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dead

/d/E/d/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

  1. no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life

    adj.all

    Examples
    The nerve is dead.
    A dead pallor.
    He was marked as a dead man by the assassin.
    Antonyms alive live

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. not showing characteristics of life especially the capacity to sustain life; no longer exerting force or having energy or heat

    adj.all

    Examples
    Mars is a dead planet.
    Dead soil.
    Dead coals.
    The fire is dead.
    Antonyms live

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. Deprived of life; -- opposed to <i>alive</i> and <i>living</i>; reduced to that state of a being in which the organs of motion and life have irrevocably ceased to perform their functions; as, a <i>dead</i> tree; a <i>dead</i> man.

    adjective

    Source: webster1913

  4. 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

  1. people who are no longer living

    noun.group

    Examples
    They buried the dead.
    Antonyms living

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. a time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense

    noun.time

    Examples
    The dead of winter.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. The most quiet or deathlike time; the period of profoundest repose, inertness, or gloom; as, the <i>dead</i> of winter.

    noun

    Source: webster1913

adverb

  1. quickly and without warning

    adv.all

    Synonyms abruptly short suddenly

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers

    adv.all

    Examples
    You can be dead sure of my innocence.
    Was dead tired.
    Dead right.
    Synonyms absolutely perfectly utterly

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. To a degree resembling death; to the last degree; completely; wholly.

    adverb

    Source: webster1913

adjective satellite

  1. very tired

    adj.all

    Examples
    I'm dead after that long trip.
    Synonyms all in beat bushed drained knackered

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. unerringly accurate

    adj.all

    Examples
    A dead shot.
    Took dead aim.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. physically inactive

    adj.all

    Examples
    Crater Lake is in the crater of a dead volcano of the Cascade Range.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  4. (followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive

    adj.all

    Examples
    Passersby were dead to our plea for help.
    Synonyms numb

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  5. devoid of physical sensation; numb

    adj.all

    Examples
    His gums were dead from the novocain.
    She felt no discomfort as the dentist drilled her deadened tooth.
    Synonyms deadened

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  6. lacking acoustic resonance

    adj.all

    Examples
    Dead sounds characteristic of some compact discs.
    The dead wall surfaces of a recording studio.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  7. not yielding a return

    adj.all

    Examples
    Dead capital.
    Synonyms idle

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  8. not circulating or flowing

    adj.all

    Examples
    Dead air.
    Dead water.
    Synonyms stagnant

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  9. not surviving in active use

    adj.all

    Examples
    Latin is a dead language.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  10. lacking resilience or bounce

    adj.all

    Examples
    A dead tennis ball.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  11. out of use or operation because of a fault or breakdown

    adj.all

    Examples
    A dead telephone line.
    The motor is dead.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  12. no longer having force or relevance

    adj.all

    Examples
    A dead issue.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  13. complete

    adj.all

    Examples
    Came to a dead stop.
    Synonyms full-length uncut utter

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  14. drained of electric charge; discharged

    adj.all

    Examples
    A dead battery.
    Synonyms drained

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  15. devoid of activity

    adj.all

    Examples
    This is a dead town; nothing ever happens here.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

verb

  1. To make dead; to deaden; to deprive of life, force, or vigor.

    verb

    Source: webster1913

  2. To die; to lose life or force.

    verb

    Source: webster1913

Nearby words

deaconessdeaconhooddeaconrydeaconshipdeactivatedeactivationdead aheaddead airdead axledead bodydead centerdead centre

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