2. (noun)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 havelife "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 showinghumanfeeling 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 acousticresonance "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"
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. (adj)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"
Definition of 'dead'
