dead
adjective
-
(followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivitynumb
-
very tireddrained
-
completefull-length
-
not circulating or flowingstagnant
-
devoid of activity“this is a dead town”
-
physically inactive“Crater Lake is in the crater of a dead volcano of the Cascade Range”
-
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life“the nerve is dead”
-
not showing characteristics of life especially the capacity to sustain life
-
drained of electric chargedrained
-
no longer having force or relevance“a dead issue”
-
out of use or operation because of a fault or breakdown“a dead telephone line”
-
lacking resilience or bounce“a dead tennis ball”
-
not surviving in active use“Latin is a dead language”
-
unerringly accurate“a dead shot”
-
not yielding a return“dead capital”idle
-
lacking acoustic resonance“dead sounds characteristic of some compact discs”
-
devoid of physical sensationdeadened
adverb
-
completely and without qualificationabsolutely
-
quickly and without warningabruptly
noun
-
people who are no longer living“they buried the dead”
-
a time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense“the dead of winter”