To become dead; lose life or force.
To make a complete failure in recitation.
To make dead; deprive of life, consciousness, force, or vigor; dull; deaden.
To cause to fail in recitation: said of a teacher who puzzles a scholar.
In golf, said of a ball: when it falls without rolling;
when it lies so near a hole that the player is “dead sure” to hole it;
when it lacks life or resiliency.
In electricity, said of a circuit which is not connected with any source of electric power, either directly, or indirectly, as by induction.
Said of molten metal when it is thick and sluggish, either from insufficient melting, or from having stood too long in a ladle.