dead

UK /dɛd/ US /dɛd/
noun 6adj 5adv 4verb 4

Definitions

adj

1

No longer living; deceased. (Also used as a noun.)

All of my grandparents are dead.

Have respect for the dead.

2

Devoid of living things; barren.

a dead planet

Behold the substance from which all things draw their energy, the bright Spirit of the Globe, without which it cannot live, but must grow cold and dead as the dead moon.

3

Figuratively, not alive; lacking life.

When a man's verses cannot be understood, nor a man's good wit seconded with the forward child, understanding, it strikes a man more dead than a great reckoning in a little room.

4

Utterly exhausted.

“Finished the last one at three this morning, apart from bits and bobs and poppers. Quite frankly, I'm dead!”

5

So hated or offensive as to be absolutely shunned, ignored, or ostracized.

He is dead to me.

I didn't have it in myself to go with grace And you're the hero flying around, saving face And if I'm dead to you, why are you at the wake?

adv

1

Exactly.

dead right; dead level; dead flat; dead straight; dead left

He hit the target dead in the centre.

2

Very, absolutely, extremely.

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

I knew once a Scotch sailmaker who was certain, dead sure, there were people in Mars.

3

Suddenly and completely.

He stopped dead.

She cut me dead again at the last party.

4

As if dead.

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

I was tired of reading, and dead sleepy.

noun

1

Time when coldness, darkness, or stillness is most intense.

Near-synonym: nadir

the dead of night

2

Those who have died: dead people.

the quick and the dead

Will the dead rise again?

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