dead

[ ded ]

/ dɛd /

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adjective, dead·er, dead·est.

no longer living; deprived of life: dead people; dead flowers; dead animals.

brain-dead.

not endowed with life; inanimate: dead stones.

resembling death; deathlike: a dead sleep;a dead faint.

bereft of sensation; numb: He was half dead with fright.My leg feels dead.

lacking sensitivity of feeling; insensitive: dead to the needs of others.

incapable of being emotionally moved; unresponsive: dead to the nuances of the music.

(of an emotion) no longer felt; ended; extinguished: a dead passion;dead affections.

no longer current or prevalent, as in effect, significance, or practice; obsolete: a dead law;a dead controversy.

no longer functioning, operating, or productive: a dead motor;a dead battery.

not moving or circulating; stagnant; stale: dead water;dead air.

utterly tired; exhausted: They felt dead from the six-hour trip.

(of a language) no longer in use as a sole means of oral communication among a people: Latin is a dead language.

without vitality, spirit, enthusiasm, or the like: a dead party.

lacking the customary activity; dull; inactive: a dead business day.

complete; absolute: dead silence;The plan was a dead loss.

sudden or abrupt, as the complete stoppage of an action: The bus came to a dead stop.

put out; extinguished: a dead cigarette.

without resilience or bounce: a dead tennis ball.

infertile; barren: dead land.

exact; precise: the dead center of a circle.

accurate; sure; unerring: a dead shot.

direct; straight: a dead line.

tasteless or flat, as a beverage: a dead soft drink.

flat rather than glossy, bright, or brilliant: The house was painted dead white.

without resonance; anechoic: dead sound;a dead wall surface of a recording studio.

not fruitful; unproductive: dead capital.

Law. deprived of civil rights so that one is in the state of civil death, especially deprived of the rights of property.

Sports. out of play: a dead ball.

(of a golf ball) lying so close to the hole as to make holing on the next stroke a virtual certainty.

(of type or copy) having been used or rejected.

Electricity.

free from any electric connection to a source of potential difference and from electric charge.
not having a potential different from that of the earth.

Metallurgy. (of steel)

fully killed.
unresponsive to heat treatment.

(of the mouth of a horse) no longer sensitive to the pressure of a bit.

noting any rope in a tackle that does not pass over a pulley or is not rove through a block.

noun

the period of greatest darkness, coldness, etc.: the dead of night; the dead of winter.

the dead, dead persons collectively: Prayers were recited for the dead.

adverb

absolutely; completely: dead right;dead tired.

with sudden and total stoppage of motion, action, or the like: He stopped dead.

directly; exactly; straight: The island lay dead ahead.

Idioms for dead

dead in the water, completely inactive or inoperable; no longer in action or under consideration: Our plans to expand the business have been dead in the water for the past two months.

dead to rights, in the very act of committing a crime, offense, or mistake; red-handed.

Origin of dead

First recorded before 950; Middle English deed, Old English dēad; cognate with Gothic dauths, German tot, Old Norse daudhr; originally, past participle. See die¹

SYNONYMS FOR dead

6 unfeeling, indifferent, callous, cold.

10 inert, inoperative.

11 still, motionless.

16 utter, entire, total.

20 sterile.

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ANTONYMS FOR dead

1 living, alive.

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synonym study for dead

1. Dead, deceased, extinct, lifeless refer to something that does not have or appear to have life. Dead is usually applied to something that had life but from which life is now gone: dead trees. Deceased, a more formal word than dead, is applied to human beings who no longer have life: a deceased member of the church. Extinct is applied to a species, genus, or the like, no member of which is any longer alive: Mastodons are now extinct. Lifeless is applied to something that may or may not have had life but that does not have it or appear to have it now: The lifeless body of a child was taken out of the water. Minerals consist of lifeless materials.

OTHER WORDS FROM dead

deadness, nounhalf-dead, adjective

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Example sentences from the Web for dead

Twenty years later, you have this kid who was younger than Rodney King and deader than Rodney King.
Arsenio Hall on Filming From L.A. Riots’ Ground Zero|Arsenio Hall|April 27, 2012|DAILY BEAST
When I come to the top, I lit eout fer the fust thing I c'd see to lay holt of, which wuz old squarhead himself, deader 'n pork.
The Cruise of the Cachalot|Frank T. Bullen
It wouldn't have killed them any deader, and it wouldn't have hurt as much.
The Cosmic Computer|Henry Beam Piper
He had been a great King but he was deader than a doornail now.
Seven O'Clock Stories|Robert Gordon Anderson

"Then mother's a deader too," cried the little girl dropping her face in her pinafore and sobbing bitterly.
A Study In Scarlet|Arthur Conan Doyle
The talent jumped to the conclusion that the mine was a "deader."
My Adventures with Your Money|George Graham Rice

British Dictionary definitions for dead

dead

/ (dɛd) /

adjective

no longer alive
(as noun)the dead

not endowed with life; inanimate

no longer in use, valid, effective, or relevanta dead issue; a dead language

unresponsive or unaware; insensiblehe is dead to my strongest pleas

lacking in freshness, interest, or vitalitya dead handshake

devoid of physical sensation; numbhis gums were dead from the anaesthetic

resembling death; deathlikea dead sleep

no longer burning or hotdead coals

(of flowers or foliage) withered; faded

(prenominal) (intensifier)a dead stop; a dead loss

informal very tired

electronics

drained of electric charge; fully dischargedthe battery was dead
not connected to a source of potential difference or electric charge

lacking acoustic reverberationa dead sound; a dead surface

sport (of a ball, etc) out of play

unerring; accurate; precise (esp in the phrase a dead shot)

lacking resilience or bouncea dead ball

printing

(of type) set but no longer needed for useCompare standing (def. 7)
(of copy) already composed

not yielding a return; idledead capital

informal certain to suffer a terrible fate; doomedyou're dead if your mother catches you at that

(of colours) not glossy or bright; lacklustre

stagnantdead air

military shielded from view, as by a geographic feature or environmental conditiona dead zone; dead space

dead as a doornail informal completely dead

dead from the neck up informal stupid or unintelligent

dead in the water informal unsuccessful, and with little hope of future successthe talks are now dead in the water

dead to the world informal unaware of one's surroundings, esp fast asleep or very drunk

leave for dead

to abandon
informal to surpass or outdistance by far

wouldn't be seen dead in informal to refuse to wear or to go to

noun

a period during which coldness, darkness, or some other quality associated with death is at its most intensethe dead of winter

adverb

(intensifier)dead easy; stop dead; dead level

dead on exactly right

Derived forms of dead

deadness, noun

Word Origin for dead

Old English dēad; related to Old High German tōt, Old Norse dauthr; see die 1

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Idioms and Phrases with dead

dead

In addition to the idioms beginning with dead

dead ahead
dead and buried
dead as a doornail
dead beat
dead drunk
dead duck
dead end
dead from the neck up
dead heat
dead horse
dead in one's tracks
dead in the water
dead letter
dead loss
dead man
dead of
dead on one's feet
dead ringer
dead set against
dead soldier
dead tired
dead to rights
dead to the world
dead weight

also see:

beat a dead horse
caught dead
cut someone dead
drop dead
knock dead
more dead than alive
over my dead body
quick and the dead
stop cold (dead)
to wake the dead

Also see underdeath.

Medical definitions for dead

dead

[ dĕd ]

adj.

Having lost life; no longer alive.

Lacking feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive.

单词	dead
释义	dead [ ded ] / dɛd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR dead ON THESAURUS.COM adjective, dead·er, dead·est. no longer living; deprived of life: dead people; dead flowers; dead animals. brain-dead. not endowed with life; inanimate: dead stones. resembling death; deathlike: a dead sleep;a dead faint. bereft of sensation; numb: He was half dead with fright.My leg feels dead. lacking sensitivity of feeling; insensitive: dead to the needs of others. incapable of being emotionally moved; unresponsive: dead to the nuances of the music. (of an emotion) no longer felt; ended; extinguished: a dead passion;dead affections. no longer current or prevalent, as in effect, significance, or practice; obsolete: a dead law;a dead controversy. no longer functioning, operating, or productive: a dead motor;a dead battery. not moving or circulating; stagnant; stale: dead water;dead air. utterly tired; exhausted: They felt dead from the six-hour trip. (of a language) no longer in use as a sole means of oral communication among a people: Latin is a dead language. without vitality, spirit, enthusiasm, or the like: a dead party. lacking the customary activity; dull; inactive: a dead business day. complete; absolute: dead silence;The plan was a dead loss. sudden or abrupt, as the complete stoppage of an action: The bus came to a dead stop. put out; extinguished: a dead cigarette. without resilience or bounce: a dead tennis ball. infertile; barren: dead land. exact; precise: the dead center of a circle. accurate; sure; unerring: a dead shot. direct; straight: a dead line. tasteless or flat, as a beverage: a dead soft drink. flat rather than glossy, bright, or brilliant: The house was painted dead white. without resonance; anechoic: dead sound;a dead wall surface of a recording studio. not fruitful; unproductive: dead capital. Law. deprived of civil rights so that one is in the state of civil death, especially deprived of the rights of property. Sports. out of play: a dead ball. (of a golf ball) lying so close to the hole as to make holing on the next stroke a virtual certainty. (of type or copy) having been used or rejected. Electricity. free from any electric connection to a source of potential difference and from electric charge. not having a potential different from that of the earth. Metallurgy. (of steel) fully killed. unresponsive to heat treatment. (of the mouth of a horse) no longer sensitive to the pressure of a bit. noting any rope in a tackle that does not pass over a pulley or is not rove through a block. noun the period of greatest darkness, coldness, etc.: the dead of night; the dead of winter. the dead, dead persons collectively: Prayers were recited for the dead. adverb absolutely; completely: dead right;dead tired. with sudden and total stoppage of motion, action, or the like: He stopped dead. directly; exactly; straight: The island lay dead ahead. Idioms for dead dead in the water, completely inactive or inoperable; no longer in action or under consideration: Our plans to expand the business have been dead in the water for the past two months. dead to rights, in the very act of committing a crime, offense, or mistake; red-handed. Origin of dead First recorded before 950; Middle English deed, Old English dēad; cognate with Gothic dauths, German tot, Old Norse daudhr; originally, past participle. See die¹ SYNONYMS FOR dead 6 unfeeling, indifferent, callous, cold. 10 inert, inoperative. 11 still, motionless. 16 utter, entire, total. 20 sterile. SEE SYNONYMS FOR dead ON THESAURUS.COM ANTONYMS FOR dead 1 living, alive. SEE ANTONYMS FOR dead ON THESAURUS.COM synonym study for dead 1. Dead, deceased, extinct, lifeless refer to something that does not have or appear to have life. Dead is usually applied to something that had life but from which life is now gone: dead trees. Deceased, a more formal word than dead, is applied to human beings who no longer have life: a deceased member of the church. Extinct is applied to a species, genus, or the like, no member of which is any longer alive: Mastodons are now extinct. Lifeless is applied to something that may or may not have had life but that does not have it or appear to have it now: The lifeless body of a child was taken out of the water. Minerals consist of lifeless materials. OTHER WORDS FROM dead deadness, nounhalf-dead, adjective Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for dead Twenty years later, you have this kid who was younger than Rodney King and deader than Rodney King. Arsenio Hall on Filming From L.A. Riots’ Ground Zero\|Arsenio Hall\|April 27, 2012\|DAILY BEAST When I come to the top, I lit eout fer the fust thing I c'd see to lay holt of, which wuz old squarhead himself, deader 'n pork. The Cruise of the Cachalot\|Frank T. Bullen It wouldn't have killed them any deader, and it wouldn't have hurt as much. The Cosmic Computer\|Henry Beam Piper He had been a great King but he was deader than a doornail now. Seven O'Clock Stories\|Robert Gordon Anderson "Then mother's a deader too," cried the little girl dropping her face in her pinafore and sobbing bitterly. A Study In Scarlet\|Arthur Conan Doyle The talent jumped to the conclusion that the mine was a "deader." My Adventures with Your Money\|George Graham Rice British Dictionary definitions for dead dead / (dɛd) / adjective no longer alive (as noun)the dead not endowed with life; inanimate no longer in use, valid, effective, or relevanta dead issue; a dead language unresponsive or unaware; insensiblehe is dead to my strongest pleas lacking in freshness, interest, or vitalitya dead handshake devoid of physical sensation; numbhis gums were dead from the anaesthetic resembling death; deathlikea dead sleep no longer burning or hotdead coals (of flowers or foliage) withered; faded (prenominal) (intensifier)a dead stop; a dead loss informal very tired electronics drained of electric charge; fully dischargedthe battery was dead not connected to a source of potential difference or electric charge lacking acoustic reverberationa dead sound; a dead surface sport (of a ball, etc) out of play unerring; accurate; precise (esp in the phrase a dead shot) lacking resilience or bouncea dead ball printing (of type) set but no longer needed for useCompare standing (def. 7) (of copy) already composed not yielding a return; idledead capital informal certain to suffer a terrible fate; doomedyou're dead if your mother catches you at that (of colours) not glossy or bright; lacklustre stagnantdead air military shielded from view, as by a geographic feature or environmental conditiona dead zone; dead space dead as a doornail informal completely dead dead from the neck up informal stupid or unintelligent dead in the water informal unsuccessful, and with little hope of future successthe talks are now dead in the water dead to the world informal unaware of one's surroundings, esp fast asleep or very drunk leave for dead to abandon informal to surpass or outdistance by far wouldn't be seen dead in informal to refuse to wear or to go to noun a period during which coldness, darkness, or some other quality associated with death is at its most intensethe dead of winter adverb (intensifier)dead easy; stop dead; dead level dead on exactly right Derived forms of dead deadness, noun Word Origin for dead Old English dēad; related to Old High German tōt, Old Norse dauthr; see die 1 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with dead dead In addition to the idioms beginning with dead dead ahead dead and buried dead as a doornail dead beat dead drunk dead duck dead end dead from the neck up dead heat dead horse dead in one's tracks dead in the water dead letter dead loss dead man dead of dead on one's feet dead ringer dead set against dead soldier dead tired dead to rights dead to the world dead weight also see: beat a dead horse caught dead cut someone dead drop dead knock dead more dead than alive over my dead body quick and the dead stop cold (dead) to wake the dead Also see underdeath. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Words related to dead late, lifeless, asleep, buried, deceased, flat, paralyzed, exhausted, unemployed, spent, lost, tired, sure, cold, departed, stiff, boring, still, barren, bygone Medical definitions for dead dead [ dĕd ] adj. Having lost life; no longer alive. Lacking feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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dead

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