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Dead

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Definitions for Dead

noun
people who are no longer living
Examples
  1. they buried the dead
noun
a time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense
Examples
  1. the dead of winter
adjective
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
Examples
  1. the nerve is dead
  2. a dead pallor
  3. he was marked as a dead man by the assassin
adjective
not showing characteristics of life especially the capacity to sustain life
Examples
  1. no longer exerting force or having energy or heat
  2. Mars is a dead planet
  3. dead soil
  4. dead coals
  5. the fire is dead
adjective
very tired
Synonyms
all in(p) beat(p) bushed(p) dead(p)
Examples
  1. was all in at the end of the day
  2. so beat I could flop down and go to sleep anywhere
  3. bushed after all that exercise
  4. I'm dead after that long trip
adjective
unerringly accurate
Examples
  1. a dead shot
  2. took dead aim
adjective
physically inactive
Examples
  1. Crater Lake is in the crater of a dead volcano of the Cascade Range
adjective
(followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity
Synonyms
dead(p) numb(p)
Examples
  1. unresponsive
  2. passersby were dead to our plea for help
  3. numb to the cries for mercy
adjective
devoid of physical sensation
Synonyms
deadened
Examples
  1. numb
  2. his gums were dead from the novocain
  3. she felt no discomfort as the dentist drilled her deadened tooth
  4. a public desensitized by continuous television coverage of atrocities
adjective
lacking acoustic resonance
Examples
  1. dead sounds characteristic of some compact discs
  2. the dead wall surfaces of a recording studio
adjective
not yielding a return
Synonyms
idle
Examples
  1. dead capital
  2. idle funds
adjective
not circulating or flowing
Synonyms
dead(a) stagnant
Examples
  1. dead air
  2. dead water
  3. stagnant water
adjective
not surviving in active use
Examples
  1. Latin is a dead language
adjective
lacking resilience or bounce
Examples
  1. a dead tennis ball
adjective
out of use or operation because of a fault or breakdown
Examples
  1. a dead telephone line
  2. the motor is dead
adjective
no longer having force or relevance
Examples
  1. a dead issue
adjective
the complete stoppage of an action
Synonyms
dead(a)
Examples
  1. came to a dead stop
adjective
drained of electric charge
Synonyms
drained
Examples
  1. discharged
  2. a dead battery
  3. left the lights on and came back to find the battery drained
adjective
devoid of activity
Examples
  1. this is a dead town
  2. nothing ever happens here
adverb
quickly and without warning
Synonyms
abruptly suddenly short
Examples
  1. he stopped suddenly
adverb
completely and without qualification
Synonyms
absolutely perfectly utterly
Examples
  1. used informally as intensifiers
  2. an absolutely magnificent painting
  3. a perfectly idiotic idea
  4. you're perfectly right
  5. utterly miserable
  6. you can be dead sure of my innocence
  7. was dead tired
  8. dead right

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