Dead
adjectiveAdjective
devoid of physical sensation; numb
“his gums were dead from the novocain”
“she felt no discomfort as the dentist drilled her deadened tooth”
Similar:Deadenednot circulating or flowing
“dead air”
“dead water”
Similar:Stagnant(followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive
“passersby were dead to our plea for help”
Similar:Numbvery tired
“I'm dead after that long trip”
drained of electric charge; discharged
“a dead battery”
Similar:Drainednot yielding a return
“dead capital”
Similar:Idlenot 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”
See also:Extinctlacking acoustic resonance
“dead sounds characteristic of some compact discs”
“the dead wall surfaces of a recording studio”
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”
out of use or operation because of a fault or breakdown
“a dead telephone line”
“the motor is dead”
unerringly accurate
“a dead shot”
“took dead aim”
devoid of activity
“this is a dead town; nothing ever happens here”
lacking resilience or bounce
“a dead tennis ball”
no longer having force or relevance
“a dead issue”
not surviving in active use
“Latin is a dead language”
physically inactive
“Crater Lake is in the crater of a dead volcano of the Cascade Range”
the complete stoppage of an action
“came to a dead stop”
Noun
a time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense
“the dead of winter”
Type of:Timepeople who are no longer living
“they buried the dead”
Type of:People
Adverb
completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
“you can be dead sure of my innocence”
“was dead tired”
“dead right”
quickly and without warning
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