dead
1. dead \'ded\ aj [ME deed, fr. OE de-ad; akin to ON dauthr dead, deyjaX to
die - more at DIE 1: deprived of life : having died 2a1: having the
appearance of death : DEATHLY {in a ~ fain t} 2a2: lacking power to move,
feel, or respond : NUMB 2b: very tired 2c1: incapable of being stirred
emotionally or intellectually : UNRES PONSIVE {~ to pity} 2c2: grown cold :
EXTINGUISHED {~ coals} 3a: INANIMATE, INERT {~ matter} 3b: BARREN,
INFERTILE {~ soil} 3c: no longer producing or functioning : EXHAUSTED {~
batt ery} 4a1: lacking power or effect {~ law} 4a2: no longer having
interest, relevance, or significance {~ issu e} 4b: no longer in use :
OBSOLETE {~ language} 4c: no longer active : EXTINCT {~ volcano} 4d:
lacking in gaiety or animation {~ party} 4e1: lacking in commercial
activity : QUIET 4e2: commercially idle or unproductive {~ capital} 4f:
lacking elasticity {~ tennis ball} 4g: out of action or out of use; specif
: free from any connection to a source of voltage and free from electric
charges 4h1: out of play {~ ball ~ cards} of a player 4h2: temporarily
forbidden to play or make a certain play 4i: being something that has been
used or is not to be used in printing <~ copy} 5a: not running or
circulating : STAGNANT {~ air} 5b: not turning 5c: lacking warmth, vigor,
or taste 6a: absolutely uniform {~ level} 6b1: UNERRING 6b2: EXACT {~
center of the target} 6b3: DOOMED {~ duck} 6b4: IRREVOCABLE 6c: ABRUPT
6d: COMPLETE, ABSOLUTE 7: DESERTED M mean devoid of life. DEAD applies
literally to what is deprived of vital force but is used figuratively of
anything that has lost any attribute (as energy, activity, radiance)
suggesting life; DEFUNCT stresses cessation of active existence or
operation; DECEASED, DEPARTED, and LATE apply to persons who have died
recently, DECEASED occurring chiefly in legal use, DEPARTED in religious
use, and LATE with reference to a person in a specific relation or status
{his late wife} SYN syn DEAD, DEFUNCT, DECEASED, DEPARTED, LATE
2. dead n or dead pl 1: one that is dead - usu. used collectively 2: the
time of greatest quiet
3. dead av 1: UTTERLY 2: suddenly and completely 3: DIRECTLY