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Definition dead
Etymology
From Middle English ded, deed, from Old English d?ad, from Proto-Germanic *daudaz. Compare West Frisian dead, dea, Dutch dood, German tot, Danish, Norwegian død, Norwegian Nynorsk daud.
Adjective
dead (comparative deader, superlative deadest)
- (not comparable) No longer living.
- (hyperbolic) Figuratively, not alive; lacking life.
- (of another person) So hated that they are absolutely ignored.
- Doomed; marked for death (literally or as a hyperbole).
- Without emotion.
- Stationary; static.
- Without interest to one of the senses; dull; flat.
- Unproductive.
- (not comparable, of a machine, device, or electrical circuit) Completely inactive; currently without power; without a signal.
- (of a battery) Unable to emit power, being discharged (flat) or faulty.
- (not comparable) Broken or inoperable.
- (not comparable) No longer used or required.
- (engineering) Not imparting motion or power by design.
- (not comparable, sports) Not in play.
- (not comparable, golf, of a golf ball) Lying so near the hole that the player is certain to hole it in the next stroke.
- (not comparable, baseball, slang, 1800s) Tagged out.
- (not comparable) Full and complete.
- (not comparable) Exact.
- Experiencing pins and needles (paresthesia).
- Constructed so as not to transmit sound; soundless.
- (obsolete) Bringing death; deadly.
- (law) Cut off from the rights of a citizen; deprived of the power of enjoying the rights of property.
Adverb
dead (not comparable)
- (degree, informal, colloquial) Exactly.
- (degree, informal, colloquial) Very, absolutely, extremely.
- Suddenly and completely.
- (informal) As if dead.
Noun
dead (uncountable)
dead pl (plural only)
- (with "the", a demonstrative, or a possessive) Those who have died.
Verb
dead (third-person singular simple present deads, present participle deading, simple past and past participle deaded)
- (transitive) To prevent by disabling; stop.
- (transitive) To make dead; to deaden; to deprive of life, force, or vigour.
- (Britain, transitive, slang) To kill.
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