dead

Meaning

Adj

1. (not-comparable, usually) No longer living; deceased. (Also used as a noun.)
2. (not-comparable, usually) Devoid of living things; barren.
3. (excessive, not-comparable, usually) Figuratively, not alive; lacking life.
4. (not-comparable, usually) So hated or offensive as to be absolutely shunned, ignored, or ostracized.
5. (not-comparable, usually) Doomed; marked for death; as good as dead (literally or as a hyperbole).
6. (not-comparable, usually) Without emotion; impassive.
7. (not-comparable, usually) Stationary; static; immobile or immovable.
8. (not-comparable, usually) Without interest to one of the senses; dull; flat.
9. (not-comparable, usually) Unproductive; fallow.
10. (not-comparable, usually) Past, bygone, vanished.
11. (not-comparable, usually) Lacking usual activity; unexpectedly quiet or empty of people.
12. (not-comparable, usually) Completely inactive; currently without power; without a signal; not live.
13. (not-comparable, usually) Unable to emit power, being discharged (flat) or faulty.
14. (not-comparable, usually) Broken or inoperable.
15. (not-comparable, usually) No longer used or required.
16. (not-comparable, usually) Intentionally designed so as not to impart motion or power.
17. (not-comparable, usually) Not in play.
18. (not-comparable, usually) Lying so near the hole that the player is certain to hole it in the next stroke.
19. (not-comparable, slang, usually) Tagged out.
20. (not-comparable, usually) Full and complete (usually applied to nouns involving lack of motion, sound, activity, or other signs of life).
21. (not-comparable, usually) Exact; on the dot.
22. (not-comparable, usually) Experiencing pins and needles (paresthesia).
23. (Internet, excessive, not-comparable, often, sometimes, usually) Expresses an emotional reaction associated with hyperbolic senses of die:
24. (Internet, not-comparable, often, sometimes, usually) Expresses an emotional reaction associated with hyperbolic senses of die:
25. (not-comparable, usually) Constructed so as not to reflect or transmit sound; soundless; anechoic.
26. (not-comparable, obsolete, usually) Bringing death; deadly.
27. (not-comparable, usually) Cut off from the rights of a citizen; deprived of the power of enjoying the rights of property.
28. (especially, not-comparable, often, rare, usually) Indifferent to; having no obligation toward; no longer subject to or ruled by (sin, guilt, pleasure, etc).
29. (not-comparable, usually) Of a syllable in languages such as Thai and Burmese: ending abruptly.

Adv

1. (colloquial, informal, not-comparable) Exactly.
2. (colloquial, informal, not-comparable) Very, absolutely, extremely.
3. (not-comparable) Suddenly and completely.
4. (informal, not-comparable) As if dead.

Noun

1. (often, uncountable, with-definite-article) Time when coldness, darkness, or stillness is most intense.
2. (uncountable, with-definite-article) Those who have died: dead people.

Noun

1. (UK) (usually in the plural) Sterile mining waste, often present as many large rocks stacked inside the workings.
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial) Clipping of deadlift.

Verb

1. (transitive) To prevent by disabling; to stop.
2. (transitive) To make dead; to deaden; to deprive of life, force, or vigour.
3. (UK, US, slang, transitive) To kill.
4. (broadly, slang, transitive) To discontinue or put an end to (something).

Opposite of

alive, bustling#Adjective, busy, crowded#Adjective, hopping#Adjective, lively, noisy, live, living#Noun, ;, quick#Noun

Synonyms

die

💀

deceased

lifeless

defunct

extinct

departed

late

dead person

inanimate

stagnant

absolutely

utterly

expired

dull

pass away

perfectly

numb

utter

inactive

death

💀

extinguished

deceased person

dry

drained

perished

vanished

unproductive

unconscious

idle

abruptly

insensitive

decedent

finished

exanimate

flat

dying

deadened

gone

corpse

ended

completely

complete

absolute

entirely

suddenly

casualty

barren

all in

bushed

killed

Translations

mort

muerto

💀

tot

💀

morto

💀

dood

💀

morto

💀

mort

💀

mortuus

💀

νεκρός

gestorben

ölü

💀

overleden

décédé

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɛd/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: ded

Inherited from Old English: dēad

Cognate with Western Frisian: dead

Cognate with Dutch: dood

Cognate with German: tot

Cognate with Danish: -

Cognate with Norwegian: død

Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk: daud

In summary

From Middle English ded, deed, from Old English dēad, from Proto-West Germanic *daud, from Proto-Germanic *daudaz. Compare West Frisian dead, dea, Dutch dood, German tot, Danish, Norwegian død, Norwegian Nynorsk daud.

Sentences

The " Daily " was instrumental in the spread of the Paul is dead urban legend .

The Taylor Jean movement isn't dead yet .

The dead twigs are also useful as kindling for outdoor fires .

‘The dead letters , of course , ’ said the bagman .