Hyphenation of dead

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dead

Definitions of dead:

1.
People who are no longer living
They buried the dead
2.
A time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense
The dead of winter
3.
No longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
The nerve is dead A dead pallor He was marked as a dead man by the assassin
4.
Not showing characteristics of life especially the capacity to sustain life
No longer exerting force or having energy or heat Mars is a dead planet Dead soil Dead coals The fire is dead
5.
Very tired
Was all in at the end of the day So beat I could flop down and go to sleep anywhere Bushed after all that exercise I'm dead after that long trip
6.
Unerringly accurate
A dead shot Took dead aim
7.
Physically inactive
Crater Lake is in the crater of a dead volcano of the Cascade Range
8.
(followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity
Unresponsive Passersby were dead to our plea for help Numb to the cries for mercy
9.
Devoid of physical sensation
Numb His gums were dead from the novocain She felt no discomfort as the dentist drilled her deadened tooth A public desensitized by continuous television coverage of atrocities
10.
Lacking acoustic resonance
Dead sounds characteristic of some compact discs The dead wall surfaces of a recording studio
11.
Not yielding a return
Dead capital Idle funds
12.
Not circulating or flowing
Dead air Dead water Stagnant water
13.
Not surviving in active use
Latin is a dead language
14.
Lacking resilience or bounce
A dead tennis ball
15.
Out of use or operation because of a fault or breakdown
A dead telephone line The motor is dead
16.
No longer having force or relevance
A dead issue
17.
Complete
Came to a dead stop Utter seriousness
18.
Drained of electric charge
Discharged A dead battery Left the lights on and came back to find the battery drained
19.
Devoid of activity
This is a dead town Nothing ever happens here
20.
Quickly and without warning
He stopped suddenly
21.
Completely and without qualification
Used informally as intensifiers An absolutely magnificent painting A perfectly idiotic idea You're perfectly right Utterly miserable You can be dead sure of my innocence Was dead tired Dead right

Synonyms of dead:

adj dead, asleep, at peace, at rest, deceased, departed, gone, assassinated, bloodless, exsanguine, exsanguinous, brain dead, breathless, inanimate, pulseless, cold, deathlike, deathly, defunct, d.o.a., doomed, executed, fallen, late, lifeless, exanimate, murdered, slain, stillborn, stone-dead, nonviable
adj dead, barren, lifeless, out of play, extinct, out
adjall in, beat, bushed, tired
adj precise
adj extinct, inactive
adj utter, absolute
adj inanimate, nonliving, nonconscious
adj numb, insensitive
adj deadened, insensitive
adj unreverberant, nonresonant
adj idle, unprofitable
adj stagnant, standing
adj malfunctioning, nonfunctional
adj extinct, nonextant
adj inelastic
adj defunct, inoperative
adj noncurrent
adj complete
adj drained, uncharged
adj lifeless, unanimated
adj inactive
noun people
noun time
adv abruptly, suddenly, short
adv absolutely, perfectly, utterly

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