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Dead
dɛd
- no longer alive
"a dead body"
- (of a part of the body) having lost sensation; numb
"I severed nerves in my leg so part of my foot is dead"
- lacking emotion, sympathy, or sensitivity
"a cold, dead voice"
- devoid of living things
"a dead planet"
- (of a place or time) characterized by a lack of activity or excitement
"Brussels isn't dead after dark, if you know where to look"
- (of a piece of equipment) no longer functioning
"the phone had gone dead"
not working out of order out of commission inoperative inactive ineffective in (a state of) disrepair broken broken-down malfunctioning defective- (of an electric circuit or conductor) carrying or transmitting no current
"the batteries are dead"
- (of a link) pointing or connected to a destination that has been deleted or moved, or is no longer functioning
"the original post was at this URL, which is now a dead link"
- no longer alight
"the fire had been dead for some days"
- (of the ball in a game) out of play
"the ball had gone dead"
- (of a glass or bottle) empty or no longer being used
"they got all the dead glasses and put them on the table"
- no longer current, relevant, or important
"pollution had become a dead issue"
- (of money) not financially productive
"far from being dead money, it is available to be spent or invested"
- (of sound) without resonance; dull
"the note sounds dead compared to all others on the keyboard"
- (of a cricket pitch or other surface) lacking springiness or bounce
"the pitch was so utterly dead that Pollock could hardly get the ball bail-high"
- (of a colour) not glossy or bright
"higher up, the marble becomes of a dull, dead colour"
- complete; absolute
"we sat in dead silence"
complete absolute total entire outright utter downright out-and-out thorough unqualified unmitigated
- absolutely; completely
"you're dead right"
completely absolutely totally utterly deadly perfectly entirely wholly fully beyond quite thoroughly unreservedly- exactly
"they arrived dead on time"
- straight; directly
"red flares were seen dead ahead"
- very
"omelettes are dead easy to prepare"