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dead
(d/E/d )

adjective (a)

  • no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life(adj.all)
    Example:
    The nerve is dead.
    A dead pallor.
    He was marked as a dead man by the assassin.
    Antonym:
    alive, live
    source: wordnet30
  • not showing characteristics of life especially the capacity to sustain life; no longer exerting force or having energy or heat(adj.all)
    Example:
    Mars is a dead planet.
    Dead soil.
    Dead coals.
    The fire is dead.
    Antonym:
    live
    source: wordnet30
  • Deprived of life; -- opposed to alive and living; reduced to that state of a being in which the organs of motion and life have irrevocably ceased to perform their functions; as, a dead tree; a dead man.(adjective)
    source: webster1913
  • Carrying no current, or producing no useful effect; -- said of a conductor in a dynamo or motor, also of a telegraph wire which has no instrument attached and, therefore, is not in use.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

noun (n)

  • people who are no longer living(noun.group)
    Example:
    They buried the dead.
    Antonym:
    living
    source: wordnet30
  • a time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense(noun.time)
    Example:
    The dead of winter.
    source: wordnet30
  • The most quiet or deathlike time; the period of profoundest repose, inertness, or gloom; as, the dead of winter.(noun)
    source: webster1913

adverb (r)

  • quickly and without warning(adv.all)
    Synonym:
    abruptly, short, suddenly
    source: wordnet30
  • completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers(adv.all)
    Example:
    You can be dead sure of my innocence.
    Was dead tired.
    Dead right.
    Synonym:
    absolutely, perfectly, utterly
    source: wordnet30
  • To a degree resembling death; to the last degree; completely; wholly.(adverb)
    source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

  • very tired(adj.all)
    Example:
    I'm dead after that long trip.
    Synonym:
    all in, beat, bushed, drained, knackered
    source: wordnet30
  • unerringly accurate(adj.all)
    Example:
    A dead shot.
    Took dead aim.
    source: wordnet30
  • physically inactive(adj.all)
    Example:
    Crater Lake is in the crater of a dead volcano of the Cascade Range.
    source: wordnet30
  • (followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive(adj.all)
    Example:
    Passersby were dead to our plea for help.
    Synonym:
    numb
    source: wordnet30
  • devoid of physical sensation; numb(adj.all)
    Example:
    His gums were dead from the novocain.
    She felt no discomfort as the dentist drilled her deadened tooth.
    Synonym:
    deadened
    source: wordnet30
  • lacking acoustic resonance(adj.all)
    Example:
    Dead sounds characteristic of some compact discs.
    The dead wall surfaces of a recording studio.
    source: wordnet30
  • not yielding a return(adj.all)
    Example:
    Dead capital.
    Synonym:
    idle
    source: wordnet30
  • not circulating or flowing(adj.all)
    Example:
    Dead air.
    Dead water.
    Synonym:
    stagnant
    source: wordnet30
  • not surviving in active use(adj.all)
    Example:
    Latin is a dead language.
    source: wordnet30
  • lacking resilience or bounce(adj.all)
    Example:
    A dead tennis ball.
    source: wordnet30
  • out of use or operation because of a fault or breakdown(adj.all)
    Example:
    A dead telephone line.
    The motor is dead.
    source: wordnet30
  • no longer having force or relevance(adj.all)
    Example:
    A dead issue.
    source: wordnet30
  • complete(adj.all)
    Example:
    Came to a dead stop.
    Synonym:
    full-length, uncut, utter
    source: wordnet30
  • drained of electric charge; discharged(adj.all)
    Example:
    A dead battery.
    Synonym:
    drained
    source: wordnet30
  • devoid of activity(adj.all)
    Example:
    This is a dead town; nothing ever happens here.
    source: wordnet30

verb (v)

  • To make dead; to deaden; to deprive of life, force, or vigor.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To die; to lose life or force.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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