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dead adj 1 no longer living. 2 not alive. 3 no longer in existence; extinct. 4 with nothing living or growing in or on it. 5 not, or no longer, functioning; not connected to a source of power. 6 no longer burning. 7 no longer in use for everyday communication • a dead language. 8 no longer of interest or importance • a dead issue. 9 having little or no excitement or activity; boring. 10 without feeling; numb. 11 complete; absolute. 12 said of a sound: dull. 13 sport said of a ball: in a position where it cannot be played until brought back into the game. 14 (the dead) dead people (see the 4b). adverb, slang absolutely; quite; exactly; very • dead drunk • dead right. deadness noun. dead against something completely opposed to it. dead as a dodo or a doornail or a herring or mutton absolutely dead. dead from the neck up derog colloq very stupid or of little intelligence. dead on exact; exactly • dead on time. See also dead-on. dead to something incapable of understanding it; not affected by it. dead to the world colloq fast asleep. I, etc wouldn't be seen dead doing something, colloq I, etc would never do it. over my dead body never. the dead of night the middle of the night, when it is most intensely dark and still. the dead of winter the middle of winter, when it is most intensely cold.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon.

dead adj 1 no longer living. 2 not alive. 3 no longer in existence; extinct. 4 with nothing living or growing in or on it. 5 not, or no longer, functioning; not connected to a source of power. 6 no longer burning. 7 no longer in use for everyday communication • a dead language. 8 no longer of interest or importance • a dead issue. 9 having little or no excitement or activity; boring. 10 without feeling; numb. 11 complete; absolute. 12 said of a sound: dull. 13 sport said of a ball: in a position where it cannot be played until brought back into the game. 14 (the dead) dead people (see the 4b). adverb, slang absolutely; quite; exactly; very • dead drunk • dead right. deadness noun. dead against something completely opposed to it. dead as a dodo or a doornail or a herring or mutton absolutely dead. dead from the neck up derog colloq very stupid or of little intelligence. dead on exact; exactly • dead on time. See also dead-on. dead to something incapable of understanding it; not affected by it. dead to the world colloq fast asleep. I, etc wouldn't be seen dead doing something, colloq I, etc would never do it. over my dead body never. the dead of night the middle of the night, when it is most intensely dark and still. the dead of winter the middle of winter, when it is most intensely cold.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon.

dead adj 1 no longer living. 2 not alive. 3 no longer in existence; extinct. 4 with nothing living or growing in or on it. 5 not, or no longer, functioning; not connected to a source of power. 6 no longer burning. 7 no longer in use for everyday communication • a dead language. 8 no longer of interest or importance • a dead issue. 9 having little or no excitement or activity; boring. 10 without feeling; numb. 11 complete; absolute. 12 said of a sound: dull. 13 sport said of a ball: in a position where it cannot be played until brought back into the game. 14 (the dead) dead people (see the 4b). adverb, slang absolutely; quite; exactly; very • dead drunk • dead right. deadness noun. dead against something completely opposed to it. dead as a dodo or a doornail or a herring or mutton absolutely dead. dead from the neck up derog colloq very stupid or of little intelligence. dead on exact; exactly • dead on time. See also dead-on. dead to something incapable of understanding it; not affected by it. dead to the world colloq fast asleep. I, etc wouldn't be seen dead doing something, colloq I, etc would never do it. over my dead body never. the dead of night the middle of the night, when it is most intensely dark and still. the dead of winter the middle of winter, when it is most intensely cold.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon.