dead meaning and definition

DEAD noun

Definition of dead (noun)

1. people who are no longer living
   • "they buried the dead"
   • antonym: living
2. a time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense
   • "the dead of winter"

DEAD adjective

Definition of dead (adjective)

1. 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"
   • antonym: alive
2. 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"
   • antonym: live
3. 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"
   • synonyms: all in, beat, bushed
4. unerringly accurate
   • "a dead shot"; "took dead aim"
5. physically inactive
   • "Crater Lake is in the crater of a dead volcano of the Cascade Range"
6. (followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive
   • "passersby were dead to our plea for help"; "numb to the cries for mercy"
   • synonyms: numb
7. 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"
   • synonyms: deadened
8. lacking acoustic resonance
   • "dead sounds characteristic of some compact discs"; "the dead wall surfaces of a recording studio"
9. not yielding a return
   • "dead capital"; "idle funds"
   • synonyms: idle
10. not circulating or flowing
    • "dead air"; "dead water"; "stagnant water"
    • synonyms: stagnant
11. not surviving in active use
    • "Latin is a dead language"
12. lacking resilience or bounce
    • "a dead tennis ball"
13. out of use or operation because of a fault or breakdown
    • "a dead telephone line"; "the motor is dead"
14. no longer having force or relevance
    • "a dead issue"
15. complete
    • "came to a dead stop"; "utter seriousness"
    • synonyms: utter
16. drained of electric charge; discharged
    • "a dead battery"; "left the lights on and came back to find the battery drained"
    • synonyms: drained
17. devoid of activity
    • "this is a dead town; nothing ever happens here"

DEAD adverb

Definition of dead (adverb)

1. quickly and without warning
   • "he stopped suddenly"
   • synonyms: abruptly, short, suddenly
2. 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"
   • synonyms: absolutely, perfectly, utterly