dead

1. 1

   No longer living; deceased. (Also used as a noun.)not-comparableusually

   • All of my grandparents are dead.
   • Have respect for the dead.
2. 2

   Devoid of living things; barren.not-comparableusually

   • a dead planet
3. 3

   Figuratively, not alive; lacking life.excessivenot-comparableusually

   • 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. 4

   Utterly exhausted.not-comparableusually

   • “Finished the last one at three this morning, apart from bits and bobs and poppers. Quite frankly, I'm dead!”
5. 5

   So hated or offensive as to be absolutely shunned, ignored, or ostracized.not-comparableusually

   • He is dead to me.
6. 6

   Doomed; marked for death; as good as dead.not-comparableusually

   • "You come back here this instant! Oh, you're dead, mister!"
7. 7

   Without emotion; impassive.not-comparableusually

   • She stood with dead face and limp arms, unresponsive to my plea.
8. 8

   Stationary; static; immobile or immovable.not-comparableusually

   • the dead load on the floor
   • a dead lift
9. 9

   Without interest to one of the senses; dull; flat.not-comparableusually

   • dead air
   • a dead glass of soda.
10. 10

    Unproductive; fallow.not-comparableusually

    • dead time
    • dead fields

syn. asleep · at rest · blessed · cadaverous · clay-cold · deceased · breathless · resting · cold · decomposed · defunct · departed

ant. alive · live · living

1. 1

   Exactly.colloquialinformalnot-comparable

   • dead right; dead level; dead flat; dead straight; dead left
   • He hit the target dead in the centre.
2. 2

   Very, absolutely, extremely.colloquialinformalnot-comparable

   • 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
3. 3

   Suddenly and completely.not-comparable

   • He stopped dead.
   • She cut me dead again at the last party.
4. 4

   As if dead.informalnot-comparable

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

1. 1

   Time when coldness, darkness, or stillness is most intense.oftenuncountablewith-definite-article

   • Near-synonym: nadir
   • the dead of night

1. 1

   Those who have died: dead people.pluralplural-onlywith-definite-article

   • the quick and the dead
   • Will the dead rise again?

1. 1

   (usually in the plural) Sterile mining waste, often present as many large rocks stacked inside the workings.UK

2. 2

   Clipping of deadlift.abbreviationalt-ofclipping

1. 1

   To prevent by disabling; to stop.transitive

   • 1826, The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Edward Reynolds, Lord Bishop of Norwich, collected by Edward Reynolds, Benedict Riveley, and Alexander Chalmers. pp. 227. London: B. Holdsworth. “What a man should do, when finds his natural impotency
2. 2

   To make dead; to deaden; to deprive of life, force, or vigour.transitive

   • Heaven's stern decree, / With many an ill, hath numb'd and deaded me.
3. 3

   To kill.UKUSslang

   • I shoulda deaded it from genesis instead of hittin' the Guinnesses
   • This dude at the club was trying to kill us so I deaded him, and then I had to collect from Spice.
4. 4

   To discontinue or put an end to (something).broadlyslangtransitive

   • "I thought I told you to shut up," said Jesus. "I don't be laying up with chickenheads, so you need to dead that shit before you piss me the fuck off."
   • "This might be kinda beside the point right now," I said carefully, settling into the chair across from him, "but it's probably time to dead all that open-door no-gun shit, huh?"