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dead  (dd)

adj. dead·er, dead·est

1. Having lost life; no longer alive.

2. Marked for certain death; doomed: was marked as a dead man by the assassin.

3.

a. Having the physical appearance of death: a dead pallor.

b. Lacking feeling or sensitivity; numb or unresponsive: Passersby were dead to our pleas for help.

c. Weary and worn-out; exhausted.

4.

a. Not having the capacity to live; inanimate or inert.

b. Not having the capacity to produce or sustain life; barren: dead soil.

5.

a. No longer in existence, use, or operation.

b. No longer having significance or relevance.

c. Physically inactive; dormant: a dead volcano.

6.

a. Not commercially productive; idle: dead capital.

b. Not circulating or running; stagnant: dead water; dead air.

7.

a. Devoid of human or vehicular activity; quiet: a dead town.

b. Lacking all animation, excitement, or activity; dull: The party being dead, we left early.

8. Having no resonance. Used of sounds: "One characteristic of compact discs we all can hear is dead sound. It may be pure but it has no life" Musical Heritage Review.

9. Having grown cold; having been extinguished: dead coals; a dead flame.

10. Lacking elasticity or bounce: That tennis ball is dead.

11. Out of operation because of a fault or breakdown: The motor is dead.

12.

a. Sudden; abrupt: a dead stop.

b. Complete; utter: dead silence.

c. Exact; unerring. the dead center of a target.

13. Sports Out of play. Used of a ball.

14.

a. Lacking connection to a source of electric current.

b. Drained of electric charge; discharged: a dead battery.

n.

1. One who has died: respect for the dead.

2. The period exhibiting the greatest degree of intensity: the dead of winter; the dead of night.

adv.

1. Absolutely; altogether: You can be dead sure of my innocence.

2. Directly; exactly: There's a gas station dead ahead.

3. Suddenly: She stopped dead on the stairway.

Idioms:

dead and buried

No longer in use or under consideration: All past animosities are dead and buried now.

dead in the water

Unable to function or move: The crippled ship was dead in the water. With no leadership, the project was dead in the water.

dead to rights

In the very act of making an error or committing a crime: The police caught the thief dead to rights with my silverware.

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[Middle English ded, from Old English dad; see dheu-² in Indo-European roots.]

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deadness n.

Synonyms: dead, deceased, departed, extinct, lifeless, inanimate
These adjectives all mean without life. Dead applies in general to whatever once hadbut no longer hasphysical life (a dead man; a dead leaf), function (a dead battery), or force or currency (a dead issue; a dead language). Deceased and departed refer only to nonliving humans: attended a memorial service for a recently deceased friend; looking at pictures of departed relatives.
Extinct can refer to what has no living successors (extinct species such as the dodo) or to what is extinguished or inactive (an extinct volcano). Lifeless applies to what no longer has physical life (a lifeless body), to what does not support life (a lifeless planet), or to what lacks animation, spirit, or brightness (a lifeless performance; lifeless colors). Inanimate is most often limited to what has never had physical life: "The anchored gunboat simply would not sink. It evinced that unnatural stubbornness which is sometimes displayed by inanimate objects" Stephen Crane.

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dead

Adjective

1. no longer alive

2. no longer in use or finished: a dead language, a dead match

3. unresponsive

4. (of a limb) numb

5. complete or absolute: there was dead silence

6. Informal very tired

7. (of a place) lacking activity

8. Electronics

a. drained of electric charge

b. not connected to a source of electric charge

9. Sport (of a ball) out of play

10. dead from the neck up Informal stupid

11. dead to the world Informal fast asleep

Noun

a period during which coldness or darkness is most intense: the dead of winter

Adverb

1. Informal extremely: dead easy

2. suddenly and abruptly: stop dead

3. dead on exactly right [Old English dēad]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	dead - people who are no longer living; "they buried the dead" people - (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience" slain - people who have been slain (as in battle) dead person, dead soul, deceased, deceased person, decedent, departed - someone who is no longer alive; "I wonder what the dead person would have done" living - people who are still living; "save your pity for the living"
	2.	dead - a time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense; "the dead of winter" time - an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities); "he waited a long time"; "the time of year for planting"; "he was a great actor in his time"
Adj.	1.	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" alive, live - possessing life; "the happiest person alive"; "the nerve is alive"; "doctors are working hard to keep him alive"; "burned alive"; "a live canary"
	2.	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"; "dead soil"; "dead coals"; "the fire is dead" extinct - (of e.g. volcanos) permanently inactive; "an extinct volcano" live - exerting force or containing energy; "live coals"; "tossed a live cigarette out the window"; "got a shock from a live wire"; "live ore is unmined ore"; "a live bomb"; "a live ball is one in play"
	3.	dead - 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" all in, beat, bushed colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech tired - depleted of strength or energy; "tired mothers with crying babies"; "too tired to eat"
	4.	dead - unerringly accurate; "a dead shot"; "took dead aim" precise - sharply exact or accurate or delimited; "a precise mind"; "specified a precise amount"; "arrived at the precise moment"
	5.	dead - physically inactive; "Crater Lake is in the crater of a dead volcano of the Cascade Range" extinct - (of e.g. volcanos) permanently inactive; "an extinct volcano"
	6.	dead - (followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive; "passersby were dead to our plea for help"; "numb to the cries for mercy" numb insensitive - deficient in human sensibility; not mentally or morally sensitive; "insensitive to the needs of the patients"
	7.	dead - 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" deadened insensitive - not responsive to physical stimuli; "insensitive to radiation"
	8.	dead - lacking acoustic resonance; "dead sounds characteristic of some compact discs"; "the dead wall surfaces of a recording studio" nonresonant, unreverberant - not reverberant; lacking a tendency to reverberate
	9.	dead - not yielding a return; "dead capital"; "idle funds" idle unprofitable - producing little or no profit or gain; "deposits abandoned by mining companies as unprofitable"
	10.	dead - not circulating or flowing; "dead air"; "dead water"; "stagnant water" stagnant standing - (of fluids) not moving or flowing; "mosquitoes breed in standing water"
	11.	dead - not surviving in active use; "Latin is a dead language" extinct, nonextant - no longer in existence; lost or especially having died out leaving no living representatives; "an extinct species of fish"; "an extinct royal family"; "extinct laws and customs"
	12.	dead - lacking resilience or bounce; "a dead tennis ball" inelastic - not elastic; "economists speak of an inelastic price structure"
	13.	dead - out of use or operation because of a fault or breakdown; "a dead telephone line"; "the motor is dead" inoperative - not working or taking effect; "an inoperative law"
	14.	dead - no longer having force or relevance; "a dead issue" noncurrent - not current or belonging to the present time
	15.	dead - complete; "came to a dead stop"; "utter seriousness" utter complete - having every necessary or normal part or component or step; "a complete meal"; "a complete wardrobe"; "a complete set of the Britannica"; "a complete set of china"; "a complete defeat"; "a complete accounting"
	16.	dead - drained of electric charge; discharged; "a dead battery"; "left the lights on and came back to find the battery drained" drained uncharged - of a particle or body or system; having no charge; "an uncharged particle"; "an uncharged battery"
	17.	dead - devoid of activity; "this is a dead town; nothing ever happens here" inactive - lacking activity; lying idle or unused; "an inactive mine"; "inactive accounts"; "inactive machinery"
Adv.	1.	dead - quickly and without warning; "he stopped suddenly" abruptly, short, suddenly
	2.	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" absolutely, perfectly, utterly

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dead

adjective 1. deceased, gone, departed, late, perished, extinct, defunct, passed away, pushing up (the) daisies << OPPOSITE alive

adjective 2. inanimate, still, barren, sterile, stagnant, lifeless, inert, uninhabited

adjective 3. boring, dull, dreary, flat, plain, stale, tasteless, humdrum, uninteresting, insipid, ho-hum (informal) vapid, dead-and-alive

adjective 4. not working, useless, inactive, inoperative << OPPOSITE working

adjective 5. obsolete, old, antique, discarded, extinct, archaic, disused

adjective 6. spiritless, cold, dull, wooden, glazed, indifferent, callous, lukewarm, inhuman, unsympathetic, apathetic, frigid, glassy, unresponsive, unfeeling, torpid << OPPOSITE lively

adjective 7. numb, frozen, paralysed, insensitive, inert, deadened, immobilized, unfeeling, torpid, insensible, benumbed

adjective 8. (of a centre, silence, or a stop) total, complete, perfect, entire, absolute, utter, outright, thorough, downright, unqualified

adjective 9. (Informal) exhausted, tired, worn out, spent, wasted, done in (informal) all in (slang) drained, wiped out (informal) sapped, knackered (slang) prostrated, clapped out Brit., Austral., N.Z. (informal) tired out, ready to drop, dog-tired (informal) zonked (slang) dead tired, dead beat (informal) shagged out Brit. (slang) worn to a frazzle (informal) on your last legs (informal) creamcrackered Brit. (slang)

noun 10. middle, heart, depth, thick, midst

adverb 11. exactly, quite, completely, totally, directly, perfectly, fully, entirely, absolutely, thoroughly, wholly, utterly, consummately, wholeheartedly, unconditionally, to the hilt, one hundred per cent, unmitigatedly

Translations

dead [dɛd] adj → muerto; [limb] → dormido; [battery] → agotado

adv → totalmente (= exactly); justo;

he was dead on arrival → ingresó cadáver;

to shoot sb dead → matar a algn a tiros;

dead tired → muerto (de cansancio);

to stop dead → parar en seco;

the line has gone dead (TEL) → se ha cortado la línea;

the dead npl → los muertos

dead [dɛd] adj → mort(e) (= numb); engourdi(e) → insensible; [battery] → à plat

adv (= completely) → absolument, complètement (= exactly); juste;

the dead npl → les morts;

he was shot dead → il a été tué d'un coup de revolver;

dead on time → à l'heure pile;

dead tired → éreinté(e) → complètement fourbu(e);

to stop dead → s'arrêter pile or net;

the line is dead (Tel) → la ligne est coupée

dead [dɛd] adj → tot;

(flowers) → verwelkt;

(numb) → abgestorben, taub;

(battery) → leer;

(place) → wie ausgestorben

adv → total, völlig;

(directly, exactly) → genau

npl the dead → die Toten pl;

to shoot sb dead → jdn erschießen;

dead silence → Totenstille f;

in the dead centre (of) → genau in der Mitte +gen;

the line has gone dead (Tel) → die Leitung ist tot;

dead on time → auf die Minute pünktlich;

dead tired → todmüde;

to stop dead → abrupt stehen bleiben

dead [dɛd] adj → morto/a (= numb); intirizzito/a

adv → assolutamente, perfettamente;

the dead npl → i morti;

he was shot dead → fu colpito a morte;

dead on time → in perfetto orario;

dead tired → stanco/a morto/a;

to stop dead → fermarsi in tronco;

the line has gone dead (TEL) → è caduta la linea

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dead

adj dead [ded]

1 without life; not living a dead body; Throw out those dead flowers.dooieمَيِّتбезжизненmrtvý; uschlýdødtotνεκρόςmuertosurnudمرده؛ خشکیدهkuollutmortמֵתमुर्दा‍, मृतmrtav,preminuohalottmatidauðurmorto死んでいる죽은miręsmiris; beigts; nedzīvsmatidooddød, livløsmartwymortomortмёртвый; увядшийmŕtvy; suchýmrtevmrtavdödตายแล้วölü, ölmüş; solmuş死的，無生命的мертвий; зів'ялийمردہ، بے جانchết死的，无生命的

2 not working and not giving any sign of being about to work The phone/engine is dead.dood, buite werkingعاطِل عنِ العَمَلне работещnefungujícídød; afbrudttotεκτός λειτουργίαςdesconectado, cortadotummخراب؛ از کار افتادهmykkäen panneמוּשׁבָּתनिश्चलvan upotrebenem működikrusakbilaðurguasto動かない작동되지 않는sugedęs, nebeveikiantis(par mehānismu) nestrādājošstidak berfungsidefectdød, i ustand, strømløszepsutymortostri­catне работающий; мёртвыйnefungujúcipokvarjenpokvarendödซึ่งไม่ทำงานแล้วbozuk不通話的(電話)；熄火的(發動機)такий, що не працюєبے عملhỏng不通话的（电话）；熄火的（发动机）

3 absolute or complete There was dead silence at his words; He came to a dead stop.doodsسُكوت تامпъленnaprostý, absolutnídød-; fuldstændig; totalvölligαπόλυτοςtotal, completotäielikکامل؛ محضtäydellinentotalמוּחלָטपूर्णkonačanteljesmutlakalgjörassoluto全くの절대적인, 완전한mirtinas, visiškaspilnīgsmutlakdoods, totaalabsolutt, fullstendigkompletny, całkowitytotaltotalполныйúplnýpopolnkrajnjiplötslig och fullständig, tvär-สนิทtam無動靜的цілковитий, повнийمکملhoàn toàn无动静的

adv

completely dead drunk.totaal, volkomeسَكْران كُلِّياнапълноnaprosto, absolutnětotaltvölligαπόλυταcompletamentetäiestiکاملاًtäysin, umpi-complètementלְגָמרֵיपूरा-पूराpotpuno, totalnoegészenkerasalgjörlegacompletamenteすっかり완전히mirtinai, visiškaipilnīgisangatabsoluuttotalt, fullstendigkompletnietotalmentecompletсовершенноúplnepopolnomamrtavdöd-, as-อย่างแน่นอนtamamen完全地абсолютно; вкрайمکمل طور پرhoàn toàn完全地

v ˈdeaden

to lessen, weaken or make less sharp, strong etc That will deaden the pain.verdoof, temperيُضْعِف، يُسَكِّن، يُخَدِّرзатъпявамztlumit, otupit, ztišitdæmpeabtötenαμβλύνωamortiguarvaigistama, vaibumaکاهش دادن؛ بی حس کردنvaimentaa, vaimentuaamortirלְהַקהוֹת, לְשַׁכֵּךकमजोरumrtvljentompít, gyengítmeredakandeyfa, draga úrattenuare鈍くする가라앉히다, 완화시키다mažinti, slopinti, silpnintimazināt; apslāpēt; padarīt nejutīgumeredakanstillendøyve, dempezłagodzićamortecera potoliпритуплятьstlmiťublažitiotupitidöva, dämpa, lindraทำให้ชาhafifletmek使緩和ослабляти, притуплятиتخفیف کرنا ، تاثیر کم کرناlàm giảm đi使缓和

adj ˈdeadly

1 causing death a deadly poison.dodelikمُميت، قَتّالсмъртоносноsmrtelnýdødeligtödlichθανατηφόροςmortalsurmavکشنده؛ مهلکkuolettavamortelקַטלָנִיघातक, जानलेवाsmrtonosanhalálosmematikanbanvænnmortale命取りの치명적인mirtinasnāvīgs; nāvējošsmematikandodelijkdødbringende, dødeligśmiertelnymortalmortalсмертельныйsmrteľnýsmrtonosensmrtonosandödligเป็นอันตรายถึงตายได้öldürücü, ölümcül殊死的смертельнийمہلکchết người殊死的

2 very great He is in deadly earnest (= He is completely serious).dodelik, dood=عَظيمмногоsmrtelný, naprostýsmadder; død-äußerstαπόλυτοςabsolutamenteääretu, surm-شدید؛ محضsuunnattoman, kuoleman-le plus grandמוּשׁבַּע, מוּחלַטजबरदस्तsmrtnohalálos(an)sangatákafur, mikill, algerlegagrande全くの대단한baisusbriesmīgs; ārkārtīgssangat berbahayadood-svær, veldig, dødsensnadzwyczajnyabsolutamenteextrem deпредельно серьёзныйsmrteľnýzelo veliksasvimfullständigtสุดขีดtamamen非常надзвичайнийازحدrất非常

3 very dull or uninteresting What a deadly job this is.doodverveligمُمِل، قاتِلбезинтересноhrozný, nudný, umrtvujícídræbende; kedeligsterbenslangweiligανιαρόςaburridísimotapvalt igavخسته کننده؛ ملال آورkuolettavan tylsäassommantמְשַעֲמֵםउबाऊna smrthalálosan unalmasmenjemukandrepleiðinlegurinsopportabileやりきれない지루하고 따분한siaubingai nuobodus, klaikusgarlaicīgs; garlaikojošsmenjemukandoodsaaigørrkjedelig, drependeśmiertelnie nudny, monotonnyaborrecidoplicticosпредельно скучныйnudnýdolgočasendosadandödtråkigน่าเบื่อที่สุดsıkıcı, iç bayıltıcı死氣沈沈的，獃板的нудотнийبے لطف، غیر دلچسپrất chán死气沉沉的，呆板的

adv

extremely deadly dull; deadly serious.doodernstig, uiters/ verskriklik ernstigجِداизвънредноtotálně, strašnědød-tod-...εξαιρετικάterriblementeäärmiseltبسیار؛ فوق العادهäärimmäisenmortellementמְאוֹדजबरदस्तsmrtnohalálosansangatákaflegatremendamenteはなはだしく매우, 대단히baisiai, mirtinaibriesmīgi; ārkārtīgisangatdood-svært, dødsens, døds-nieludzko, śmiertelniemuitoîngrijorător deчрезвычайноstrašnezelosmrtnodödligt, döds-สุดขีดson derece, çok çok非常надзвичайно, вкрайانتہائیcực kỳ非常

dead end

a road closed off at one end. doodloopstraatطَريق مَسْدودзадънена улицаslepá ulicelukket vej; blind vejdie Sackgasseαδιέξοδοcallejón sin salidatupikمسیر بن بستumpikujacul-de-sacלְלֹא מוֹצָאबंद गलीkrsj ogranka, ćorsokakzsákutcabuntublindgatavicolo cieco行き止まり막다른 길aklagatvisaklā iela; strupceļšjalan matidoodlopende wegblindveiślepa uliczkabeco sem saídafun­dăturăтупикslepá ulicaslepa ulicaćorsokakåtervändsgataทางตันçıkmaz sokak(街道等)閉塞不通的一頭глухий кутاندھی بند سڑکngõ cụt（街道等）闭塞不通的一头

adj ˈdead-end

leading nowhere a dead-end job.doodloopspoor, blinde ent, doodloopليسَ فيهِ مجال للتَّقَدُّمзадъненbezvýhledný, bídnýudsigtsløsausweglosπου είναι χωρίς προοπτικές, που δεν οδηγεί πουθενάsin salidaperspektiivituبدون ترقی؛ بدون آیندهvailla tulevaisuuttasans avenirמָבוֹי סָתוּםजिसका कोई अंत या अंजाम नहीं होkoji ne vodi nikamoeredmény nélkülitanpa masa depanvonlaussenza prospettive発展性のない막다른be perspektyvųbezperspektīvsjalan buntuuitzichtloosnytteløs, håpløswiodący donikąd, bez perspektywsem saídafără viitorбесперспективныйbezvýhľadnýbrezizhodenneperspektivansom leder ingen vart, [] utan befordringsmöjligheterที่ไร้ความหวังçıkmaz, öteye geçmeyi olanaksız kılan(喻)沒出路的безперспективнийبلا مقصدtình trạng bế tắc（喻）没出路的

dead heat

a race, or a situation happening in a race, in which two or more competitors cross the finishing line together. gelykopstrydوُصول المُتَسابِقين في نَفس اللحْظَهсъстезание с равен резултатnerozhodný výsledek/běh, mrtvý závoddødt løbtotes Rennenισοπαλίαempatetasavägine tulemusنتیجۀ کاملاً برابر؛ مسابقۀ چند برنده ایtasatulos(arrivée) ex{#YV}quoתֵּיקוֹजिस दौड़ में दो प्रतिद्वंदि समान होंneriješena trka, neriješena utrkaholtversenypacuanjafntefli í hlaupiparità同着결승점에 동시에 도착하기lygiosiomis pasibaigusios lenktynės, lygiosiosvienlaicīgs finišsserionbesliste racedødt løpbieg nierozstrzygniętyempate(a termina) la ega­li­tateодновременный финишnerozhodný zápasneodločen (tekma)mrtva trkadött loppการแข่งขันที่เสมอกันberabare kalınan yarış, başa baş yarış勝負不分的賽跑одночасний фінішدوڑ میں برابر رہناtình trạng cùng về đích bằng nhau胜负不分的赛跑

dead language

a language no longer spoken, eg Latin. dooie taalلُغَةٌ ميِّتَه/ مَهْجورَهмъртъв езикmrtvý jazykdødt sprogtote Spracheνεκρή γλώσσαlengua muertasurnud keelزبان منسوخ شدهkuollut kielilangue morteשָׂפָה מֵתָהमृत भाषाizumrli jezikholt nyelvbahasa matidautt tungumállingua morta死語사어(死語)mirusi kalbamirusi valodabahasa yang tidak lagi digunakandode taal(ut)dødt språkmartwy języklíngua mortalimbă moartăмёртвый языкmŕtvy jazykmrtev jezikmrtav jezikdött språkภาษาที่ไม่ใช้พูดแล้วkullanılmayan dil無人說的語言(如拉丁語)мертва моваمتروک زبانngôn ngữ chết无人说的语言（如拉丁语）

n ˈdeadline

a time by which something must be done or finished Monday is the deadline for handing in this essay.sperdatum, keerdatumآخِر مَوْعِدсрокkonečný/nejzazší termíntidsfrist; afleveringsfrist; deadlineletzter Terminπροθεσμίαfecha límitelõpptähtaegموعد مقرر؛ آخرین فرصتviimeinen hetkidate limiteתַּאֲרִיך יַעַדसीमा रेखाrok za obaviti neštohatáridőbatas waktutímamörk, eindagi, skilafresturscadenza締め切り최종 기한, 마감 시간paskutinis terminaspēdējais [] termiņšhad waktutijdslimietfrist, grense(ostateczny) termindata limitedeadline, ter­men limităпредельный срокkonečný termínskrajni rokroktidsgräns, frist, deadlineกำหนดเวลาสุดท้ายที่ต้องทำให้เสร็จmühlet, son bitme tarihi最後期限крайній строк, термінکسی کام کی تکمیل کے لۓ مقررہ وقتhạn cuối最后期限

n ˈdeadlock

a situation in which no further progress towards an agreement is possible Talks between the two sides ended in deadlock.dooie puntطريق مَسْدود / فَشَلзастойmrtvý bodhårdknude; fastlåst situationdas Pattπλήρες αδιέξοδοpunto muerto, impasseummikبن بستumpikujaimpasseקִפָּאוֹן @@@קִיפָּאוֹן$$$, מָבוֹי סָתוּםगतिरोधzastoj, mrtva točkaholtpontkebuntuanþrátefli; sjálfheldapunto morto行き詰まり교착 상태aklavietėbezizejas stāvoklis; strupceļškebuntuanimpassefastlåst situasjonimpas, martwy punktimpasseimpasбезвыходное положение, тупикmŕtvy bodmrtva točkapat pozicijadödläge, baklås, stoppความล้มเหลวในการแก้ไขความขัดแย้งçıkmaz僵局безвихідьایسی حالت جب کسی عام اتفاق پر پہنچنا ممکن نہ ہوsự bế tắc僵局

to set a deadline (not dateline ) for finishing a job.