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dead (d

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.

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.

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

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

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

b. No longer having significance or relevance.

c. Physically inactive; dormant: a dead volcano.

a. Not commercially productive; idle: dead capital.

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

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.

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.

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

deadness n.

Synonyms: dead, deceased, departed, extinct, lifeless, inanimate
These adjectives all mean without life. Dead applies in general to whatever once had

but no longer has

physical 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).

dead [dɛd]

adj

a. no longer alive

b. (as noun) the dead

2. not endowed with life; inanimate

3. no longer in use, valid, effective, or relevant a dead issue a dead language

4. unresponsive or unaware; insensible he is dead to my strongest pleas

5. lacking in freshness, interest, or vitality a dead handshake

6. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Physiology) devoid of physical sensation; numb his gums were dead from the anaesthetic

7. resembling death; deathlike a dead sleep

8. no longer burning or hot dead coals

9. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) (of flowers or foliage) withered; faded

10. (prenominal) (intensifier) a dead stop a dead loss

11. Informal very tired

12. (Electronics) Electronics

a. drained of electric charge; fully discharged the battery was dead

b. not connected to a source of potential difference or electric charge

13. (Physics / General Physics) lacking acoustic reverberation a dead sound a dead surface

14. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Ball Games, other than specified) Sport (of a ball, etc.) out of play

15. unerring; accurate; precise (esp in the phrase a dead shot)

16. lacking resilience or bounce a dead ball

17. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) Printing

a. (of type) set but no longer needed for use Compare standing [7]

b. (of copy) already composed

18. (Economics) not yielding a return; idle dead capital

19. Informal certain to suffer a terrible fate; doomed you're dead if your mother catches you at that

20. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours) (of colours) not glossy or bright; lacklustre

21. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Environmental Science) stagnant dead air

22. (Military) Military shielded from view, as by a geographic feature or environmental condition a dead zone dead space

dead as a doornail Informal completely dead

dead from the neck up Informal stupid or unintelligent

dead in the water Informal unsuccessful, and with little hope of future success the talks are now dead in the water

dead to the world Informal unaware of one's surroundings, esp fast asleep or very drunk

leave for dead

a. to abandon

b. Informal to surpass or outdistance by far

wouldn't be seen dead (in, at, etc.) Informal to refuse to wear, to go (to), etc.

a period during which coldness, darkness, or some other quality associated with death is at its most intense the dead of winter

adv

1. (intensifier) dead easy stop dead dead level

dead on exactly right

[Old English dēad; related to Old High German tōt, Old Norse dauthr; see die¹]

deadness n

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

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

dead

adjective

1. deceased, gone, departed, late, perished, extinct, defunct, passed away, pushing up (the) daisies My husband's been dead for a year now.
deceased living, alive, animate, existing, alive and kicking

2. inanimate, still, barren, sterile, stagnant, lifeless, inert, uninhabited The polluted and stagnant water seems dead.

3. boring, dull, dreary, flat, plain, stale, lifeless, tasteless, humdrum, uninteresting, insipid, ho-hum (informal), vapid, dead-and-alive It was a horrible, dead little town.

4. not working, broken, useless, defective, dud (informal), malfunctioning, out of order, inactive, conked out, inoperative, kaput (informal) This battery's dead.
not working working, effective, active, alive, productive, operative, in use

5. obsolete, old, forgotten, abandoned, ancient, antique, vanished, discarded, lapsed, extinct, archaic, disused, superseded, antiquated, fossilized dead languages

6. spiritless, cold, dull, wooden, glazed, indifferent, callous, lukewarm, inhuman, unsympathetic, apathetic, frigid, glassy, unresponsive, unfeeling, torpid He watched the procedure with cold, dead eyes.
spiritless active, alive, lively, animated, vivacious, alive and kicking, full of beans (informal)

7. numb, frozen, paralysed, insensitive, inert, deadened, immobilized, unfeeling, torpid, insensible, benumbed My arm had gone dead.

8. total (usually used of centre, silence or stop) complete, perfect, entire, absolute, utter, outright, thorough, downright, unqualified They hurried about in dead silence.

9. (Informal) exhausted, tired, worn out, spent, wasted, done in (informal), all in (slang), drained, wiped out (informal), buggered (slang), 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) I must get some sleep - I'm absolutely dead.

noun

middle, heart, depth, thick, midst in the dead of night

adverb

(Informal) exactly, quite, completely, totally, directly, perfectly, fully, entirely, absolutely, thoroughly, wholly, utterly, consummately, wholeheartedly, unconditionally, to the hilt, one hundred per cent, unmitigatedly You're dead right.

Proverbs
"Dead men tell no tales"
"Never speak ill of the dead"

Translations

dead [ded]

A. ADJ

1. [person, animal, plant] → muerto, difunto(frm); [leaf] → marchito, seco
dead man → muerto m
the dead king → el difunto rey
to be dead → estar muerto
he's been dead for two years → hace dos años que murió
dead or alive → vivo o muerto
to be dead on arrival (in hospital) → ingresar cadáver
dead and buried (lit, fig) → muerto y bien muerto
to drop (down) dead → caer muerto
drop dead! → ¡vete al cuerno!
to fall down dead → caer muerto
over my dead body! → ¡ni muerto!, ¡ni de chiste!
as dead as a dodo or a doornail or mutton → más muerto que mi abuela
dead duck he's a dead duck → está quemado
that issue is a dead duck → esa cuestión ya no tiene interés
to be dead on one's feet → estar hecho migas or polvo
dead from the neck up → bruto, imbécil, zoquete
to flog a dead horse; beat a dead horse (US) → machacar en hierro frío
you're dead meat! → ¡te vas a enterar!, ¡vas a ver lo que es bueno!
I wouldn't be seen dead there → ni muerto ni vivo me verán allí
to be dead in the water [economy, talks etc] → haberse ido al garete; [politician, sportsperson etc] → estar acabado
he/she was dead to the world (= asleep) → estaba dormido/a como un tronco
dead men tell no tales → los muertos no hablan

2. (= finished with) is that glass/drink dead? → ¿ha terminado su vaso?, ¿puedo levantar su vaso?

3. (= inactive) [volcano, fire] → apagado; [cigarette, match] → gastado; [battery] → agotado; [telephone line] → cortado, desconectado; [wire] → sin corriente; [language, love, town, party] → muerto; [custom] → anticuado (Sport) [ball] → parado, fuera de juego
the line has gone dead (Telec) → la línea está cortada or muerta

4. (= numb)
my fingers have gone dead (gen) → se me han dormido los dedos; (with cold) → se me han entumecido los dedos
he is dead to all pity → es incapaz de sentir compasión

5. (= complete) [silence, calm] → total, completo; (= exact) [centre] → justo
a dead cert → una cosa segura
to fall into a dead faint → desmayarse totalmente
a dead loss (= person) → un inútil; (= thing) → una birria
a dead ringer for → el doble de, la viva imagen de
to come to a dead stop → pararse en seco

B. ADV

1. (= completely, exactly) he stopped dead → se paró en seco
"dead slow" (Aut) → reducir la marcha (Naut) → muy despacio
to be dead against sth → estar totalmente opuesto a algo
dead ahead → todo seguido, todo derecho
dead between the eyes → justo entre los ojos
dead level → completamente plano
to be dead set on doing sth → estar decidido a hacer algo
to be dead set against sth → estar totalmente opuesto a algo
dead straight → todo seguido, todo derecho
dead on target → justo en el blanco
dead on time → a la hora exacta

2. (Brit) (= very)
to be dead beat → estar hecho polvo
dead broke → sin un duro
dead certain → completamente seguro
dead drunk → borracho perdido
dead easy → facilón, chupado
dead tired → muerto(de cansancio)

3. to cut sb dead → hacer el vacío a algn

C. N

1. the dead → los muertos mpl
to come back or rise from the dead → resucitar

2. at dead of night; in the dead of night → a altas horas de la noche
in the dead of winter → en pleno invierno

D. CPD dead end N (lit, fig) → callejón m sin salida
to come to a dead end (fig) → llegar a un punto muerto
see also dead-end dead hand N (fig) [of state, bureaucracy] → peso m muerto
dead heat N (Sport) → empate m
see also dead-heat dead letter N → letra f muerta
dead march N → marcha f fúnebre
dead matter N → materia f inanimada
dead reckoning N → estima f
Dead Sea N → Mar m Muerto
the Dead Sea Scrolls → los manuscritos del Mar Muerto
the dead season N (Tourism) → la temporada baja
dead weight N → peso m muerto; [of vehicle] → tara f (fig) → lastre m, carga f inútil

dead [ˈdɛd]

adj

[person, animal, plant] → mort(e)
He was already dead when the doctor came → Il était déjà mort quand le docteur est arrivé.
to be half dead (= near death) → être à moitié mort
to look half dead (= terrible) → avoir l'air à moitié mort
to be shot dead → être tué(e) d'un coup de revolver
He was shot dead → Il a été tué d'un coup de revolver.
to drop dead, to drop down dead (= die suddenly) [person, animal] → tomber mort
drop dead! → va te faire voir > !
to be dead and gone [person] → être mort(e) et enterré(e)
over my dead body! → il faudra d'abord me passer sur le corps!
"Let's invite her to dinner." - "Over my dead body!" → "Invitons-la à dîner." - "Il faudra d'abord que tu me passes sur le corps!"
I wouldn't be seen dead in it, I wouldn't be caught dead in it → je ne la porterais pour rien au monde

(= numb) [arm, leg] → engourdi(e)
to go dead → s'engourdir
My leg has gone dead → Ma jambe s'est engourdie.

(= very tired) → mort(e)
to feel dead → se sentir épuisé(e)
to be half dead (= very tired) → être à moitié mort(e) de fatigue

(= devoid of life) [earth, water] → mort(e)

[phone line] to be dead
The line was dead → Il n'y avait pas de tonalité.
to go dead
The line has gone dead → La ligne a été coupée.

[battery] → à plat

(= not burning) [cigarette, fire] → éteint(e)

(= empty) [bottle] → vide

(= finished) to be dead and buried [idea, situation] → être mort(e) et enterré(e)

to be dead in the water (= hopeless) [project] → avoir coulé

(= total) [silence] → de mort
We sat in dead silence → Nous étions assis dans un silence de mort.

adv

(= absolutely) → absolument, complètement
You're dead right! → Tu as absolument raison!
to be dead against sth → être absolument contre qch, être complètement contre qch
dead on time → à l'heure pile
The train arrived dead on time → Le train est arrivé à l'heure pile.
to stop dead (= halt abruptly) → s'arrêter pile, s'arrêter net
to stop sb/sth dead → stopper net qn/qch
She stopped him dead → Elle l'a stoppé net.

(= directly) dead ahead → droit devant

(= exactly) dead on target → dans le mille
in the dead centre of, dead in the centre of → au beau milieu de, en plein milieu de
dead in the middle of → au beau milieu de, en plein milieu de

(= extremely) [easy, boring] → super >
dead tired → mort(e) de fatigue

npl
the dead → les morts mpl

(= middle) in the dead of night, at the dead of night, at dead of night → au cœur de la nuit
in the dead of winter → au cœur de l'hiver

to rise from the dead (= be resurrected) → ressusciter des morts
to rise from the dead, to come back from the dead (= make a comeback) [person, organization] → refaire surface
to raise sb from the dead (= resurrect) → ressusciter qn des morts
dead beat dead-beat adj (= exhausted) → claqué(e) >, crevé(e) >

dead

adj

→ tot; plant → abgestorben, tot; he has been dead for two years → er ist seit zwei Jahren tot; to drop (down) or fall down dead → tot umfallen; to shoot somebody dead → jdn erschießen or totschießen (inf); over my dead body (inf) → nur über meine Leiche (inf); you’re dead meat (if you come back here) (inf) → du bist ein toter Mann(, wenn du noch mal hierhin zurückkommst) (inf)

(= not sensitive) limbs → abgestorben, taub; my hand’s gone dead → ich habe kein Gefühl in meiner Hand; to be dead from the neck up (inf) → nur Stroh im Kopf haben (inf); to be dead to the world → tief und fest schlafen

(= without activity etc) town, season → tot; business → flau

(Elec) cable → stromlos; (Telec) → tot; to go dead → ausfallen

(= burned out) fire → aus pred; match → abgebrannt

(inf: = finished with) (Typ) copy → abgesetzt; are these glasses/bottles dead? → können diese Gläser/Flaschen weg?

(Sport) ball → tot

(= obsolete) language etc → tot; custom → ausgestorben; to be dead and buried, to be dead in the water → tot und begraben sein

(= absolute, exact) → total, völlig; dead silence → Totenstille f; dead calm (Naut) → absolute or totale Windstille; the dead centre → die genaue or exakte Mitte; she was in a dead faint → sie war völlig bewusstlos; to come to a dead stop → völlig zum Stillstand kommen; he’s the dead spit of his father (sl) → er ist seinem Vater wie aus dem Gesicht geschnitten ? cert, set

colour → tot, stumpf, matt; sound → dumpf

(Typ) dead key → unbelegte Taste f

(inf: = exhausted) → tot (inf), → völlig kaputt (inf); she looked half dead → sie sah völlig kaputt or fertig aus (inf); I’m dead on my feet → ich bin zum Umfallen kaputt (inf)

adv

(= exactly) → genau; dead straight → schnurgerade; to be dead on time → auf die Minute pünktlich kommen; (clock) → auf die Minute genau gehen; their arrows were dead on target → ihre Pfeile trafen genau ins Ziel

(Brit inf: = very) → total (inf), → völlig; dead drunk → total betrunken, stockvoll (inf); dead tired → todmüde; you’re dead right → Sie haben völlig recht; he was dead lucky → er hat Schwein gehabt (inf), → er hat irrsinnig Glück gehabt; dead slow → ganz langsam; “dead slow” → „Schritt fahren“; to be dead certain about something (inf) → bei etw todsicher sein; he’s dead against it → er ist total dagegen

to stop dead → abrupt stehen bleiben or (talking) → innehalten

the dead pl → die Toten pl

in the or at dead of night → mitten in der Nacht; in the dead of winter → mitten im Winter

dead:

dead account

n (Fin) → umsatzloses or unbewegtes Konto

dead-and-alive

adj (inf) party, place → tot, langweilig

dead-ball line

n (Rugby) → Feldauslinie f

dead beat

adj (Brit inf) → völlig kaputt (inf), → total fertig (inf)

deadbeat

n (= down-and-out) → Gammler(in) m(f); (= failure) → Versager(in) m(f)

adj dead dad Vater, der seiner Unterhaltspflicht nicht nachkommt

dead centre, (US) dead center

n → genaue Mitte; to hit something dead → etw genau in die Mitte treffen

dead duck

n to be a dead → passé sein; politically he’s/it’s a dead → politisch ist er/es gestorben (inf)

dead:

dead end

n → Sackgasse f; to come to a dead (lit, road) → in einer Sackgasse enden; (driver) → an eine Sackgasse kommen; (fig) → in eine Sackgasse geraten

dead-end

adj attr dead street (esp US) → Sackgasse f; to be in dead street (fig) → keine Chancen haben; dead kids → Gassenkinder pl; a dead job → ein Job m → ohne Aufstiegsmöglichkeiten

dead hand

n the dead of bureaucracy/the state → die schwere Last der Bürokratie/des Staates

dead heat

n → totes Rennen

dead leg

n (inf) → taubes Bein

dead letter

n (lit) → unzustellbarer Brief; (Jur) → toter Buchstabe

deadline

n → (letzter) Termin; to fix or set a dead → eine Frist setzen; to work to a dead → auf einen Termin hinarbeiten; he was working to a six o’clock dead → um sechs Uhr musste er die Arbeit fertig haben; can you meet the dead? → können Sie den Termin or die Frist einhalten?; copy dead (Press) → Redaktionsschluss m

dead:

dead man’s handle

n → SIFA-Schalttaste f, → Totmannkurbel f

dead march

n → Totenmarsch m

dead men’s shoes

n to wait for dead → warten, bis eine Stelle frei wird

dead:

dead nettle

n (Bot) → Taubnessel f

deadpan

adj face → unbewegt; style, humour → trocken; with a dead expression → mit unbeweglicher Miene

n (= face, expression) → unbewegliche Miene

dead reckoning

n (Naut) → Koppelung f

Dead Sea

n → Totes Meer; dead scrolls pl → Schriftrollen pl → vom Toten Meer

dead spot

n (Telec) → Funkloch nt

dead weight

n (Tech) → Eigengewicht nt, → Totgewicht nt; the box/she was a dead → die Kiste/sie war furchtbar schwer

Dead White (European) Male

n (esp US) abwertender Ausdruck für (das Kulturleben dominierende) Weiße (europäischer Abstammung)

deadwood

n (lit) → morsches Holz; (Naut) → Totholz nt; (fig) → Ballast m; to get rid of the dead (people) → die Nieten loswerden (inf)

dead [dɛd]

1. adj

a. (person, animal, plant) → morto/a; (matter) → inanimato/a; (fingers, leg) to go dead → intorpidirsi
to fall or drop (down) dead → morire
he was shot dead → fu colpito a morte
he's been dead for 2 years → è morto da due anni
dead and buried (also) (fig) → morto/a e sepolto/a
dead or alive → vivo/a o morto/a
over my dead body! (fam) → manco morto!
I feel absolutely dead! (fig) (fam) → sono (stanco) morto!
to be a dead duck (fam) → essere spacciato/a

b. (volcano, cigarette) → spento/a; (battery) → scarico/a; (telephone line) → caduto/a; (language, town, party) → morto/a; (custom) → scomparso/a, estinto/a
the line has gone dead (Telec) → è caduta la linea
he was dead to the world (fig) → era proprio partito (fig)

c. (complete, silence, calm) → assoluto/a, totale
to hit sth dead centre → centrare qc in pieno
to come to a dead stop → fermarsi (del tutto)
to fall into a dead faint → cadere in svenimento

2. adv (completely) dead certain → assolutamente certo/a, sicurissimo/a
to stop dead → fermarsi di colpo
dead ahead → sempre dritto
it's dead ahead of us → è proprio davanti a noi
dead on time → in perfetto orario
to land dead on target → fare centro
dead slow (Aut) → a passo d'uomo (Naut) → avanti piano
to be dead set on doing sth → volere fare qc a tutti i costi
to be dead set against sth (fam) → essere assolutamente contrario/a a qc
dead broke (fam) → senza il becco di un quattrino
dead drunk (fam) → ubriaco/a fradicio/a
dead tired (fam) → stanco/a morto/a

3. n

a. the dead npl → i morti

b. at dead of night → nel cuore della notte
in the dead of winter → nel cuore dell'inverno

dead [dɛd]

1. adj

3. n

a. the dead npl → i morti

b. at dead of night → nel cuore della notte
in the dead of winter → nel cuore dell'inverno

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 hajonnut en panne מוּשׁבָּת निश्चल van upotrebe nem működik rusak bilaður guasto 動かない 작동하지 안는 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 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 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 deaden

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 amortir לְהַקהוֹת, לְשַׁכֵּך कमजोर umrtvljen tompít, gyengít meredakan deyfa, draga úr attenuare 鈍くする 약하게 하다, 가라앉히다 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 deadly

1 causing death a deadly poison. dodelik مُميت، قَتّال смъртоносно smrtelný dødelig tödlich θανατηφόρος mortal surmav کشنده؛ مهلک tappava 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 hyvin le plus grand מוּשׁבַּע, מוּחלַט जबरदस्त smrtno halálos(an) sangat ákafur, mikill, algerlega grande 全くの 매우 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 hyvin tympeä assommant מְשַעֲמֵם उबाऊ na smrt halálosan unalmas menjemukan drepleiðinlegur insopportabile やりきれない 몹시 지루한 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，呆板的 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 erittäin mortellement מְאוֹד जबरदस्त smrtno halálosan sangat ákaflega tremendamente はなはだしく 몹시 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 골목 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 dead-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 etenemismahdollisuuksia 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 tasapeli (arrivée) ex{#YV}quo תֵּיקוֹ जिस दौड़ में दो प्रतिद्वंदि समान हों neriješena trka, neriješena utrka holtverseny pacuan jafntefli í hlaupi parità 同着 막상막하 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 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 deadline

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 aikaraja date limite תַּאֲרִיך יַעַד सीमा रेखा rok za obaviti nešto határidő batas waktu tímamörk, eindagi, skilafrestur scadenza 締め切り 마감일 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 deadlock

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 교착상태 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.

dead → تماماً, متوفى mrtvý, nesmírně død, nøjagtig tot, völlig απολύτως, νεκρός completamente, muerto kuollut, todella mort, totalement mrtav, mrtvo assolutamente, morto 全く, 死んだ 완전히, 죽은 dood, volkomen død całkowicie, martwy completamente, morto мертвый, совершенно död, döds- ตายแล้ว, อย่างแน่นอน ölü chết, hoàn toàn 死的, 绝对地

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