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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. dooie مَيِّت безжизнен mrtvý; uschlý død tot νεκρός muerto surnud مرده؛ خشکیده kuollut mort מֵת मुर्दा‍, मृत mrtav,preminuo halott mati dauður morto 死んでいる 죽은 miręs miris; beigts; nedzīvs mati dood død, livløs martwy morto mort мёртвый; увядший mŕtvy; suchý mrtev mrtav död ตายแล้ว ölü, ölmüş; solmuş 死的，無生命的 мертвий; зів'ялий مردہ، بے جان chết 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 werking عاطِل عنِ العَمَل не работещ nefungující død; afbrudt tot εκτός λειτουργίας desconectado, cortado tumm خراب؛ از کار افتاده mykkä en panne מוּשׁבָּת निश्चल van upotrebe nem működik rusak bilaður guasto 動かない 작동되지 않는 sugedęs, nebeveikiantis (par mehānismu) nestrādājošs tidak berfungsi defect død, i ustand, strømløs zepsuty morto stri­cat не работающий; мёртвый nefungujúci pokvarjen pokvaren död ซึ่งไม่ทำงานแล้ว bozuk 不通話的(電話)；熄火的(發動機) такий, що не працює بے عمل hỏng 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. doods سُكوت تام пълен naprostý, absolutní død-; fuldstændig; total völlig απόλυτος total, completo täielik کامل؛ محض täydellinen total מוּחלָט पूर्ण konačan teljes mutlak algjör assoluto 全くの 절대적인, 완전한 mirtinas, visiškas pilnīgs mutlak doods, totaal absolutt, fullstendig kompletny, całkowity total total полный úplný popoln krajnji plötslig och fullständig, tvär- สนิท tam 無動靜的 цілковитий, повний مکمل hoàn toàn 无动静的

adv

completely dead drunk. totaal, volkome سَكْران كُلِّيا напълно naprosto, absolutně totalt völlig απόλυτα completamente täiesti کاملاً täysin, umpi- complètement לְגָמרֵי पूरा-पूरा potpuno, totalno egészen keras algjörlega completamente すっかり 완전히 mirtinai, visiškai pilnīgi sangat absoluut totalt, fullstendig kompletnie totalmente complet совершенно úplne popolnoma mrtav död-, as- อย่างแน่นอน tamamen 完全地 абсолютно; вкрай مکمل طور پر hoàn toàn 完全地

v ˈdeaden

to lessen, weaken or make less sharp, strong etc That will deaden the pain. verdoof, temper يُضْعِف، يُسَكِّن، يُخَدِّر затъпявам ztlumit, otupit, ztišit dæmpe abtöten αμβλύνω amortiguar vaigistama, vaibuma کاهش دادن؛ بی حس کردن vaimentaa, vaimentua amortir לְהַקהוֹת, לְשַׁכֵּך कमजोर umrtvljen tompít, gyengít meredakan deyfa, draga úr attenuare 鈍くする 가라앉히다, 완화시키다 mažinti, slopinti, silpninti mazināt; apslāpēt; padarīt nejutīgu meredakan stillen døyve, dempe złagodzić amortecer a potoli притуплять stlmiť ublažiti otupiti döva, dämpa, lindra ทำให้ชา hafifletmek 使緩和 ослабляти, притупляти تخفیف کرنا ، تاثیر کم کرنا làm giảm đi 使缓和

adj ˈdeadly

1 causing death a deadly poison. dodelik مُميت، قَتّال смъртоносно smrtelný dødelig tödlich θανατηφόρος mortal surmav کشنده؛ مهلک kuolettava mortel קַטלָנִי घातक, जानलेवा smrtonosan halálos mematikan banvænn mortale 命取りの 치명적인 mirtinas nāvīgs; nāvējošs mematikan dodelijk dødbringende, dødelig śmiertelny mortal mortal смертельный smrteľný smrtonosen smrtonosan dödlig เป็นอันตรายถึงตายได้ öldürücü, ölümcül 殊死的 смертельний مہلک chết người 殊死的

2 very great He is in deadly earnest (= He is completely serious). dodelik, dood= عَظيم много smrtelný, naprostý smadder; død- äußerst απόλυτος absolutamente ääretu, surm- شدید؛ محض suunnattoman, kuoleman- le plus grand מוּשׁבַּע, מוּחלַט जबरदस्त smrtno halálos(an) sangat ákafur, mikill, algerlega grande 全くの 대단한 baisus briesmīgs; ārkārtīgs sangat berbahaya dood- svær, veldig, dødsens nadzwyczajny absolutamente extrem de предельно серьёзный smrteľný zelo velik sasvim fullständigt สุดขีด tamamen 非常 надзвичайний ازحد rất 非常

3 very dull or uninteresting What a deadly job this is. doodvervelig مُمِل، قاتِل безинтересно hrozný, nudný, umrtvující dræbende; kedelig sterbenslangweilig ανιαρός aburridísimo tapvalt igav خسته کننده؛ ملال آور kuolettavan tylsä assommant מְשַעֲמֵם उबाऊ na smrt halálosan unalmas menjemukan drepleiðinlegur insopportabile やりきれない 지루하고 따분한 siaubingai nuobodus, klaikus garlaicīgs; garlaikojošs menjemukan doodsaai gørrkjedelig, drepende śmiertelnie nudny, monotonny aborrecido plicticos предельно скучный nudný dolgočasen dosadan dödtråkig น่าเบื่อที่สุด sıkıcı, iç bayıltıcı 死氣沈沈的，獃板的 нудотний بے لطف، غیر دلچسپ rất chán 死气沉沉的，呆板的

adv

extremely deadly dull; deadly serious. doodernstig, uiters/ verskriklik ernstig جِدا извънредно totálně, strašně død- tod-... εξαιρετικά terriblemente äärmiselt بسیار؛ فوق العاده äärimmäisen mortellement מְאוֹד जबरदस्त smrtno halálosan sangat ákaflega tremendamente はなはだしく 매우, 대단히 baisiai, mirtinai briesmīgi; ārkārtīgi sangat dood- svært, dødsens, døds- nieludzko, śmiertelnie muito îngrijorător de чрезвычайно strašne zelo smrtno dödligt, döds- สุดขีด son derece, çok çok 非常 надзвичайно, вкрай انتہائی cực kỳ 非常

dead end

a road closed off at one end. doodloopstraat طَريق مَسْدود задънена улица slepá ulice lukket vej; blind vej die Sackgasse αδιέξοδο callejón sin salida tupik مسیر بن بست umpikuja cul-de-sac לְלֹא מוֹצָא बंद गली krsj ogranka, ćorsokak zsákutca buntu blindgata vicolo cieco 行き止まり 막다른 길 aklagatvis aklā iela; strupceļš jalan mati doodlopende weg blindvei ślepa uliczka beco sem saída fun­dătură тупик slepá ulica slepa ulica ćorsokak återvändsgata ทางตัน çıkmaz sokak (街道等)閉塞不通的一頭 глухий кут اندھی بند سڑک ngõ cụt （街道等）闭塞不通的一头

adj ˈdead-end

leading nowhere a dead-end job. doodloopspoor, blinde ent, doodloop ليسَ فيهِ مجال للتَّقَدُّم задънен bezvýhledný, bídný udsigtsløs ausweglos που είναι χωρίς προοπτικές, που δεν οδηγεί πουθενά sin salida perspektiivitu بدون ترقی؛ بدون آینده vailla tulevaisuutta sans avenir מָבוֹי סָתוּם जिसका कोई अंत या अंजाम नहीं हो koji ne vodi nikamo eredmény nélküli tanpa masa depan vonlaus senza prospettive 発展性のない 막다른 be perspektyvų bezperspektīvs jalan buntu uitzichtloos nytteløs, håpløs wiodący donikąd, bez perspektyw sem saída fără viitor бесперспективный bezvýhľadný brezizhoden neperspektivan som leder ingen vart, [] utan befordringsmöjligheter ที่ไร้ความหวัง çıkmaz, öteye geçmeyi olanaksız kılan (喻)沒出路的 безперспективний بلا مقصد tình 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. gelykopstryd وُصول المُتَسابِقين في نَفس اللحْظَه състезание с равен резултат nerozhodný výsledek/běh, mrtvý závod dødt løb totes Rennen ισοπαλία empate tasavägine tulemus نتیجۀ کاملاً برابر؛ مسابقۀ چند برنده ای tasatulos (arrivée) ex{#YV}quo תֵּיקוֹ जिस दौड़ में दो प्रतिद्वंदि समान हों neriješena trka, neriješena utrka holtverseny pacuan jafntefli í hlaupi parità 同着 결승점에 동시에 도착하기 lygiosiomis pasibaigusios lenktynės, lygiosios vienlaicīgs finišs seri onbesliste race dødt løp bieg nierozstrzygnięty empate (a termina) la ega­li­tate одновременный финиш nerozhodný zápas neodločen (tekma) mrtva trka dött lopp การแข่งขันที่เสมอกัน berabare kalınan yarış, başa baş yarış 勝負不分的賽跑 одночасний фініш دوڑ میں برابر رہنا tình trạng cùng về đích bằng nhau 胜负不分的赛跑

dead language

a language no longer spoken, eg Latin. dooie taal لُغَةٌ ميِّتَه/ مَهْجورَه мъртъв език mrtvý jazyk dødt sprog tote Sprache νεκρή γλώσσα lengua muerta surnud keel زبان منسوخ شده kuollut kieli langue morte שָׂפָה מֵתָה मृत भाषा izumrli jezik holt nyelv bahasa mati dautt tungumál lingua morta 死語 사어(死語) mirusi kalba mirusi valoda bahasa yang tidak lagi digunakan dode taal (ut)dødt språk martwy język língua morta limbă moartă мёртвый язык mŕtvy jazyk mrtev jezik mrtav jezik dött språk ภาษาที่ไม่ใช้พูดแล้ว kullanılmayan dil 無人說的語言(如拉丁語) мертва мова متروک زبان ngôn 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, keerdatum آخِر مَوْعِد срок konečný/nejzazší termín tidsfrist; afleveringsfrist; deadline letzter Termin προθεσμία fecha límite lõpptähtaeg موعد مقرر؛ آخرین فرصت viimeinen hetki date limite תַּאֲרִיך יַעַד सीमा रेखा rok za obaviti nešto határidő batas waktu tímamörk, eindagi, skilafrestur scadenza 締め切り 최종 기한, 마감 시간 paskutinis terminas pēdējais [] termiņš had waktu tijdslimiet frist, grense (ostateczny) termin data limite deadline, ter­men limită предельный срок konečný termín skrajni rok rok tidsgräns, frist, deadline กำหนดเวลาสุดท้ายที่ต้องทำให้เสร็จ mühlet, son bitme tarihi 最後期限 крайній строк, термін کسی کام کی تکمیل کے لۓ مقررہ وقت hạn 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 punt طريق مَسْدود / فَشَل застой mrtvý bod hårdknude; fastlåst situation das Patt πλήρες αδιέξοδο punto muerto, impasse ummik بن بست umpikuja impasse קִפָּאוֹן @@@קִיפָּאוֹן$$$, מָבוֹי סָתוּם गतिरोध zastoj, mrtva točka holtpont kebuntuan þrátefli; sjálfhelda punto morto 行き詰まり 교착 상태 aklavietė bezizejas stāvoklis; strupceļš kebuntuan impasse fastlåst situasjon impas, martwy punkt impasse impas безвыходное положение, тупик mŕtvy bod mrtva točka pat pozicija dödläge, baklås, stopp ความล้มเหลวในการแก้ไขความขัดแย้ง çıkmaz 僵局 безвихідь ایسی حالت جب کسی عام اتفاق پر پہنچنا ممکن نہ ہو sự bế tắc 僵局

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