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dead
- 1) adjective, a) no longer alive b) (as noun)
- 2) adjective, not endowed with life; inanimate
- 3) adjective, no longer in use, valid, effective, or relevant
- 4) adjective, unresponsive or unaware; insensible
- 5) adjective, lacking in freshness, interest, or vitality
- 6) adjective, devoid of physical sensation; numb
- 7) adjective, resembling death; deathlike
- 8) adjective, no longer burning or hot
- 9) adjective, (of flowers or foliage) withered; faded
- 10) adjective, (intensifier)
- 11) adjective, very tired
- 12) adjective, electronics a) drained of electric charge; fully discharged b) not connected to a source of potential difference or electric charge
- 13) adjective, lacking acoustic reverberation
- 14) adjective, sport (of a ball, etc) out of play
- 15) adjective, unerring; accurate; precise (esp in the phrase a dead shot)
- 16) adjective, lacking resilience or bounce
- 17) adjective, printing a) (of type) set but no longer needed for use. Compare standing b) (of copy) already composed
- 18) adjective, not yielding a return; idle
- 19) adjective, certain to suffer a terrible fate; doomed
- 20) adjective, (of colours) not glossy or bright; lacklustre
- 21) adjective, stagnant
- 22) adjective, military shielded from view, as by a geographic feature or environmental condition
- 23) adjective, dead as a doornail completely dead
- 24) adjective, dead from the neck up stupid or unintelligent
- 25) adjective, dead in the water unsuccessful, and with little hope of future success
- 26) adjective, dead to the world unaware of one's surroundings, esp fast asleep or very drunk
- 27) adjective, leave for dead a) to abandon b) to surpass or outdistance by far
- 28) adjective, wouldn't be seen dead (in, at, etc) to refuse to wear, to go (to), etc
- 29) noun, a period during which coldness, darkness, or some other quality associated with death is at its most intense
- 30) adverb, (intensifier)
- 31) adverb, dead on exactly right
Etymology
Old English dēad; related to Old High German tōt, Old Norse dauthr; see die1
Collins English Electronic Dictionary - Digital Edition: 2008 © HarperCollins Publishers 2008
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middle, heart, depth, thick, midst, deceased, gone, departed, late, perish, extinct, defunct, inanimate, still, barren, sterile, stagnant, lifeless, inert, boring, dull, dreary, flat, plain, stale, tasteless, humdrum, uninterested, insipid, ho-hum (informal), vapid, dead-and-alive, useless, inactive, obsolete, old, antique, discard, extinct, archaic, disuse, spiritless, cold, dull, wooden, glaze, indifferent, callous, lukewarm, inhuman, apathetic, frigid, glassy, unfeeling, torpid, numb, frozen, paralyse, insensitive, inert, deaden, immobilize, unfeeling, torpid, insensible, benumb (of a centre, silence, or a stop), total, complete, perfect, entire, absolute, utter, outright, thorough, downright, unqualified, exactly, quite, complete, total, directly, perfectly, fully, entirely, absolutely, thorough, wholly, utterly, consummate, wholehearted, unconditional, unmitigated, Informal exhaust, tired, spent, wasted, all in (slang), drain, sap, knack (slang), prostrate, clapped out (Brit. Austral. N.Z. informal), dog-tired (informal), zonked (slang), dead beat (informal)

