Meaning of 'dead'

adjective

(followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity

Synonyms: numb

adjective

very tired

Synonyms: drained

adjective

complete

Synonyms: full-length

adjective

not circulating or flowing

Synonyms: stagnant

adverb

completely and without qualification

Synonyms: absolutely

adverb

quickly and without warning

Synonyms: abruptly

adjective

devoid of activity

Example: "this is a dead town"

adjective

physically inactive

Example: "Crater Lake is in the crater of a dead volcano of the Cascade Range"

adjective

no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life

Example: "the nerve is dead"

adjective

not showing characteristics of life especially the capacity to sustain life

adjective

drained of electric charge

Synonyms: drained

adjective

no longer having force or relevance

Example: "a dead issue"

adjective

out of use or operation because of a fault or breakdown

Example: "a dead telephone line"

adjective

lacking resilience or bounce

Example: "a dead tennis ball"

adjective

not surviving in active use

Example: "Latin is a dead language"

adjective

unerringly accurate

Example: "a dead shot"

adjective

not yielding a return

Example: "dead capital"

Synonyms: idle

adjective

lacking acoustic resonance

Example: "dead sounds characteristic of some compact discs"

adjective

devoid of physical sensation

Synonyms: deadened

noun

people who are no longer living

Example: "they buried the dead"

noun

a time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense

Example: "the dead of winter"