Word Meaning

dead definition and meaning

a. 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.
a. Destitute of life; inanimate; as, dead matter.
a. Resembling death in appearance or quality; without show of life; deathlike; as, a dead sleep.
a. Still as death; motionless; inactive; useless; as, dead calm; a dead load or weight.
a. So constructed as not to transmit sound; soundless; as, a dead floor.
a. Unproductive; bringing no gain; unprofitable; as, dead capital; dead stock in trade.
a. Lacking spirit; dull; lusterless; cheerless; as, dead eye; dead fire; dead color, etc.
a. Monotonous or unvaried; as, a dead level or pain; a dead wall.
a. Sure as death; unerring; fixed; complete; as, a dead shot; a dead certainty.
a. Bringing death; deadly.
a. Wanting in religious spirit and vitality; as, dead faith; dead works.
a. Flat; without gloss; -- said of painting which has been applied purposely to have this effect.
a. Not brilliant; not rich; thus, brown is a dead color, as compared with crimson.
a. 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.
a. Not imparting motion or power; as, the dead spindle of a lathe, etc. See Spindle.
adv. To a degree resembling death; to the last degree; completely; wholly.
n. The most quiet or deathlike time; the period of profoundest repose, inertness, or gloom; as, the dead of winter.
n. One who is dead; -- commonly used collectively.
v. t. To make dead; to deaden; to deprive of life, force, or vigor.
v. i. To die; to lose life or force.

Crossword clues for dead

- ... as a dodo
- Burden, ... weight
- Deceased
- Exhausted, ... beat
- Extinct
- Inactive
- Lifeless
- No longer alive
- No longer living
- Passed away
- spiritless
- Unresponsive