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dead
/dɛd/
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Definitions of dead
  1. adjective
    devoid of physical sensation; numb
    "his gums were dead from the novocain" "she felt no discomfort as the dentist drilled her deadened tooth"

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    deadened insensitive
  2. adjective
    (followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive
    "passersby were dead to our plea for help"

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    numb insensitive
  3. adjective
    very tired
    "I'm dead after that long trip"

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    all in beat bushed tired
  4. adjective
    drained of electric charge; discharged
    "a dead battery"

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    drained uncharged
  5. adjective
    not circulating or flowing
    "dead air" "dead water"

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    stagnant standing
  6. adverb
    quickly and without warning

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    abruptly short suddenly
  7. adverb
    completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
    "you can be dead sure of my innocence" "was dead tired" "dead right"

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    absolutely perfectly utterly
  8. adjective
    not yielding a return
    "dead capital"

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    idle unprofitable
  9. noun
    a time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense
    "the dead of winter"
    type of:
    time
  10. adjective
    devoid of activity
    "this is a dead town; nothing ever happens here"

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    inactive
  11. adjective
    lacking acoustic resonance
    "dead sounds characteristic of some compact discs" "the dead wall surfaces of a recording studio"

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    nonresonant unreverberant
  12. adjective
    lacking resilience or bounce
    "a dead tennis ball"

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    inelastic
  13. adjective
    no longer having force or relevance
    "a dead issue"

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    noncurrent
  14. adjective
    no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
    "the nerve is dead" "a dead pallor" "he was marked as a dead man by the assassin"

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    pulseless asleep assassinated at peace at rest bloodless brain dead breathless cold d.o.a. deathlike deathly deceased defunct departed doomed exanimate executed exsanguine exsanguinous fallen gone inanimate late lifeless murdered nonviable slain stillborn stone-dead
    Opposite:
    alive
  15. adjective
    not showing characteristics of life especially the capacity to sustain life; no longer exerting force or having energy or heat
    "Mars is a dead planet" "dead soil" "dead coals" "the fire is dead"

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    lifeless out extinct out of play
    Opposite:
    live
  16. adjective
    not surviving in active use
    "Latin is a dead language"

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    nonextant extinct
  17. adjective
    out of use or operation because of a fault or breakdown
    "a dead telephone line" "the motor is dead"

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    inoperative
  18. noun
    people who are no longer living
    "they buried the dead"
    Opposite:
    living
    type of:
    people
  19. adjective
    physically inactive
    "Crater Lake is in the crater of a dead volcano of the Cascade Range"

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    extinct
  20. adjective
    the complete stoppage of an action
    "came to a dead stop"

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    complete
  21. adjective
    unerringly accurate
    "a dead shot" "took dead aim"

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    precise
Examples of dead
  • "his gums were dead from the novocain"
  • "she felt no discomfort as the dentist drilled her deadened tooth"
  • "passersby were dead to our plea for help"
  • "I'm dead after that long trip"
  • "a dead battery"
  • "dead air"
  • "dead water"
  • "you can be dead sure of my innocence"
  • "was dead tired"
  • "dead right"
  • "dead capital"
  • "the dead of winter"
  • "this is a dead town; nothing ever happens here"
  • "dead sounds characteristic of some compact discs"
  • "the dead wall surfaces of a recording studio"
  • "a dead tennis ball"
  • "a dead issue"
  • "the nerve is dead"
  • "a dead pallor"
  • "he was marked as a dead man by the assassin"
  • "Mars is a dead planet"
  • "dead soil"
  • "dead coals"
  • "the fire is dead"
  • "Latin is a dead language"
  • "a dead telephone line"
  • "the motor is dead"
  • "they buried the dead"
  • "Crater Lake is in the crater of a dead volcano of the Cascade Range"
  • "came to a dead stop"
  • "a dead shot"
  • "took dead aim"
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