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dead

  [ded] adjective, -er, -est, noun, adverb
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–adjective
1. no longer living; deprived of life: dead people; dead flowers; dead animals.
2. brain-dead.
3. not endowed with life; inanimate: dead stones.
4. resembling death; deathlike: a dead sleep; a dead faint.
5. bereft of sensation; numb: He was half dead with fright. My leg feels dead.
6. lacking sensitivity of feeling; insensitive: dead to the needs of others.
7. incapable of being emotionally moved; unresponsive: dead to the nuances of the music.
8. (of an emotion) no longer felt; ended; extinguished: a dead passion; dead affections.
9. no longer current or prevalent, as in effect, significance, or practice; obsolete: a dead law; a dead controversy.
10. no longer functioning, operating, or productive: a dead motor; a dead battery.
11. not moving or circulating; stagnant; stale: dead water; dead air.
12. utterly tired; exhausted: They felt dead from the six-hour trip.
13. (of a language) no longer in use as a sole means of oral communication among a people: Latin is a dead language.
14. without vitality, spirit, enthusiasm, or the like: a dead party.
15. lacking the customary activity; dull; inactive: a dead business day.
16. complete; absolute: dead silence; The plan was a dead loss.
17. sudden or abrupt, as the complete stoppage of an action: The bus came to a dead stop.
18. put out; extinguished: a dead cigarette.
19. without resilience or bounce: a dead tennis ball.
20. infertile; barren: dead land.
21. exact; precise: the dead center of a circle.
22. accurate; sure; unerring: a dead shot.
23. direct; straight: a dead line.
24. tasteless or flat, as a beverage: a dead soft drink.
25. flat rather than glossy, bright, or brilliant: The house was painted dead white.
26. without resonance; anechoic: dead sound; a dead wall surface of a recording studio.
27. not fruitful; unproductive: dead capital.
28. Law. deprived of civil rights so that one is in the state of civil death, esp. deprived of the rights of property.
29. Sports. out of play: a dead ball.
30. (of a golf ball) lying so close to the hole as to make holing on the next stroke a virtual certainty.
31. (of type or copy) having been used or rejected.
32. Electricity.
a. free from any electric connection to a source of potential difference and from electric charge.
b. not having a potential different from that of the earth.
33. Metallurgy. (of steel)
a. fully killed.
b. unresponsive to heat treatment.
34. (of the mouth of a horse) no longer sensitive to the pressure of a bit.
35. noting any rope in a tackle that does not pass over a pulley or is not rove through a block.
–noun
36. the period of greatest darkness, coldness, etc.: the dead of night; the dead of winter.
37. the dead, dead persons collectively: Prayers were recited for the dead.
–adverb
38. absolutely; completely: dead right; dead tired.
39. with sudden and total stoppage of motion, action, or the like: He stopped dead.
40. directly; exactly; straight: The island lay dead ahead.
—Idioms
41. dead in the water, completely inactive or inoperable; no longer in action or under consideration: Our plans to expand the business have been dead in the water for the past two months.
42. dead to rights, in the very act of committing a crime, offense, or mistake; red-handed.
Origin:
bef. 950; ME deed, OE dēad; c. Goth dauths, G tot, ON daudhr; orig. ptp. See die 1

Related forms:
deadness, noun

Synonyms:
1. Dead, deceased, extinct, lifeless refer to something that does not have or appear to have life. Dead is usually applied to something that had life but from which life is now gone: dead trees. Deceased, a more formal word than dead, is applied to human beings who no longer have life: a deceased member of the church. Extinct is applied to a race, species, or the like, no member of which is any longer alive: Mastodons are now extinct. Lifeless is applied to something that may or may not have had life but that does not have it or appear to have it now: The lifeless body of a child was taken out of the water. Minerals consist of lifeless materials. 6. unfeeling, indifferent, callous, cold. 10. inert, inoperative. 11. still, motionless. 16. utter, entire, total. 20. sterile.

Antonyms:
1. living, alive.
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dead   (děd)   
adj.   dead·er, dead·est

  1. Having lost life; no longer alive.

  2. Marked for certain death; doomed: was marked as a dead man by the assassin.

    1. Having the physical appearance of death: a dead pallor.

    2. Lacking feeling or sensitivity; numb or unresponsive: Passersby were dead to our pleas for help.

    3. Weary and worn-out; exhausted.

    4. Not having the capacity to live; inanimate or inert.

    5. Not having the capacity to produce or sustain life; barren: dead soil.

    6. No longer in existence, use, or operation.

    7. No longer having significance or relevance.

    8. Physically inactive; dormant: a dead volcano.

    9. Not commercially productive; idle: dead capital.

    10. Not circulating or running; stagnant: dead water; dead air.

    11. Devoid of human or vehicular activity; quiet: a dead town.

    12. Lacking all animation, excitement, or activity; dull: The party being dead, we left early.

    13. Sudden; abrupt: a dead stop.

    14. Complete; utter: dead silence.

    15. Exact; unerring. the dead center of a target.

    16. Lacking connection to a source of electric current.

    17. Drained of electric charge; discharged: a dead battery.

    1. Not having the capacity to live; inanimate or inert.

    2. Not having the capacity to produce or sustain life; barren: dead soil.

    3. No longer in existence, use, or operation.

    4. No longer having significance or relevance.

    5. Physically inactive; dormant: a dead volcano.

    6. Not commercially productive; idle: dead capital.

    7. Not circulating or running; stagnant: dead water; dead air.

    8. Devoid of human or vehicular activity; quiet: a dead town.

    9. Lacking all animation, excitement, or activity; dull: The party being dead, we left early.

    10. Sudden; abrupt: a dead stop.

    11. Complete; utter: dead silence.

    12. Exact; unerring. the dead center of a target.

    13. Lacking connection to a source of electric current.

    14. Drained of electric charge; discharged: a dead battery.

    1. No longer in existence, use, or operation.

    2. No longer having significance or relevance.

    3. Physically inactive; dormant: a dead volcano.

    4. Not commercially productive; idle: dead capital.

    5. Not circulating or running; stagnant: dead water; dead air.

    6. Devoid of human or vehicular activity; quiet: a dead town.

    7. Lacking all animation, excitement, or activity; dull: The party being dead, we left early.

    8. Sudden; abrupt: a dead stop.

    9. Complete; utter: dead silence.

    10. Exact; unerring. the dead center of a target.

    11. Lacking connection to a source of electric current.

    12. Drained of electric charge; discharged: a dead battery.

    1. Not commercially productive; idle: dead capital.

    2. Not circulating or running; stagnant: dead water; dead air.

    3. Devoid of human or vehicular activity; quiet: a dead town.

    4. Lacking all animation, excitement, or activity; dull: The party being dead, we left early.

    5. Sudden; abrupt: a dead stop.

    6. Complete; utter: dead silence.

    7. Exact; unerring. the dead center of a target.

    8. Lacking connection to a source of electric current.

    9. Drained of electric charge; discharged: a dead battery.

    1. Devoid of human or vehicular activity; quiet: a dead town.

    2. Lacking all animation, excitement, or activity; dull: The party being dead, we left early.

    3. Sudden; abrupt: a dead stop.

    4. Complete; utter: dead silence.

    5. Exact; unerring. the dead center of a target.

    6. Lacking connection to a source of electric current.

    7. Drained of electric charge; discharged: a dead battery.

  8. Having no resonance. Used of sounds: "One characteristic of compact discs we all can hear is dead sound. It may be pure but it has no life" (Musical Heritage Review).

  9. Having grown cold; having been extinguished: dead coals; a dead flame.

  10. Lacking elasticity or bounce: That tennis ball is dead.

  11. Out of operation because of a fault or breakdown: The motor is dead.

    1. Sudden; abrupt: a dead stop.

    2. Complete; utter: dead silence.

    3. Exact; unerring. the dead center of a target.

    4. Lacking connection to a source of electric current.

    5. Drained of electric charge; discharged: a dead battery.

  13. Sports Out of play. Used of a ball.

    1. Lacking connection to a source of electric current.

    2. Drained of electric charge; discharged: a dead battery.

n.  

  1. One who has died: respect for the dead.

  2. The period exhibiting the greatest degree of intensity: the dead of winter; the dead of night.

adv.  

  1. Absolutely; altogether: You can be dead sure of my innocence.

  2. Directly; exactly: There's a gas station dead ahead.

  3. Suddenly: She stopped dead on the stairway.


[Middle English ded, from Old English dēad; see dheu-2 in Indo-European roots.]
dead'ness n.
Synonyms: These adjectives all mean without life. Dead applies in general to whatever once had—but no longer has—physical life (a dead man; a dead leaf), function (a dead battery), or force or currency (a dead issue; a dead language). Deceased and departed refer only to nonliving humans: attended a memorial service for a recently deceased friend; looking at pictures of departed relatives.
Extinct can refer to what has no living successors (extinct species such as the dodo) or to what is extinguished or inactive (an extinct volcano). Lifeless applies to what no longer has physical life (a lifeless body), to what does not support life (a lifeless planet), or to what lacks animation, spirit, or brightness (a lifeless performance; lifeless colors). Inanimate is most often limited to what has never had physical life: "The anchored gunboat simply would not sink. It evinced that unnatural stubbornness which is sometimes displayed by inanimate objects" (Stephen Crane).
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 2dead
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural dead
: one that is dead —usually used collectively
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

dead (děd)
adj.

  1. Having lost life; no longer alive.

  2. Lacking feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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Idioms & Phrases

dead in the water

Unable to function or move; inoperable. For example, Without an effective leader, our plans for expansion are dead in the water. Originally referring to a crippled ship, this colloquialism was soon applied more broadly.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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