Grep of noun dead
dead
dead-end street
dead-man's-fingers
dead-men's-fingers
dead animal
dead axle
dead body
dead center
dead centre
dead end
dead hand
dead hand of the past
dead heat
dead letter
dead load
dead march
dead metaphor
dead nettle
dead person
dead reckoning
dead ringer
dead room
dead sea
dead sea scrolls
dead soul
dead weight
deadbeat
deadbeat dad
deadbolt
deadening
deadhead
deadlight
deadline
deadliness
deadlock
deadly nightshade
deadly sin
deadness
the living dead
white dead nettle
Overview of noun dead
The noun dead has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (9) dead -- (people who are no longer living; "they buried the dead")
2. (1) dead -- (a time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense; "the dead of winter")
Overview of adj dead
The adj dead has 21 senses (first 6 from tagged texts)
1. (72) dead -- (no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life; "the nerve is dead"; "a dead pallor"; "he was marked as a dead man by the assassin")
2. (4) dead -- (not showing characteristics of life especially the capacity to sustain life; no longer exerting force or having energy or heat; "Mars is a dead planet"; "a dead battery"; "dead soil"; "dead coals"; "the fire is dead")
3. (2) all in beat bushed, dead -- ((informal) very tired; "was all in at the end of the day"; "so beat I could flop down and go to sleep anywhere"; "bushed after all that exercise"; "I'm dead after that long trip")
4. (1) dead -- (unerringly accurate; "a dead shot"; "took dead aim")
5. (1) dead -- (physically inactive; "Crater Lake is in the crater of a dead volcano of the Cascade Range")
6. (1) dead, utter -- (total; "dead silence"; "utter seriousness")
7. inanimate, nonliving, dead -- (not endowed with life; "the inorganic world is inanimate"; "inanimate objects"; "dead stones")
8. dead, numb -- ((followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive; "passersby were dead to our plea for help"; "numb to the cries for mercy")
9. dead, deadened -- (devoid of physical sensation; numb; "his gums were dead from the novocain"; "she felt no discomfort as the dentist drilled her deadened tooth"; "a public desensitized by continuous television coverage of atrocities")
10. dead -- (lacking acoustic resonance; "dead sounds characteristic of some compact discs"; "the dead wall surfaces of a recording studio")
11. dead, idle -- (not yielding a return; "dead capital"; "idle funds")
12. dead, stagnant -- (not circulating or flowing; "dead air"; "dead water"; "stagnant water")
13. dead -- (out of use or operation because of a fault or breakdown; "a dead telephone line"; "the motor is dead")
14. dead -- (not surviving in active use "Latin is a dead language")
15. dead -- (lacking resilience or bounce; "a dead tennis ball")
16. dead, defunct -- (no longer in force or use inactive; "a defunct (or dead) law"; "a defunct organization")
17. dead -- (no longer having force or relevance; "a dead issue")
18. dead -- (sudden and complete; "came to a dead stop")
19. dead, drained -- (drained of electric charge; discharged; "a dead battery"; "left the lights on and came back to find the battery drained")
20. dead, lifeless -- (lacking animation or excitement or activity; "the party being dead we left early"; "it was a lifeless party until she arrived")
21. dead -- (devoid of activity; "this is a dead town; nothing ever happens here")
Overview of adv dead
The adv dead has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. abruptly, suddenly, short, dead -- (quickly and without warning; "he stopped suddenly")
2. absolutely, perfectly, utterly, dead -- (completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers; "an absolutely magnificent painting"; "a perfectly idiotic idea"; "you're perfectly right"; "utterly miserable"; "you can be dead sure of my innocence"; "was dead tired"; "dead right")
Antonyms of adj dead
21 senses of dead
Sense 1
dead (vs. alive)
alive(prenominal) (vs. dead)
=> live, living
=> liveborn
=> viable
=> vital
Sense 2
dead (vs. live)
live (vs. dead)
=> glowing(postnominal)
=> in play(prenominal)
=> living(postnominal)
=> living(postnominal)
=> smoldering, smouldering
Sense 3
all in(prenominal), beat(prenominal), bushed(prenominal), dead(prenominal)
INDIRECT (VIA tired) -> rested
Sense 4
dead
INDIRECT (VIA precise) -> imprecise
Sense 5
dead
INDIRECT (VIA dormant, extinct) -> active
INDIRECT (VIA extinct, active) -> dormant, inactive
Sense 6
dead(postnominal), utter(postnominal)
INDIRECT (VIA absolute) -> relative
Sense 7
inanimate (vs. animate), nonliving, dead
Sense 8
dead(prenominal), numb(prenominal)
INDIRECT (VIA insensitive) -> sensitive
Sense 9
dead, deadened
INDIRECT (VIA insensitive) -> sensitive
Sense 10
dead
INDIRECT (VIA unreverberant) -> reverberant, ringing
Sense 11
dead, idle
INDIRECT (VIA unprofitable) -> profitable
Sense 12
dead(postnominal), stagnant
INDIRECT (VIA standing) -> running
Sense 13
dead
INDIRECT (VIA malfunctioning) -> functioning
Sense 14
dead
INDIRECT (VIA extinct) -> extant
Sense 15
dead
INDIRECT (VIA inelastic) -> elastic
Sense 16
dead, defunct
INDIRECT (VIA inoperative) -> operative
Sense 17
dead
INDIRECT (VIA noncurrent) -> current
Sense 18
dead(postnominal)
INDIRECT (VIA complete) -> incomplete, uncomplete
INDIRECT (VIA complete, complete) -> incomplete
Sense 19
dead, drained
INDIRECT (VIA uncharged) -> charged
Sense 20
dead, lifeless
INDIRECT (VIA unanimated) -> animated, alive
Sense 21
dead
INDIRECT (VIA inactive) -> active
Similarity of adj dead
21 senses of dead
Sense 1
dead (vs. alive)
=> asleep(prenominal), at peace(prenominal), at rest(prenominal), deceased, departed, gone
=> assassinated
=> bloodless, exsanguine, exsanguinous
=> brain dead
=> breathless, inanimate, pulseless
=> cold
=> deathlike, deathly
=> defunct
=> d.o.a.
=> doomed
=> executed
=> fallen
=> late(postnominal)
=> lifeless, exanimate
=> murdered
=> slain
=> stillborn
=> stone-dead
=> nonviable
Sense 2
dead (vs. live)
=> barren
=> extinct, extinguished, out(prenominal), quenched
=> lifeless
=> out of play(prenominal)
Sense 3
all in(prenominal), beat(prenominal), bushed(prenominal), dead(prenominal)
=> tired (vs. rested)
Sense 4
dead
=> precise (vs. imprecise)
Sense 5
dead
=> extinct (vs. active) (vs. dormant), inactive
Sense 6
dead(postnominal), utter(postnominal)
=> absolute (vs. relative)
Sense 7
inanimate (vs. animate), nonliving, dead
=> nonconscious
Sense 8
dead(prenominal), numb(prenominal)
=> insensitive (vs. sensitive)
Sense 9
dead, deadened
=> insensitive (vs. sensitive)
Sense 10
dead
=> unreverberant (vs. reverberant), nonresonant
Sense 11
dead, idle
=> unprofitable (vs. profitable)
Sense 12
dead(postnominal), stagnant
=> standing(postnominal) (vs. running)
Sense 13
dead
=> malfunctioning (vs. functioning), nonfunctional
Sense 14
dead
=> extinct (vs. extant), nonextant
Sense 15
dead
=> inelastic (vs. elastic)
Sense 16
dead, defunct
=> inoperative (vs. operative)
Sense 17
dead
=> noncurrent (vs. current)
Sense 18
dead(postnominal)
=> complete (vs. incomplete) (vs. incomplete)
Sense 19
dead, drained
=> uncharged (vs. charged)
Sense 20
dead, lifeless
=> unanimated (vs. animated)
Sense 21
dead
=> inactive (vs. active)
Attributes of adj dead
2 of 21 senses of dead
Sense 1
dead (vs. alive)
=> animation, life, living, aliveness
=> animation, vitality
Sense 7
inanimate (vs. animate), nonliving, dead
=> animateness, aliveness, liveness
Familiarity of adj dead
dead used as an adjective is very familiar (polysemy count = 21)
Grep of adj dead
brain dead
dead
dead-on
dead on target
dead set
deadened
deadening
deadlocked
deadly
deadpan
stone-dead
Overview of noun dead
The noun dead has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (9) dead -- (people who are no longer living; "they buried the dead")
2. (1) dead -- (a time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense; "the dead of winter")
Overview of adj dead
The adj dead has 21 senses (first 6 from tagged texts)
1. (72) dead -- (no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life; "the nerve is dead"; "a dead pallor"; "he was marked as a dead man by the assassin")
2. (4) dead -- (not showing characteristics of life especially the capacity to sustain life; no longer exerting force or having energy or heat; "Mars is a dead planet"; "a dead battery"; "dead soil"; "dead coals"; "the fire is dead")
3. (2) all in beat bushed, dead -- ((informal) very tired; "was all in at the end of the day"; "so beat I could flop down and go to sleep anywhere"; "bushed after all that exercise"; "I'm dead after that long trip")
4. (1) dead -- (unerringly accurate; "a dead shot"; "took dead aim")
5. (1) dead -- (physically inactive; "Crater Lake is in the crater of a dead volcano of the Cascade Range")
6. (1) dead, utter -- (total; "dead silence"; "utter seriousness")
7. inanimate, nonliving, dead -- (not endowed with life; "the inorganic world is inanimate"; "inanimate objects"; "dead stones")
8. dead, numb -- ((followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive; "passersby were dead to our plea for help"; "numb to the cries for mercy")
9. dead, deadened -- (devoid of physical sensation; numb; "his gums were dead from the novocain"; "she felt no discomfort as the dentist drilled her deadened tooth"; "a public desensitized by continuous television coverage of atrocities")
10. dead -- (lacking acoustic resonance; "dead sounds characteristic of some compact discs"; "the dead wall surfaces of a recording studio")
11. dead, idle -- (not yielding a return; "dead capital"; "idle funds")
12. dead, stagnant -- (not circulating or flowing; "dead air"; "dead water"; "stagnant water")
13. dead -- (out of use or operation because of a fault or breakdown; "a dead telephone line"; "the motor is dead")
14. dead -- (not surviving in active use "Latin is a dead language")
15. dead -- (lacking resilience or bounce; "a dead tennis ball")
16. dead, defunct -- (no longer in force or use inactive; "a defunct (or dead) law"; "a defunct organization")
17. dead -- (no longer having force or relevance; "a dead issue")
18. dead -- (sudden and complete; "came to a dead stop")
19. dead, drained -- (drained of electric charge; discharged; "a dead battery"; "left the lights on and came back to find the battery drained")
20. dead, lifeless -- (lacking animation or excitement or activity; "the party being dead we left early"; "it was a lifeless party until she arrived")
21. dead -- (devoid of activity; "this is a dead town; nothing ever happens here")
Overview of adv dead
The adv dead has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. abruptly, suddenly, short, dead -- (quickly and without warning; "he stopped suddenly")
2. absolutely, perfectly, utterly, dead -- (completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers; "an absolutely magnificent painting"; "a perfectly idiotic idea"; "you're perfectly right"; "utterly miserable"; "you can be dead sure of my innocence"; "was dead tired"; "dead right")
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