of 1973"

failing, retrograde, declining, deteriorating, regressing, retrogressive

adj. going from better to worse

appetent

adj. marked by eager desire; "a big rich appetent Western city"

thirsty, athirst, hungry

adj. extremely desirous; usu followed by "for": "a thirst for knowledge"; "hungry for recognition"; "thirsty for information"

eager, esurient, greedy, hot, avid, devouring

adj. (often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous; "avid for adventure"; "an avid ambition to succeed"; "fierce devouring affection"; "the esurient eyes of an avid curiosity"; "greedy for fame"

covetous, envious, jealous

adj. showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages; "he was never covetous before he met her"; "jealous of his success and covetous of his possessions"; "envious of their art collection"

birth

n. the time when something begins (especially life); "they divorced after the birth of the child"; "his election signaled the birth of a new age"

aborning

adj. in the process of being born or beginning: "our own revolutionary war almost died aborning through lack of popular support"- William Randolph Hearst

emergent, emerging, nascent

adj. coming into existence; "an emergent republic"

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