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Definitions for Dead

[1] no longer living; deprived of life: dead people; dead flowers; dead animals.
[2] brain-dead.
[3] not endowed with life; inanimate: dead stones.
[4] resembling death; deathlike: a dead sleep; a dead faint.
[5] bereft of sensation; numb: He was half dead with fright. My leg feels dead.
[6] lacking sensitivity of feeling; insensitive: dead to the needs of others.
[7] incapable of being emotionally moved; unresponsive: dead to the nuances of the music.
[8] (of an emotion) no longer felt; ended; extinguished: a dead passion; dead affections.
[9] no longer current or prevalent, as in effect, significance, or practice; obsolete: a dead law; a dead controversy.
[10] no longer functioning, operating, or productive: a dead motor; a dead battery.
[11] not moving or circulating; stagnant; stale: dead water; dead air.
[12] utterly tired; exhausted: They felt dead from the six-hour trip.
[13] (of a language) no longer in use as a sole means of oral communication among a people: Latin is a dead language.
[14] without vitality, spirit, enthusiasm, or the like: a dead party.
[15] lacking the customary activity; dull; inactive: a dead business day.
[16] complete; absolute: dead silence; The plan was a dead loss.
[17] sudden or abrupt, as the complete stoppage of an action: The bus came to a dead stop.
[18] put out; extinguished: a dead cigarette.
[19] without resilience or bounce: a dead tennis ball.
[20] infertile; barren: dead land.
[21] exact; precise: the dead center of a circle.
[22] accurate; sure; unerring: a dead shot.
[23] direct; straight: a dead line.
[24] tasteless or flat, as a beverage: a dead soft drink.
[25] flat rather than glossy, bright, or brilliant: The house was painted dead white.
[26] without resonance; anechoic: dead sound; a dead wall surface of a recording studio.
[27] not fruitful; unproductive: dead capital.
[28] Law . deprived of civil rights so that one is in the state of civil death, especially deprived of the rights of property.
[29] Sports . out of play: a dead ball.
[30] (of a golf ball) lying so close to the hole as to make holing on the next stroke a virtual certainty.
[31] (of type or copy) having been used or rejected.
[32] Electricity . free from any electric connection to a source of potential difference and from electric charge. not having a potential different from that of the earth.
[33] Metallurgy . (of steel) fully killed. unresponsive to heat treatment.
[34] (of the mouth of a horse) no longer sensitive to the pressure of a bit.
[35] noting any rope in a tackle that does not pass over a pulley or is not rove through a block.
[36] the period of greatest darkness, coldness, etc.: the dead of night; the dead of winter.
[37] the dead, dead persons collectively: Prayers were recited for the dead.
[38] absolutely; completely: dead right; dead tired.
[39] with sudden and total stoppage of motion, action, or the like: He stopped dead.
[40] directly; exactly; straight: The island lay dead ahead.
[41] dead in the water , completely inactive or inoperable; no longer in action or under consideration: Our plans to expand the business have been dead in the water for the past two months.
[42] dead to rights , in the very act of committing a crime, offense, or mistake; red-handed.
[43] no longer alive (as noun ) the dead
[44] not endowed with life; inanimate
[45] no longer in use, valid, effective, or relevant a dead issue ; a dead language
[46] unresponsive or unaware; insensible he is dead to my strongest pleas
[47] lacking in freshness, interest, or vitality a dead handshake
[48] devoid of physical sensation; numb his gums were dead from the anaesthetic
[49] resembling death; deathlike a dead sleep
[50] no longer burning or hot dead coals
[51] (of flowers or foliage) withered; faded
[52] (prenominal) (intensifier) a dead stop ; a dead loss
[53] informal very tired
[54] electronics drained of electric charge; fully discharged the battery was dead not connected to a source of potential difference or electric charge
[55] lacking acoustic reverberation a dead sound ; a dead surface
[56] sport (of a ball, etc) out of play
[57] unerring; accurate; precise (esp in the phrase a dead shot )
[58] lacking resilience or bounce a dead ball
[59] printing (of type) set but no longer needed for use Compare standing (def. 7) (of copy) already composed
[60] not yielding a return; idle dead capital
[61] informal certain to suffer a terrible fate; doomed you're dead if your mother catches you at that
[62] (of colours) not glossy or bright; lacklustre
[63] stagnant dead air
[64] military shielded from view, as by a geographic feature or environmental condition a dead zone ; dead space
[65] dead as a doornail informal completely dead
[66] dead from the neck up informal stupid or unintelligent
[67] dead in the water informal unsuccessful, and with little hope of future success the talks are now dead in the water
[68] dead to the world informal unaware of one's surroundings, esp fast asleep or very drunk
[69] leave for dead to abandon informal to surpass or outdistance by far
[70] wouldn't be seen dead in informal to refuse to wear or to go to
[71] a period during which coldness, darkness, or some other quality associated with death is at its most intense the dead of winter
[72] (intensifier) dead easy ; stop dead ; dead level
[73] dead on exactly right

Words related to Dead

late, lifeless, asleep, buried, deceased, flat, paralyzed, exhausted, unemployed, spent, lost, tired, sure, cold, departed, stiff, boring, still, barren, bygone

Words nearby Dead

deacon seat, deaconess, deaconry, deactivate, deacylase, dead, dead ahead, dead air, dead and buried, dead arm, dead as a doornail

Origin of Dead

First recorded before 950; Middle English deed, Old English dēad; cognate with Gothic dauths, German tot, Old Norse daudhr; originally, past participle. See die1

Other words from Dead

dead·ness , noun
half-dead , adjective

Word origin for Dead

Old English dēad; related to Old High German tōt, Old Norse dauthr; see die 1

Synonyms for Dead

asleep, buried, deceased, late, lifeless, cold, departed, stiff, bereft of life, bloodless, bought the farm, breathless, cadaverous, checked out, cut off, defunct, done for, erased, expired, extinct, gone, gone to meet maker, gone to reward, inanimate, inert, liquidated, mortified, no more, not existing, offed, out of one's misery, passed away, perished, pushing up daisies, reposing, resting in peace, spiritless, unanimated, wasted