Dead
Dead (ded) , adjective
[Old English ded, dead, deed, Anglo-Saxon deád; akin to Old Saxon dōd, Dutch dood, German todt, tot, Icelandic dauer, Swedish & Danish dod, Gothic daubs; prop. past participle of an old verb meaning to die. See Die, and compare Death.]
1.
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.
The queen, my lord, is dead.
The crew, all except himself, were dead of hunger.
Seek him with candle, bring him dead or living.
2.
Destitute of life; inanimate; as, dead matter.
3.
Resembling death in appearance or quality; without show of life; deathlike; as, a dead sleep.
4.
Still as death; motionless; inactive; useless; as, dead calm; a dead load or weight.
5.
So constructed as not to transmit sound; soundless; as, a dead floor.
6.
Unproductive; bringing no gain; unprofitable; as, dead capital; dead stock in trade.
7.
Lacking spirit; dull; lusterless; cheerless; as, dead eye; dead fire; dead color, etc.
8.
Monotonous or unvaried; as, a dead level or pain; a dead wall.
The ground is a dead flat.
9.
Sure as death; unerring; fixed; complete; as, a dead shot; a dead certainty.
I had them a dead bargain.
10.
Bringing death; deadly. — Shakespeare
11.
Wanting in religious spirit and vitality; as, dead faith; dead works.
Dead in trespasses.
12.
(a) (Painting) Flat; without gloss; -- said of painting which has been applied purposely to have this effect.
(b)
(Painting) Not brilliant; not rich; thus, brown is a dead color, as compared with crimson.
13.
(Law) 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.
14.
(Machinery) Not imparting motion or power; as, the dead spindle of a lathe, etc. See Spindle.
15.
(Electricity) Carrying no current, or producing no useful effect; -- said of a conductor in a dynamo or motor, also of a telegraph wire which has no instrument attached and, therefore, is not in use.
16.
Out of play; regarded as out of the game; -- said of a ball, a piece, or a player under certain conditions in cricket, baseball, checkers, and some other games.
[In golf], a ball is said to lie dead when it lies so near the hole that the player is certain to hole it in the next stroke.
I deme thee, thou must algate be dead.
Dead (ded) , adverb
To a degree resembling death; to the last degree; completely; wholly. [Colloquial]
I was tired of reading, and dead sleepy.
Collocations (1)
Dead drunk , so drunk as to be unconscious.
Dead (ded) , noun
1.
The most quiet or deathlike time; the period of profoundest repose, inertness, or gloom; as, the dead of winter.
When the drum beat at dead of night.
2.
One who is dead; -- commonly used collectively.
And Abraham stood up from before his dead.
Dead , transitive verb
To make dead; to deaden; to deprive of life, force, or vigor. [Obsolete]
Heaven's stern decree,
With many an ill, hath numbed and deaded me.
Dead , intransitive verb
To die; to lose life or force. [Obsolete]
So iron, as soon as it is out of the fire, deadeth straightway.