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1. (adj.) dead
no longer living; deprived of life.
2. dead
brain-dead.
3. dead
not endowed with life; inanimate.
4. dead
resembling death; deathlike:
a dead faint.
5. dead
bereft of sensation or feeling; numb.
6. dead
(of an emotion) no longer felt:
a dead passion.
7. dead
obsolete; defunct.
8. dead
inoperative:
a dead battery.
9. dead
stagnant or stale:
dead air.
10. dead
utterly tired; exhausted.
11. dead
(of a language) no longer in use as a sole means of oral communication among a people.
12. dead
dull or inactive:
a dead business day.
13. dead
complete; absolute:
dead silence.
14. dead
extinguished:
a dead cigarette.
15. dead
exact:
the dead center of a target.
16. dead
flat rather than glossy:
dead white.
17. dead
lacking resonance; anechoic:
dead sound.
18. dead
Sports. out of play:
a dead ball.
19. dead
(of type or copy) having been used or rejected.
20. dead
free from any electric connection to a source of potential difference and from electric charge.
21. dead
not having a potential different from that of the earth.
22. (n.) dead
the period of greatest darkness, coldness, etc.:
the dead of night.
23. dead
the dead, dead persons collectively.
24. (adv.) dead
absolutely; completely:
dead tired.
25. dead
directly; straight:
dead ahead.
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| Definition of 'DEAD' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) dead
people who are no longer living
"they buried the dead"
2. (adj) dead
a time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense
"the dead of winter"
3. (adj) dead
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
"the nerve is dead"; "a dead pallor"; "he was marked as a dead man by the assassin"
4. (adj) dead
not showing characteristics of life especially the capacity to sustain life; no longer exerting force or having energy or heat
"Mars is a dead planet"; "dead soil"; "dead coals"; "the fire is dead"
5. (adj) all in(p), beat(p), bushed(p), dead(p)
very tired
"was all in at the end of the day"; "so beat I could flop down and go to sleep anywhere"; "bushed after all that exercise"; "I'm dead after that long trip"
6. (adj) dead
unerringly accurate
"a dead shot"; "took dead aim"
7. (adj) dead
physically inactive
"Crater Lake is in the crater of a dead volcano of the Cascade Range"
8. (adj) dead(p), numb(p)
(followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive
"passersby were dead to our plea for help"; "numb to the cries for mercy"
9. (adj) dead, deadened
devoid of physical sensation; numb
"his gums were dead from the novocain"; "she felt no discomfort as the dentist drilled her deadened tooth"; "a public desensitized by continuous television coverage of atrocities"
10. (adj) dead
lacking acoustic resonance
"dead sounds characteristic of some compact discs"; "the dead wall surfaces of a recording studio"
11. (adj) dead, idle
not yielding a return
"dead capital"; "idle funds"
12. (adj) dead(a), stagnant
not circulating or flowing
"dead air"; "dead water"; "stagnant water"
13. (adj) dead
not surviving in active use
"Latin is a dead language"
14. (adj) dead
lacking resilience or bounce
"a dead tennis ball"
15. (adj) dead
out of use or operation because of a fault or breakdown
"a dead telephone line"; "the motor is dead"
16. (adj) dead
no longer having force or relevance
"a dead issue"
17. (adj) dead(a), utter
complete
"came to a dead stop"; "utter seriousness"
18. (adj) dead, drained
drained of electric charge; discharged
"a dead battery"; "left the lights on and came back to find the battery drained"
19. (adverb) dead
devoid of activity
"this is a dead town; nothing ever happens here"
20. (adverb) abruptly, suddenly, short, dead
quickly and without warning
"he stopped suddenly"
21. (adverb) absolutely, perfectly, utterly, dead
completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
"an absolutely magnificent painting"; "a perfectly idiotic idea"; "you're perfectly right"; "utterly miserable"; "you can be dead sure of my innocence"; "was dead tired"; "dead right"
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1. (adjective) dead
≠ living
dead plants; The bird is dead.; dead bodies in the street
2. dead
(of equipment) without power
a dead battery; The engine's dead.
3. dead
without activity or excitement
This town is dead.
4. dead
without hope of future success
teenagers saying email is dead
5. dead
very tired
I'm dead. See you in the morning.
6. dead
emphasizes completeness or exactness
dead silence; to come to a dead stop
7. dead
sb is dead
indicates sb will be punished severely
If Dad catches you, you're dead.
8. dead
over my dead body
emphasizes you will not allow sth
"I'm taking the car tonight." "Over my dead body!"
9. dead
sb wouldn't be caught/seen dead
emphasizes sb's embarrassment at doing sth
I wouldn't be caught dead wearing that.
10. (adverb) dead
emphasizes completeness or exactness
I stopped dead at the sight.; dead tired; The park is dead ahead.
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| Definition of 'DEAD' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) DEAD
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
2. (adj) DEAD
destitute of life; inanimate; as, dead matter
3. (adj) DEAD
resembling death in appearance or quality; without show of life; deathlike; as, a dead sleep
4. (adj) DEAD
still as death; motionless; inactive; useless; as, dead calm; a dead load or weight
5. (adj) DEAD
so constructed as not to transmit sound; soundless; as, a dead floor
6. (adj) DEAD
unproductive; bringing no gain; unprofitable; as, dead capital; dead stock in trade
7. (adj) DEAD
lacking spirit; dull; lusterless; cheerless; as, dead eye; dead fire; dead color, etc
8. (adj) DEAD
monotonous or unvaried; as, a dead level or pain; a dead wall
9. (adj) DEAD
sure as death; unerring; fixed; complete; as, a dead shot; a dead certainty
10. (adj) DEAD
bringing death; deadly
11. (adj) DEAD
wanting in religious spirit and vitality; as, dead faith; dead works
12. (adj) DEAD
flat; without gloss; -- said of painting which has been applied purposely to have this effect
13. (adj) DEAD
not brilliant; not rich; thus, brown is a dead color, as compared with crimson
14. (adj) DEAD
cut off from the rights of a citizen; deprived of the power of enjoying the rights of property; as, one banished or becoming a monk is civilly dead
15. (adj) DEAD
not imparting motion or power; as, the dead spindle of a lathe, etc. See Spindle
16. (adverb) DEAD
to a degree resembling death; to the last degree; completely; wholly
17. (noun) DEAD
the most quiet or deathlike time; the period of profoundest repose, inertness, or gloom; as, the dead of winter
18. (noun) DEAD
one who is dead; -- commonly used collectively
19. (verb) DEAD
to make dead; to deaden; to deprive of life, force, or vigor
20. (verb) DEAD
to die; to lose life or force
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| Definitions of 'DEAD' |
The New Hacker's Dictionary |
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1. DEAD
1. Non-functional; down;
crashed. Especially used of hardware. 2. At XEROX PARC, software that is working but not undergoing
continued development and support. 3. Useless; inaccessible. Antonym: live. Compare
dead code.
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Sense: without life; not living
a dead body; Throw out those dead flowers.
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 Afrikaans: dooie |
 Arabic: مَيِّت |
 Bulgarian: безжизнен |
 Brazilian: morto |
 Czech: mrtvý; uschlý |
 German: tot |
 Danish: død |
 Greek: νεκρός |
 Spanish: muerto |
 Estonian: surnud |
 Farsi: مرده؛ خشکیده |
 Finnish: kuollut |
 French: mort |
 Hebrew: מֵת |
 Hindi: मुर्दा, मृत |
 Croatian: mrtav, preminuo |
 Hungarian: halott |
 Indonesian: mati |
 Icelandic: dauður |
 Italian: morto |
 Japanese: 死んでいる |
 Korean: 죽은 |
 Lithuanian: miręs |
 Latvian: miris; beigts; nedzīvs |
 Malay: mati |
 Dutch: dood |
 Norwegian: død, livløs |
 Polish: martwy |
 Persian: مرده؛ خشکیده |
 Pashto: مړ: بېكاره، بې حسه، بې حر |
 Portuguese: morto |
 Romanian: mort |
 Russian: мёртвый; увядший |
 Slovak: mŕtvy; suchý |
 Slovenian: mrtev |
 Serbian: mrtav |
 Swedish: död |
 Thai: ตายแล้ว |
 Turkish: ölü, ölmüş; solmuş |
 Taiwanese: 死去的，無生命的 |
 Ukrainian: мертвий; зів'ялий |
 Urdu: مردہ، بے جان |
 Vietnamese: chết |
 Chinese: 死去的，无生命的 |
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