dead
noun
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(with "the", a demonstrative, or a possessive) Those who have died.
“Have respect for the dead.”
Synonyms
noun
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(often with "the") Time when coldness, darkness, or stillness is most intense.
“The dead of night. The dead of winter.”
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noun
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(usually plural) Sterile mining waste, often present as many large rocks stacked inside the workings.
Synonyms
verb
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To prevent by disabling; stop.
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To make dead; to deaden; to deprive of life, force, or vigour.
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To kill.
adjective
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No longer living.
“All of my grandparents are dead.”
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Figuratively, not alive; lacking life.
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(of another person) So hated that they are absolutely ignored.
“He is dead to me.”
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Doomed; marked for death (literally or as a hyperbole).
“"You come back here this instant! Oh, you're dead, mister!"”
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Without emotion.
“She stood with dead face and limp arms, unresponsive to my plea.”
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Stationary; static.
“a dead lift”
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Without interest to one of the senses; dull; flat.
“a dead glass of soda.”
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Unproductive.
“dead fields”
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(of a machine, device, or electrical circuit) Completely inactive; currently without power; without a signal.
“Now that the motor's dead you can reach in and extract the spark plugs.”
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(of a battery) Unable to emit power, being discharged (flat) or faulty.
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Broken or inoperable.
“That monitor is dead; don’t bother hooking it up.”
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No longer used or required.
“Is this beer glass dead?”
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Not imparting motion or power by design.
“A dead axle, also called a lazy axle, is not part of the drivetrain, but is instead free-rotating.”
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Not in play.
“Once the ball crosses the foul line, it's dead.”
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(of a golf ball) Lying so near the hole that the player is certain to hole it in the next stroke.
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(1800s) Tagged out.
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Full and complete.
“dead giveaway”
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Exact.
“a dead eye”
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Experiencing pins and needles (paresthesia).
“After sitting on my hands for a while, my arms became dead.”
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Constructed so as not to transmit sound; soundless.
“a dead floor”
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Bringing death; deadly.
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Cut off from the rights of a citizen; deprived of the power of enjoying the rights of property.
“A person who is banished or who becomes a monk is civilly dead.”
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(often with "to") Indifferent to, no longer subject to or ruled by (sin, guilt, pleasure, etc).
adverb
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(degree) Exactly.
“He hit the target dead in the centre.”
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(degree) Very, absolutely, extremely.
“dead wrong; dead set; dead serious; dead drunk; dead broke; dead earnest; dead certain; dead slow; dead sure; dead simple; dead honest; dead accurate; dead easy; dead scared; dead solid; dead black; dead white; dead empty”
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Suddenly and completely.
“He stopped dead.”
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As if dead.
“dead tired; dead quiet; dead asleep; dead pale; dead cold; dead still”
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