Dead ¹

Definition: 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.

Dead ²

Definition: Destitute of life; inanimate; as, dead matter.

Dead ³

Definition: Resembling death in appearance or quality; without show of life; deathlike; as, a dead sleep.

Dead ⁴

Definition: Still as death; motionless; inactive; useless; as, dead calm; a dead load or weight.

Dead ⁵

Definition: So constructed as not to transmit sound; soundless; as, a dead floor.

Dead ⁶

Definition: Unproductive; bringing no gain; unprofitable; as, dead capital; dead stock in trade.

Dead ⁷

Definition: Lacking spirit; dull; lusterless; cheerless; as, dead eye; dead fire; dead color, etc.

Dead ⁸

Definition: Monotonous or unvaried; as, a dead level or pain; a dead wall.

Dead ⁹

Definition: Sure as death; unerring; fixed; complete; as, a dead shot; a dead certainty.

Dead ¹⁰

Definition: Bringing death; deadly.

Dead ¹¹

Definition: Wanting in religious spirit and vitality; as, dead faith; dead works.

Dead ¹²

Definition: Flat; without gloss; said of painting which has been applied purposely to have this effect.

Dead ¹³

Definition: Not brilliant; not rich; thus, brown is a dead color, as compared with crimson.

Dead ¹⁴

Definition: 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.

Dead ¹⁵

Definition: Not imparting motion or power; as, the dead spindle of a lathe, etc. See Spindle.

Dead ¹⁶

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

Dead ¹⁷

Definition: The most quiet or deathlike time; the period of profoundest repose, inertness, or gloom; as, the dead of winter.

Dead ¹⁸

Definition: One who is dead; commonly used collectively.

Dead ¹⁹

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

Dead ²⁰

Definition: To die; to lose life or force.

dead ²¹

Definition: people who are no longer living; "they buried the dead"

dead ²²

Definition: a time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense; "the dead of winter"

dead ²³

Definition: devoid of activity; "this is a dead town; nothing ever happens here"

dead ²⁴

Definition: physically inactive; "Crater Lake is in the crater of a dead volcano of the Cascade Range"

dead ²⁵

Definition: 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"

dead ²⁶

Definition: 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"; "a dead battery"; "dead soil"; "dead coals"; "the fire is dead"

dead ²⁷

Definition: not endowed with life; "the inorganic world is inanimate"; "inanimate objects"; "dead stones"

dead ²⁸

Definition: lacking animation or excitement or activity; "the party being dead we left early"; "it was a lifeless party until she arrived"

dead ²⁹

Definition: drained of electric charge; discharged; "a dead battery"; "left the lights on and came back to find the battery drained"

dead ³⁰

Definition: no longer having force or relevance; "a dead issue"

dead ³¹

Definition: no longer in force or use; inactive; "a defunct (or dead) law"; "a defunct organization"

dead ³²

Definition: lacking resilience or bounce; "a dead tennis ball"

dead ³³

Definition: not surviving in active use; "Latin is a dead language"

dead ³⁴

Definition: out of use or operation because of a fault or breakdown; "a dead telephone line"; "the motor is dead"

dead ³⁵

Definition: unerringly accurate; "a dead shot"; "took dead aim"

dead ³⁶

Definition: not yielding a return; "dead capital"; "idle funds"

dead ³⁷

Definition: lacking acoustic resonance; "dead sounds characteristic of some compact discs"; "the dead wall surfaces of a recording studio"

dead ³⁸

Definition: 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"

dead ³⁹

Definition: 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"

dead ⁴⁰

Definition: quickly and without warning; "he stopped suddenly"