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dead

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noun

(with "the", a demonstrative, or a possessive) Those who have died.

Examples :

"Have respect for the dead."

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noun

(often with "the") Time when coldness, darkness, or stillness is most intense.

Examples :

"The dead of night. The dead of winter."

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noun

(usually plural) Sterile mining waste, often present as many large rocks stacked inside the workings.

Examples :

"The miners carefully navigated the tunnels filled with large piles of dead rock. "

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verb

To prevent by disabling; stop.

Examples :

"The teacher deadened the noise in the classroom by turning up the music. "

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verb

To make dead; to deaden; to deprive of life, force, or vigour.

Examples :

"The long illness slowly deadened her grandmother's energy. "

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verb

Examples :

"The angry driver dead the pedestrian. "

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adjective

No longer living.

Examples :

"All of my grandparents are dead."

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adjective

Figuratively, not alive; lacking life.

Examples :

"The project seemed completely dead; no one was working on it anymore. "

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adjective

(of another person) So hated that they are absolutely ignored.

Examples :

"He is dead to me."

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adjective

Doomed; marked for death (literally or as a hyperbole).

Examples :

"The project was dead; there was no hope of finishing it on time. "

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adjective

Without emotion.

Examples :

"She stood with dead face and limp arms, unresponsive to my plea."

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adjective

Stationary; static.

Examples :

"a dead lift"

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adjective

Without interest to one of the senses; dull; flat.

Examples :

"a dead glass of soda."

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adjective

Examples :

"dead fields"

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adjective

(of a machine, device, or electrical circuit) Completely inactive; currently without power; without a signal.

Examples :

"The computer monitor is dead; it's not displaying anything. "

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adjective

(of a battery) Unable to emit power, being discharged (flat) or faulty.

Examples :

"The car battery is dead, so we can't start the car. "

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adjective

Broken or inoperable.

Examples :

"That monitor is dead; don’t bother hooking it up."

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adjective

No longer used or required.

Examples :

"Is this beer glass dead?"

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adjective

Not imparting motion or power by design.

Examples :

"A dead axle, also called a lazy axle, is not part of the drivetrain, but is instead free-rotating."

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adjective

Examples :

"The baseball game was dead; the score was 10-0, and the last batter struck out. "

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adjective

(of a golf ball) Lying so near the hole that the player is certain to hole it in the next stroke.

Examples :

"The golf ball was dead near the hole; he was certain of a birdie. "

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adjective

(1800s) Tagged out.

Examples :

"The baseball player was dead after sliding into home plate. "

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adjective

Full and complete.

Examples :

"dead giveaway"

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adjective

Examples :

"a dead eye"

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adjective

Experiencing pins and needles (paresthesia).

Examples :

"After sitting on my hands for a while, my arms became dead."

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adjective

Constructed so as not to transmit sound; soundless.

Examples :

"a dead floor"

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adjective

Bringing death; deadly.

Examples :

"The virus is deadlier than we initially thought. "

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adjective

Cut off from the rights of a citizen; deprived of the power of enjoying the rights of property.

Examples :

"A person who is banished or who becomes a monk is civilly dead."

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adjective

(often with "to") Indifferent to, no longer subject to or ruled by (sin, guilt, pleasure, etc).

Examples :

"After years of struggling with procrastination, Sarah felt dead to the pressure of deadlines. "

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adverb

(degree) Exactly.

Examples :

"He hit the target dead in the centre."

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adverb

(degree) Very, absolutely, extremely.

Examples :

"dead wrong; dead set; dead serious; dead drunk; dead broke; dead earnest; dead certain; dead slow; dead sure; dead simple; dead honest; dead accurate; dead easy; dead scared; dead solid; dead black; dead white; dead empty"

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adverb

Suddenly and completely.

Examples :

"He stopped dead."

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adverb

As if dead.

Examples :

"dead tired; dead quiet; dead asleep; dead pale; dead cold; dead still"

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