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  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") 



dead definition