Deathbed definition

dĕthbĕd
The bed on which a person dies.
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The last hours before death.
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The bed on which a person dies.
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Done or made in the last hours of one's life, as one is dying.

A deathbed will.

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The bed on which someone dies.
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The last hours before death.
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on (one's) deathbed
  • Close to death.
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on one's deathbed
  • during or in the last hours of one's life, as one is dying
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Other Word Forms

Noun

Singular:
deathbed
Plural:
deathbeds

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Origin of deathbed

Deathbed Sentence Examples

  • Burgers himself left the Transvaal a disappointed, heart-broken man, and a deathbed statement published some time after his decease throws a lurid light on the intrigues which arose before and after annexation.

  • On his deathbed remorse seized him; he bestowed his goods on the poor, restored unjust gains, freed his slaves, and every third day till his death listened to the reading of the Koran.

  • His so-called deathbed confession is not genuine.

  • At the same time Darius fell ill and called his son to his deathbed; Cyrus handed over all his treasures to Lysander and went to Susa.

  • Queen Isabella visited and nursed him on his deathbed.

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