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dead definition
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Grep of noun dead dead dead-end street dead-man's-fingers dead-men's-fingers dead animal dead axle dead body dead center dead centre dead end dead hand dead hand of the past dead heat dead letter dead load dead march dead metaphor dead nettle dead person dead reckoning dead ringer dead room dead sea dead sea scrolls dead soul dead weight deadbeat deadbeat dad deadbolt deadening deadhead deadlight deadline deadliness deadlock deadly nightshade deadly sin deadness the living dead white dead nettle Overview of noun dead The noun dead has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (9) dead -- (people who are no longer living; "they buried the dead") 2. (1) dead -- (a time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense; "the dead of winter") Overview of adj dead The adj dead has 21 senses (first 6 from tagged texts) 1. (72) dead -- (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") 2. (4) dead -- (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") 3. (2) all in beat bushed, dead -- ((informal) 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") 4. (1) dead -- (unerringly accurate; "a dead shot"; "took dead aim") 5. (1) dead -- (physically inactive; "Crater Lake is in the crater of a dead volcano of the Cascade Range") 6. (1) dead, utter -- (total; "dead silence"; "utter seriousness") 7. inanimate, nonliving, dead -- (not endowed with life; "the inorganic world is inanimate"; "inanimate objects"; "dead stones") 8. dead, numb -- ((followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive; "passersby were dead to our plea for help"; "numb to the cries for mercy") 9. dead, deadened -- (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") 10. dead -- (lacking acoustic resonance; "dead sounds characteristic of some compact discs"; "the dead wall surfaces of a recording studio") 11. dead, idle -- (not yielding a return; "dead capital"; "idle funds") 12. dead, stagnant -- (not circulating or flowing; "dead air"; "dead water"; "stagnant water") 13. dead -- (out of use or operation because of a fault or breakdown; "a dead telephone line"; "the motor is dead") 14. dead -- (not surviving in active use "Latin is a dead language") 15. dead -- (lacking resilience or bounce; "a dead tennis ball") 16. dead, defunct -- (no longer in force or use inactive; "a defunct (or dead) law"; "a defunct organization") 17. dead -- (no longer having force or relevance; "a dead issue") 18. dead -- (sudden and complete; "came to a dead stop") 19. dead, drained -- (drained of electric charge; discharged; "a dead battery"; "left the lights on and came back to find the battery drained") 20. dead, lifeless -- (lacking animation or excitement or activity; "the party being dead we left early"; "it was a lifeless party until she arrived") 21. dead -- (devoid of activity; "this is a dead town; nothing ever happens here") Overview of adv dead The adv dead has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. abruptly, suddenly, short, dead -- (quickly and without warning; "he stopped suddenly") 2. absolutely, perfectly, utterly, dead -- (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") Antonyms of adj dead 21 senses of dead Sense 1 dead (vs. alive) alive(prenominal) (vs. dead) => live, living => liveborn => viable => vital Sense 2 dead (vs. live) live (vs. dead) => glowing(postnominal) => in play(prenominal) => living(postnominal) => living(postnominal) => smoldering, smouldering Sense 3 all in(prenominal), beat(prenominal), bushed(prenominal), dead(prenominal) INDIRECT (VIA tired) -> rested Sense 4 dead INDIRECT (VIA precise) -> imprecise Sense 5 dead INDIRECT (VIA dormant, extinct) -> active INDIRECT (VIA extinct, active) -> dormant, inactive Sense 6 dead(postnominal), utter(postnominal) INDIRECT (VIA absolute) -> relative Sense 7 inanimate (vs. animate), nonliving, dead Sense 8 dead(prenominal), numb(prenominal) INDIRECT (VIA insensitive) -> sensitive Sense 9 dead, deadened INDIRECT (VIA insensitive) -> sensitive Sense 10 dead INDIRECT (VIA unreverberant) -> reverberant, ringing Sense 11 dead, idle INDIRECT (VIA unprofitable) -> profitable Sense 12 dead(postnominal), stagnant INDIRECT (VIA standing) -> running Sense 13 dead INDIRECT (VIA malfunctioning) -> functioning Sense 14 dead INDIRECT (VIA extinct) -> extant Sense 15 dead INDIRECT (VIA inelastic) -> elastic Sense 16 dead, defunct INDIRECT (VIA inoperative) -> operative Sense 17 dead INDIRECT (VIA noncurrent) -> current Sense 18 dead(postnominal) INDIRECT (VIA complete) -> incomplete, uncomplete INDIRECT (VIA complete, complete) -> incomplete Sense 19 dead, drained INDIRECT (VIA uncharged) -> charged Sense 20 dead, lifeless INDIRECT (VIA unanimated) -> animated, alive Sense 21 dead INDIRECT (VIA inactive) -> active Similarity of adj dead 21 senses of dead Sense 1 dead (vs. alive) => asleep(prenominal), at peace(prenominal), at rest(prenominal), deceased, departed, gone => assassinated => bloodless, exsanguine, exsanguinous => brain dead => breathless, inanimate, pulseless => cold => deathlike, deathly => defunct => d.o.a. => doomed => executed => fallen => late(postnominal) => lifeless, exanimate => murdered => slain => stillborn => stone-dead => nonviable Sense 2 dead (vs. live) => barren => extinct, extinguished, out(prenominal), quenched => lifeless => out of play(prenominal) Sense 3 all in(prenominal), beat(prenominal), bushed(prenominal), dead(prenominal) => tired (vs. rested) Sense 4 dead => precise (vs. imprecise) Sense 5 dead => extinct (vs. active) (vs. dormant), inactive Sense 6 dead(postnominal), utter(postnominal) => absolute (vs. relative) Sense 7 inanimate (vs. animate), nonliving, dead => nonconscious Sense 8 dead(prenominal), numb(prenominal) => insensitive (vs. sensitive) Sense 9 dead, deadened => insensitive (vs. sensitive) Sense 10 dead => unreverberant (vs. reverberant), nonresonant Sense 11 dead, idle => unprofitable (vs. profitable) Sense 12 dead(postnominal), stagnant => standing(postnominal) (vs. running) Sense 13 dead => malfunctioning (vs. functioning), nonfunctional Sense 14 dead => extinct (vs. extant), nonextant Sense 15 dead => inelastic (vs. elastic) Sense 16 dead, defunct => inoperative (vs. operative) Sense 17 dead => noncurrent (vs. current) Sense 18 dead(postnominal) => complete (vs. incomplete) (vs. incomplete) Sense 19 dead, drained => uncharged (vs. charged) Sense 20 dead, lifeless => unanimated (vs. animated) Sense 21 dead => inactive (vs. active) Attributes of adj dead 2 of 21 senses of dead Sense 1 dead (vs. alive) => animation, life, living, aliveness => animation, vitality Sense 7 inanimate (vs. animate), nonliving, dead => animateness, aliveness, liveness Familiarity of adj dead dead used as an adjective is very familiar (polysemy count = 21) Grep of adj dead brain dead dead dead-on dead on target dead set deadened deadening deadlocked deadly deadpan stone-dead Overview of noun dead The noun dead has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (9) dead -- (people who are no longer living; "they buried the dead") 2. (1) dead -- (a time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense; "the dead of winter") Overview of adj dead The adj dead has 21 senses (first 6 from tagged texts) 1. (72) dead -- (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") 2. (4) dead -- (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") 3. (2) all in beat bushed, dead -- ((informal) 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") 4. (1) dead -- (unerringly accurate; "a dead shot"; "took dead aim") 5. (1) dead -- (physically inactive; "Crater Lake is in the crater of a dead volcano of the Cascade Range") 6. (1) dead, utter -- (total; "dead silence"; "utter seriousness") 7. inanimate, nonliving, dead -- (not endowed with life; "the inorganic world is inanimate"; "inanimate objects"; "dead stones") 8. dead, numb -- ((followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive; "passersby were dead to our plea for help"; "numb to the cries for mercy") 9. dead, deadened -- (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") 10. dead -- (lacking acoustic resonance; "dead sounds characteristic of some compact discs"; "the dead wall surfaces of a recording studio") 11. dead, idle -- (not yielding a return; "dead capital"; "idle funds") 12. dead, stagnant -- (not circulating or flowing; "dead air"; "dead water"; "stagnant water") 13. dead -- (out of use or operation because of a fault or breakdown; "a dead telephone line"; "the motor is dead") 14. dead -- (not surviving in active use "Latin is a dead language") 15. dead -- (lacking resilience or bounce; "a dead tennis ball") 16. dead, defunct -- (no longer in force or use inactive; "a defunct (or dead) law"; "a defunct organization") 17. dead -- (no longer having force or relevance; "a dead issue") 18. dead -- (sudden and complete; "came to a dead stop") 19. dead, drained -- (drained of electric charge; discharged; "a dead battery"; "left the lights on and came back to find the battery drained") 20. dead, lifeless -- (lacking animation or excitement or activity; "the party being dead we left early"; "it was a lifeless party until she arrived") 21. dead -- (devoid of activity; "this is a dead town; nothing ever happens here") Overview of adv dead The adv dead has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. abruptly, suddenly, short, dead -- (quickly and without warning; "he stopped suddenly") 2. absolutely, perfectly, utterly, dead -- (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 definition