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no longer living
dead(noun)people who are no longer living
"they buried the dead"
dead(adj)a time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense
"the dead of winter"
dead(adj)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(adj)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"
all in(p), beat(p), bushed(p), dead(p)(adj)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"
dead(adj)unerringly accurate
"a dead shot"; "took dead aim"
dead(adj)physically inactive
"Crater Lake is in the crater of a dead volcano of the Cascade Range"
dead(p), numb(p)(adj)(followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive
"passersby were dead to our plea for help"; "numb to the cries for mercy"
dead, deadened(adj)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(adj)lacking acoustic resonance
"dead sounds characteristic of some compact discs"; "the dead wall surfaces of a recording studio"
dead, idle(adj)not yielding a return
"dead capital"; "idle funds"
dead(a), stagnant(adj)not circulating or flowing
"dead air"; "dead water"; "stagnant water"
dead(adj)not surviving in active use
"Latin is a dead language"
dead(adj)lacking resilience or bounce
"a dead tennis ball"
dead(adj)out of use or operation because of a fault or breakdown
"a dead telephone line"; "the motor is dead"
dead(adj)no longer having force or relevance
"a dead issue"
dead(a), utter(adj)complete
"came to a dead stop"; "utter seriousness"
dead, drained(adj)drained of electric charge; discharged
"a dead battery"; "left the lights on and came back to find the battery drained"
dead(adverb)devoid of activity
"this is a dead town; nothing ever happens here"
abruptly, suddenly, short, dead(adverb)quickly and without warning
"he stopped suddenly"
absolutely, perfectly, utterly, dead(adverb)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"
no longer livingI inherited this heirloom from my dead great-grandfather
lacking in gaiety, movement, or animationthe store is often dead after 4:00 p.m.
depleted in strength, energy, or freshnessa long day of traveling left them just dead
having no exceptions or restrictionsthere was a dead silence following that incredibly moving performance
lacking in sensation or feelingmy foot was dead after I absentmindedly sat on it for an hour
no longer existingthe dead Babylonian culture
not being in a state of use, activity, or employmentlocal coal mines that have been dead for years
of, relating to, or suggestive of deathfell into a dead faint upon hearing the news
facing certain defeat, disaster, or deathif we don't finish this project on time, we're dead
lacking in taste or flavorfrom the first sip I could tell that the wine hadn't aged well and was pretty much dead
producing inferior or only a small amount of vegetationthe dead wastes of the far country to the west
in a direct line or coursethe finish line is dead ahead
to a full extent or degreeI'm dead certain that's the one I want
the state of being deadit's impossible to raise someone from the dead
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