dead
dead
dɛd
ded
/dɛd/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "dead"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āĻŽā§ƒāϤ, āĻŽāĻžāϰāĻž āϗ⧇āϛ⧇

not alive anymore
dead definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Her grandfather has been dead for ten years.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĻāĻžāĻĻāĻž āĻĻāĻļ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ āϧāϰ⧇ āĻŽāĻžāϰāĻž āϗ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
1.1

āĻŽā§ƒāϤ, āϏāĻ‚āĻŦ⧇āĻĻāύāĻļā§‚āĻ¨ā§āϝ

(of a body part) lacking physical sensation
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After the accident, his left arm felt completely dead.
āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āϘāϟāύāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ, āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŽ āĻšāĻžāϤ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ…āϏāĻ‚āĻŦ⧇āĻĻāύāĻļā§€āϞ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ­āĻŦ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
1.2

āĻŽā§ƒāϤ, āĻ…āϏāĻ‚āĻŦ⧇āĻĻāύāĻļā§€āϞ

emotionally unresponsive, lacking feeling or sympathy
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He gave her a dead stare and walked away.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŽā§ƒāϤ āĻĻ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϚāϞ⧇ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
1.3

āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ, āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻļā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ

physically exhausted
dead definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
We were dead by the time we reached the top of the mountain.
āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āϝāĻ–āύ āĻĒāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻšā§‚āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĒ⧌āρāϛ⧇āĻ›āĻŋ āϤāĻ–āύ āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻŽā§ƒāϤāĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
1.4

āĻŽā§ƒāϤ, āύāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ

having a lifeless or deathlike appearance
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His pale face looked almost dead.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĢā§āϝāĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻļ⧇ āĻŽā§āĻ– āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻŽā§ƒāϤ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
1.5

āĻŽā§ƒāϤ, āωāϜāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ

without life; barren or uninhabited
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Nothing could grow on that dead land.
āϏ⧇āχ āĻŽā§ƒāϤ āϜāĻŽāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁āχ āϜāĻ¨ā§āĻŽāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāϤ āύāĻžāĨ¤
02

āĻŽā§ƒāϤ, āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āύ⧇āχ

not functioning because of having no power
Dialectamerican flagAmerican
flatbritish flagBritish
dead definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His phone was dead before noon.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĢā§‹āύ āĻĻ⧁āĻĒ⧁āϰ⧇āϰ āφāϗ⧇āχ āĻĄā§‡āĻĄ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
2.1

āύāĻŋāϭ⧇ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇, āĻŽā§ƒāϤ

no longer burning or warm
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They huddled near the dead fireplace.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āύāĻŋāϭ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻĢāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰāĻĒā§āϞ⧇āϏ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϛ⧇ āϜāĻĄāĻŧā§‹ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
2.2

āĻ–āĻžāϞāĻŋ, āĻ…āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ

(of containers) empty or no longer being used
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The waiter picked up the dead plates.
āĻ“āϝāĻŧ⧇āϟāĻžāϰ āĻ–āĻžāϞāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϞ⧇āϟāϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āϤ⧁āϞ⧇ āύāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
2.3

āĻŽā§ƒāϤ, āϖ⧇āϞāĻž āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇

(in sports) out of play, not in active use
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The referee signaled a dead ball.
āϰ⧇āĻĢāĻžāϰāĻŋ āĻĄā§‡āĻĄ āĻŦāϞ āϏāĻŋāĻ—āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāϞ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
03

āĻŽā§ƒāϤ, āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻŖāĻšā§€āύ

lacking excitement or movement
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
It 's a dead season for tourists.
āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāϟāĻ•āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŽā§ƒāϤ āĻŽā§ŒāϏ⧁āĻŽāĨ¤
04

āĻŽā§ƒāϤ, āĻ…āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϏāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻŋāĻ•

no longer relevant, discussed, or important
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The scandal became a dead subject.
āϕ⧇āϞ⧇āĻ™ā§āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŽā§ƒāϤ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āωāϠ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
4.1

āĻŽā§ƒāϤ, āĻ…āĻĒā§āϰāϚāϞāĻŋāϤ

outdated or obsolete
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
That format is a dead technology.
āϏ⧇āχ āĻĢāϰāĻŽā§āϝāĻžāϟ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŽā§ƒāϤ āĻĒā§āϰāϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĨ¤
4.2

āĻŽā§ƒāϤ, āύāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ

(of volcanoes or natural features) inactive or not erupting
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
That crater is from a dead eruption.
āϏ⧇āχ āĻ•ā§āϰ⧇āϟāĻžāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŽā§ƒāϤ āĻ…āĻ—ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ā§ā§ŽāĻĒāĻžāϤ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇āĨ¤
4.3

āĻŽā§ƒāϤ, āĻ…āϞāĻžāĻ­āϜāύāĻ•

not yielding return or financial gain
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
It seemed like dead cash at the time.
āϏ⧇āχ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ, āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻŽā§ƒāϤ āύāĻ—āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
4.4

āĻŽā§ƒāϤ, āĻ…āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ•āϰ

having no strength, force, or effect
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
It 's a dead regulation with no enforcement.
āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ— āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŽā§ƒāϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽāĨ¤
05

āύāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻŖ, āĻŽā§āϞāĻžāύ

(of sound) without echo or liveliness
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The note rang out dead.
āύ⧋āϟāϟāĻŋ āĻŽā§ƒāϤ āĻļā§‹āύāĻžāϞ⧋āĨ¤
5.1

āĻŽā§ƒāϤ, āύāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ

(in balls or surfaces) lacking bounce or spring
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The court felt dead underfoot.
āφāĻĻāĻžāϞāϤ āĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡ āĻŽā§ƒāϤ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ­ā§‚āϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
5.2

āύāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻĒā§āϰāĻ­, āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāϟ

(of color or surface) dull or matte
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Her makeup had a dead finish.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽā§‡āĻ•āφāĻĒ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāϟ āĻĢāĻŋāύāĻŋāϏ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
06

āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ, āĻĒāϰāĻŽ

total, utter, or absolute
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
It was a dead certainty.
āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāϝāĻŧāϤāĻž āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
6.1

āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ•, āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϭ⧁āϞ

accurate or exact; precise
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The knife hit dead center.
āϛ⧁āϰāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āϕ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϰ⧇ āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
6.2

āĻšā§‚āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ, āĻ…āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ⧀āϝāĻŧ

final or irreversible
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
This deal is a dead end.
āĻāχ āϚ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŽā§ƒāϤ āĻļ⧇āώāĨ¤
6.3

āĻšāĻ āĻžā§Ž, āĻ…āĻ•āĻ¸ā§āĻŽāĻžā§Ž

sudden or abrupt
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The conversation ended in a dead halt.
āĻ•āĻĨā§‹āĻĒāĻ•āĻĨāύ āĻšāĻ āĻžā§Ž āĻļ⧇āώ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤
07

āĻŽā§ƒāϤ, āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŦāĻŋāϰ

not circulating or moving
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
There 's a dead pool behind the dam.
āĻŦāĻžāρāϧ⧇āϰ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŽā§ƒāϤ āĻĒ⧁āϞ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤
7.1

āĻŽā§ƒāϤ, āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϝ⧁āϤāĻšā§€āύ

(of an electric circuit or conductor) not transmitting electrical current
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The socket was completely dead.
āϏāϕ⧇āϟ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻŽā§ƒāϤ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
08

āĻšāĻžāϏāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻžāϏāϤ⧇ āĻŽāϰ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞāĻžāĻŽ, āĻšāĻžāϏāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϞ⧁āĻŸā§‹āĻĒ⧁āϟāĻŋ

overwhelmed with laughter, shock, or disbelief
Figurative
Slang
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I 'm dead; she really said that out loud.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāϰāĻž āϗ⧇āĻ›āĻŋ; āϏ⧇ āϏāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻŋāχ āϏ⧇āϟāĻž āĻœā§‹āϰ⧇ āĻŦāϞ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
01

āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇, āĻāϕ⧇āĻŦāĻžāϰ⧇

to an absolute or complete extent
dead definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I'm dead certain he took the keys.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŽā§ƒāϤ āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ āϝ⧇ āϏ⧇ āϚāĻžāĻŦāĻŋ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
1.1

āĻšāĻ āĻžā§Ž, āĻāϕ⧇āĻŦāĻžāϰ⧇

suddenly or abruptly, all at once and entirely
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She froze dead when she heard the noise.
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻļ⧁āύ⧇ āϏ⧇ āĻšāĻ āĻžā§Ž āϜāĻŽā§‡ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤
1.2

āĻ āĻŋāĻ•, āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇

at an exact time or place
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He showed up dead at noon, just as planned.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻĻ⧁āĻĒ⧁āϰ⧇ āĻŽā§ƒāϤ āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āωāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ, āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āϝ⧇āĻŽāύ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
1.3

āϏāϰāĻžāϏāϰāĻŋ, āϏ⧋āϜāĻž

directly, in a straight line
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She looked him dead in the eye.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āϏāϰāĻžāϏāϰāĻŋ āĻšā§‹āϖ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
02

āϖ⧁āĻŦ, āĻ…āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ

very, extremely
Dialectbritish flagBritish
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The exam was dead simple.
āĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āϏāĻšāϜ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
01

āĻŽā§ƒāϤ, āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧāĻžāϤ

those who are not alive anymore
dead definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Every year, the village lights candles to remember the dead.
āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ, āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽāϟāĻŋ āĻŽā§ƒāϤāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻŽāϰāϪ⧇ āĻŽā§‹āĻŽāĻŦāĻžāϤāĻŋ āĻœā§āĻŦāĻžāϞāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
02

āĻŽā§ƒāϤ, āĻŽā§ƒāϤāĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ

the condition or state of being deceased
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He was miraculously raised from the dead.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ…āϞ⧌āĻ•āĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŽā§ƒāϤāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āωāϠ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
03

āύāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŦā§āϧāϤāĻž, āύ⧀āϰāĻŦāϤāĻž

a time of stillness, silence, or inactivity
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They marched through the streets in the dead of night.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϰāĻžāϤ⧇āϰ āύāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŦā§āϧāϤāĻžāϤ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻŽāĻžāĻ°ā§āϚ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
01

(African American) to stop, reject, or put an end to something

Slang
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He deaded the whole plan last minute.

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

deadly
deadness
dead
App
LanGeek
āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ