Dead

English Meaning

Deprived of life; -- opposed to alive and living; reduced to that state of a being in which the organs of motion and life have irrevocably ceased to perform their functions; as, a dead tree; a dead man.

1. Having lost life; no longer alive.
2. Marked for certain death; doomed: was marked as a dead man by the assassin.
3. Having the physical appearance of death: a dead pallor.
4. Lacking feeling or sensitivity; numb or unresponsive: Passersby were dead to our pleas for help.
5. Weary and worn-out; exhausted.
6. Not having the capacity to live; inanimate or inert.
7. Not having the capacity to produce or sustain life; barren: dead soil.
8. No longer in existence, use, or operation.
9. No longer having significance or relevance.
10. Physically inactive; dormant: a dead volcano.
11. Not commercially productive; idle: dead capital.
12. Not circulating or running; stagnant: dead water; dead air.
13. Devoid of human or vehicular activity; quiet: a dead town.
14. Lacking all animation, excitement, or activity; dull: The party being dead, we left early.
15. 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).
16. Having grown cold; having been extinguished: dead coals; a dead flame.
17. Lacking elasticity or bounce: That tennis ball is dead.
18. Out of operation because of a fault or breakdown: The motor is dead.
19. Sudden; abrupt: a dead stop.
20. Complete; utter: dead silence.
21. Exact; unerring. the dead center of a target.
22. Sports Out of play. Used of a ball.
23. Lacking connection to a source of electric current.
24. Drained of electric charge; discharged: a dead battery.
25. One who has died: respect for the dead.
26. The period exhibiting the greatest degree of intensity: the dead of winter; the dead of night.
27. Absolutely; altogether: You can be dead sure of my innocence.
28. Directly; exactly: There's a gas station dead ahead.
29. Suddenly: She stopped dead on the stairway.
30. dead and buried No longer in use or under consideration: All past animosities are dead and buried now.
31. 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.
32. 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.