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Meaning
Adj
●
No
longer
living
; (usually only when
referring
to people)
deceased
. (Also used as a noun.)
●
Devoid of
living things
; barren.
●
Figuratively, not
alive
;
lacking
life.
●
So
hated
or
offensive
as to
be
absolutely
shunned
,
ignored
or ostracized.
●
Doomed;
marked
for
death
;
as good as
dead
(literally or as a hyperbole).
●
Without
emotion
; impassive.
●
Stationary;
static
;
immobile
or immovable.
●
Without interest to one of the
senses
;
dull
; flat.
●
Unproductive; fallow.
●
Lacking
usual
activity
;
unexpectedly
quiet
or
empty
of people.
●
Completely
inactive
;
currently
without power; without a
signal
; not live.
●
Unable to
emit
power, being
discharged
(flat) or faulty.
●
Broken or inoperable.
●
No
longer
used or required.
●
In Engineering:
Intentionally
designed
so as
not to
impart
motion
or power.
●
In Sports:
Not in play.
●
In Golf:
Lying so
near
the
hole
that the
player
is certain to
hole
it in the next stroke.
●
In Baseball:
Tagged out.
●
Full and
complete
(usually
applied
to
nouns
involving
lack
of
motion
,
sound
,
activity
, or other
signs
of life).
●
Exact; on the dot.
●
Experiencing
pins and needles
(paresthesia).
●
In Acoustics:
Constructed
so as
not to
reflect
or
transmit
sound
;
soundless
; anechoic.
●
Bringing
death
; deadly.
●
In Law:
Cut off from the
rights
of a
citizen
;
deprived
of the power of
enjoying
the
rights
of property.
●
In Religion:
Indifferent to; having no
obligation
toward;
no longer
subject
to or
ruled
by (sin,
guilt
,
pleasure
, etc).
Adv
●
Exactly.
●
Very,
absolutely
, extremely.
●
Suddenly and completely.
●
As if dead.
Noun
●
Time when
coldness
,
darkness
, or
stillness
is most intense.
●
Those (dead people) who have died.
●
In British English:
(usually in the
plural
) Sterile
mining
waste
, often present as many large
rocks
stacked
inside the workings.
●
In Bodybuilding:
Clipping of deadlift.
●
In Organic compounds:
Initialism of
diethyl
azodicarboxylate.
Verb
●
To
prevent
by
disabling
; stop.
●
To make
dead
; to
deaden
; to
deprive
of life,
force
, or vigour.
●
In American English & British English:
To kill.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
dead
English
ded
Middle English (1100-1500)
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Asleep
Cadaverous
Clay-Cold
Deceased
Decomposed
Defunct
Departed
Expired
Extinct
Gone
Inanimate
Inert
Kaput
Late
Lifeless
Perished
Reposing
Stiff
Wasted
Whilom
Kill
Living Impaired
No More
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Antonyms
Alive
Busy
Lively
Noisy
Live
Living
Related
Killed
Murdered
Slain
Wounded
Die
Injured
Corpses
Corpse
Dying
Unconscious
Dies
Silent
Homeless
Comatose
Sick
Ghosts
Maimed
Alive
Beheaded
Fallen
Innocent
Soul
Souls
Ghost
Motionless
Decapitated
God
Starving
Paralyzed
Incapacitated
Gods
Missing
Man
Spirits
Insane
Blind
Broken
Disappeared
Dark
Graves
Lives
Father
Defenseless
Mummified
Naked
Passed Away
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Rhymes
Z
Ed
Led
Ned
Wed
Med
Fed
Bed
Med
Ted
Ked
Dmz
Red
Fed
Zed
Ted
Head
Fled
Read
Bled
Cred
Bred
Fred
Abed
Pled
Tedd
Said
Sked
Shed
Sped
Dead
Sled
Rewed
Ahead
Unwed
Faned
Bread
Dread
Shred
Tread
Stead
Embed
Spread
Undead
Inbred
Reread
Behead
Resaid
Unread
Thread
Unsaid
Instead
Aspread
Bestead
Retread
Misread
Overhead
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