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dead > 25 senses
ADJECTIVE1deadNo longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
2deadNot showing characteristics of life especially the capacity to sustain life
3dead, all in, beat, bushedVery tired
4deadUnerringly accurate
5deadPhysically inactive
6dead, utterTotal
7dead, inanimate, nonlivingNot endowed with life
8dead, numb(followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity
9dead, deadenedDevoid of physical sensation
10deadLacking acoustic resonance
11dead, idleNot yielding a return
12dead, stagnantNot circulating or flowing
13deadOut of use or operation because of a fault or breakdown
14deadNot surviving in active use
15deadLacking resilience or bounce
16dead, defunctNo longer in force or use
17deadNo longer having force or relevance
18deadSudden and complete
19dead, drainedDrained of electric charge
20dead, lifelessLacking animation or excitement or activity
21deadDevoid of activity
ADVERB1dead, abruptly, suddenly, shortQuickly and without warning
2dead, absolutely, perfectly, utterlyCompletely and without qualification
NOUN1deadPeople who are no longer living
2deadA time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense
dead > pronunciation
Soundsdeh'd
Rhymesabed, aforesaid, ahead, and 86 more rhymes in ehd at the HyperDic website...
dead > adjective 1
MeaningNo longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life.
Examples"the nerve is dead"; "a dead pallor"; "he was marked as a dead man by the assassin"
Attribute ofanimation, vitality; animation, life, living, aliveness
Similarasleep, at peace, at rest, deceased, departed, gone; assassinated; bloodless, exsanguine, exsanguinous; brain dead; breathless, inanimate, pulseless; cold; d.o.a.; deathlike, deathly; defunct; doomed; executed; fallen; late; lifeless, exanimate; murdered; nonviable; slain; stillborn; stone-dead
Contraryalive
dead > adjective 2
MeaningNot showing characteristics of life especially the capacity to sustain life. No longer exerting force or having energy or heat.
Examples"Mars is a dead planet"; "a dead battery"; "dead soil"; "dead coals"; "the fire is dead"
Similarbarren; extinct, out; lifeless; out of play
Contrarylive
Adverbsdeadly
dead > adjective 3
MeaningVery tired.
Examples"I'm dead after that long trip"
Synonymsall in, beat, bushed
Similar totired
Usagecolloquialism
dead > adjective 4
MeaningUnerringly accurate.
Examples"a dead shot"; "took dead aim"
Similar toprecise
dead > adjective 5
MeaningPhysically inactive.
Examples"Crater Lake is in the crater of a dead volcano of the Cascade Range"
Similar toextinct, inactive
dead > adjective 6
MeaningTotal.
Examples"dead silence"
Synonymsutter
Similar toabsolute
dead > adjective 7
MeaningNot endowed with life.
Examples"dead stones"
Synonymsinanimate, nonliving
Attribute ofanimateness, aliveness, liveness
Similarnonconscious
Contraryanimate
dead > adjective 8
Meaning(followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity. Unresponsive.
Examples"passersby were dead to our plea for help"
Synonymsnumb
Similar toinsensitive
dead > adjective 9
MeaningDevoid of physical sensation. Numb.
Examples"his gums were dead from the novocain"; "she felt no discomfort as the dentist drilled her deadened tooth"
Synonymsdeadened
Similar toinsensitive
dead > adjective 10
MeaningLacking acoustic resonance.
Examples"dead sounds characteristic of some compact discs"; "the dead wall surfaces of a recording studio"
Similar tounreverberant, nonresonant
dead > adjective 11
MeaningNot yielding a return.
Examples"dead capital"
Synonymsidle
Similar tounprofitable
dead > adjective 12
MeaningNot circulating or flowing.
Examples"dead air"; "dead water"
Synonymsstagnant
Similar tostanding
dead > adjective 13
MeaningOut of use or operation because of a fault or breakdown.
Examples"a dead telephone line"; "the motor is dead"
Similar tomalfunctioning, nonfunctional
dead > adjective 14
MeaningNot surviving in active use.
Examples"Latin is a dead language"
Similar toextinct, nonextant
dead > adjective 15
MeaningLacking resilience or bounce.
Examples"a dead tennis ball"
Similar toinelastic
dead > adjective 16
MeaningNo longer in force or use. Inactive.
Examples"a defunct (or dead) law"
Synonymsdefunct
Similar toinoperative
dead > adjective 17
MeaningNo longer having force or relevance.
Examples"a dead issue"
Similar tononcurrent
dead > adjective 18
MeaningSudden and complete.
Examples"came to a dead stop"
Similar tocomplete
dead > adjective 19
MeaningDrained of electric charge. Discharged.
Examples"a dead battery"
Synonymsdrained
Similar touncharged
dead > adjective 20
MeaningLacking animation or excitement or activity.
Examples"the party being dead we left early"
Synonymslifeless
Similar tounanimated
dead > adjective 21
MeaningDevoid of activity.
Examples"this is a dead town
Similar toinactive
dead > noun 1, group
MeaningPeople who are no longer living.
Examples"they buried the dead"
Membersdead person, dead soul, deceased person, deceased, decedent, departed
Narrowerslain
Broaderpeople
Contraryliving
dead > noun 2, time
MeaningA time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense.
Examples"the dead of winter"
Broadertime
dead > adverb 1
MeaningQuickly and without warning.
Synonymsabruptly, suddenly, short
dead > adverb 2
MeaningCompletely and without qualification. Used informally as intensifiers.
Examples"you can be dead sure of my innocence"; "was dead tired"; "dead right"
Synonymsabsolutely, perfectly, utterly

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