dead

dead
[[t]dɛd[/t]]
adj., -er, -est, n. adv.
1) no longer living; deprived of life
2) brain-dead
3) not endowed with life; inanimate
4) resembling death; deathlike:
a dead faint[/ex]
5) bereft of sensation or feeling; numb
6) (of an emotion) no longer felt:
a dead passion[/ex]
7) obsolete; defunct
8) inoperative:
a dead battery[/ex]
9) stagnant or stale:
dead air[/ex]
10) utterly tired; exhausted
11) ling. (of a language) no longer in use as a sole means of oral communication among a people
12) dull or inactive:
a dead business day[/ex]
13) complete; absolute:
dead silence[/ex]
14) extinguished:
a dead cigarette[/ex]
15) exact:
the dead center of a target[/ex]
16) flat rather than glossy:
dead white[/ex]
17) lacking resonance; anechoic:
dead sound[/ex]
18) spo Sports. out of play:
a dead ball[/ex]
19) (of type or copy) having been used or rejected
20) elm
a) free from any electric connection to a source of potential difference and from electric charge
b) not having a potential different from that of the earth
21) the period of greatest darkness, coldness, etc.:
the dead of night[/ex]
22) the dead, dead persons collectively
23) absolutely; completely:
dead tired[/ex]
24) directly; straight:
dead ahead[/ex]
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Etymology: bef. 950; ME deed, OE dēad, c. OHG tōt ON dauthr akin to die I

From formal English to slang. 2014.

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