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Meaning of DEAD in English

Deprived of life; -- opposed to alive and living; reduced to that state of a being in which the organs of motion and life have irrevocably ceased to perform their functions; as, a dead tree; a dead man.

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    Meaning of DEAD in English

    • Deprived of life; -- opposed to alive and living; reduced to that state of a being in which the organs of motion and life have irrevocably ceased to perform their functions; as, a dead tree; a dead man.
    • Destitute of life; inanimate; as, dead matter.
    • Resembling death in appearance or quality; without show of life; deathlike; as, a dead sleep.
    • Still as death; motionless; inactive; useless; as, dead calm; a dead load or weight.
    • So constructed as not to transmit sound; soundless; as, a dead floor.
    • Unproductive; bringing no gain; unprofitable; as, dead capital; dead stock in trade.
    • Lacking spirit; dull; lusterless; cheerless; as, dead eye; dead fire; dead color, etc.
    • Monotonous or unvaried; as, a dead level or pain; a dead wall.
    • Sure as death; unerring; fixed; complete; as, a dead shot; a dead certainty.
    • Bringing death; deadly.
    • Wanting in religious spirit and vitality; as, dead faith; dead works.
    • Flat; without gloss; -- said of painting which has been applied purposely to have this effect.
    • Not brilliant; not rich; thus, brown is a dead color, as compared with crimson.
    • Cut off from the rights of a citizen; deprived of the power of enjoying the rights of property; as, one banished or becoming a monk is civilly dead.
    • Not imparting motion or power; as, the dead spindle of a lathe, etc. See Spindle.
    • To a degree resembling death; to the last degree; completely; wholly.
    • The most quiet or deathlike time; the period of profoundest repose, inertness, or gloom; as, the dead of winter.
    • One who is dead; -- commonly used collectively.
    • To make dead; to deaden; to deprive of life, force, or vigor.
    • To die; to lose life or force.

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