Dead

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  • adjective. Having lost life; no longer alive.
  • adjective. Marked for certain death; doomed.
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  • adjective. Having the physical appearance of death.
  • adjective. Lacking feeling or sensitivity; numb or unresponsive.
  • adjective. Weary and worn-out; exhausted.
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  • adjective. Not having the capacity to live; inanimate or inert.
  • adjective. Not having the capacity to produce or sustain life; barren.
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  • adjective. No longer in existence, use, or operation.
  • adjective. No longer having significance or relevance.
  • adjective. Physically inactive; dormant.
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  • adjective. Not commercially productive; idle.
  • adjective. Not circulating or running; stagnant.
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  • adjective. Devoid of human or vehicular activity; quiet.
  • adjective. Lacking all animation, excitement, or activity; dull.
  • adjective. Having no resonance. Used of sounds.
  • adjective. Having grown cold; having been extinguished.
  • adjective. Lacking elasticity or bounce.
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  • adjective. Not working because of a fault or breakdown.
  • adjective. Not connected to a source of electric current.
  • adjective. Drained of electric charge; discharged.
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  • adjective. Sudden; abrupt.
  • adjective. Complete; utter.
  • adjective. Exact; unerring.
  • adjective. Out of play. Used of a ball.
  • noun. People who have died.
  • noun. The period exhibiting the greatest degree of intensity.
  • adverb. Absolutely; altogether.
  • adverb. Directly; exactly.
  • adverb. Suddenly.
  • idiom. (dead and buried) No longer in use or under consideration.
  • idiom. (dead in the water) Unable to function or move.
  • idiom. (dead to rights) In the very act of making an error or committing a crime.
  • idiom. (dead to the world) Soundly asleep.
  • idiom. (over my dead body) Used to express dramatic refusal.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 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.
  • Word Usage
    "Total nonsense..dead guys doing spinal surgeries on dead guys and what not.."
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    alive  living  
    Equivalent
    has_topic
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    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Ed  Fed  Fred  Freda  Ged  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Italian  above  beautiful  become  best  
    Synonym
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    variant
    spindle