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dead
I. \ˈded\ adjective
(sometimes -er/-est)
Etymology: Middle English deed, from Old English dēad; akin to Old High German tōt dead, Old Norse dauthr, Gothic dauths; derivative from the root of Old Norse deyja to die — more at die
1. : deprived of life : having ended existence as a living or growing thing — used of organisms or any of their parts or organs
< a dead wasp >
< a dead rabbit >
< dead leaves >
< dead of scarlet fever >
< dead by his own hand >
2.
a.
(1) : having the appearance of death or of being dead : deathly
< in a dead faint >
: insensible
< dead to the world >
(2) : without power to move, feel, or respond : numb
< my arm feels dead >
b. : completely exhausted : very tired
< after two hours of hiking they were just dead >
c.
(1) : incapable of feeling or of being stirred emotionally or intellectually : impervious especially to pleas or arguments : unresponsive
< a girl with a heart dead to pity >
< completely dead and deaf to his father's advice >
: lacking sensitivity or delicacy of feeling
< dead to all sense of honor >
(2) of a sentiment : grown cold : extinguished
< a dead passion >
< a dead love >
3.
a. : not naturally endowed with life : inanimate, inert
< dead matter >
b. : not producing or sustaining life : barren, infertile
< dead soil >
< a dead rocky waste >
c. : no longer producing or functioning : exhausted, worked-out
< a dead oil well >
< a dead mine >
< a dead battery >
4.
a. : lacking power or effect
< a dead law >
: no longer of concern : no longer having interest, relevance, or significance
< a dead issue >
b.
(1) : lacking currency : defunct, obsolete
< a dead custom >
(2) of a language : no longer in ordinary spoken use
c. : no longer active : extinct
< a dead volcano >
d. : lacking in fervor or warmth
< a dead description >
: lacking in gaiety, animation, or amusing quality
< a very dead party >
e.
(1) : lacking in commercial activity : quiet
< a dead produce market >
(2) : commercially idle or unproductive
< dead capital >
: lacking in salability : being unsold
< dead stock >
f. : lacking responsiveness or elasticity
< a dead tennis ball >
< a dead string on a viol >
g. : out of action or out of use
< a dead electric circuit >
< a dead telephone line >
< dead storage >
h.
(1) of a ball : out of play
< in football the ball is dead after an incompleted forward pass >
(2) of a player : temporarily forbidden to play or make a certain play
< a croquet player may be dead on another player's ball >
i. printing
(1) : being something that has been used or is not to be used
< dead copy >
< dead type >
< dead artwork >
(2) : being something that is routed or to be routed off as not meant to print
< dead-metal areas in engravings and electrotypes >
j. : out of play : not usable
< a hand that is not eligible to win is dead >
k. : having a density greater than water — used of oils distilled from tar
l. : having lost the qualities required for workability
< dead plaster will not set hard when mixed with water >
< dead stone, yielding a dull thud when struck with the sculptor's hammer >
5.
a. : not running or circulating : stagnant
< dead water >
< dead air >
b. : not turning
< the dead center of a lathe >
< cut between a dead knife blade and a turning one >
c. of mail : undeliverable and unreturnable — see dead letter
6.
a. : having no fire, warmth, or glow
< a dead cigar >
< a dead fire >
b. : lacking brilliance or luster : dull
< a dead glossy finish >
c. : lacking tang or taste
< a dead wine >
d. : muffled, deadened
< a dead sound >
7. : having a quality of completeness or finality
8.
a.
(1) : unrelieved by any breaks or deviations : absolutely uniform — often used in the phrase dead level
< the dead level of a prairie >
< reducing all to a dead level of mediocrity >
(2) : characterized by the utmost exertion of effort, physical or mental
< a dead pull >
b.
(1) : completely certain as to outcome : inescapable, unerring
< a dead shot with a rifle >
: exact
< hit the dead center of the target >
(2) : as good as dead : doomed
< a dead pigeon >
(3) : irrevocable, unrecoverable
< a dead loss >
c. : marked by complete and sudden cessation (as of motion or action) : abrupt
< brought to a dead stop >
< stopped him dead in his tracks >
d. : complete, total, absolute
< a dead silence fell >
< spoke with dead certainty of his return >
9. : being abandoned by its former human occupants : deserted
< a dead mining town >
< dead villages >
10. : characterized by high absorption of sound : anechoic
< a dead wall >
11. : free from any connection to a source of voltage and free from electric charges : having the same potential as that of the ground — used of current-carrying apparatus or circuits that may at other times be alive
12.
a. : lacking motion
< the dead spindle of a lathe >
b. : not imparting motion or power although otherwise functioning
< the dead rear axle of a floating transmission >
c. : having the principal function in abeyance
< the dead time between power strokes >
d. : marked by a delay in operation or by inactivity between operations or actions — used in referring to a mechanical or electronic device
< dead time of a counter >
II. noun
(plural dead)
Etymology: Middle English deed
1. : one that is dead — now usually used collectively
< the dead and the living >
2. : the time of greatest quiet : the period of profoundest inertness or gloom
< the dead of winter >
< when the drum beat at dead of night — Thomas Campbell >
3. : something dead: as
a. dead plural : refuse from a mine
b. slang : an article of dead mail
III. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English deden, from Old English dēadian to die, from dēad, adjective
intransitive verb
obsolete : die
transitive verb
chiefly dialect : deaden
IV. adverb
Etymology: dead (I)
1.
a. : to a degree or in a manner resembling or characteristic of death : to the last degree : absolutely, utterly, entirely, exactly
< dead ripe >
< dead-tired >
< dead certain >
b. dialect Britain : extremely, very
< it seems to me dead strange — C.J.Dennis >
2. : with suddenness and completeness
< he stopped dead >
3. : directly
< the police were dead against the plan >
< a dead-square opening >
V. \ˈded, -ē-, -ā-\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English dede, deed, probably alteration (influenced by deed, adjective) of deeth — more at death
dialect Britain : death
VI. adjective
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