Dead
Meanings and phrases
dead
- no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
- not showing characteristics of life especially the capacity to sustain life; no longer exerting force or having energy or heat
- very tired; all in; beat; bushed
- unerringly accurate
- physically inactive
- (followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive; numb
- devoid of physical sensation; numb; deadened
- lacking acoustic resonance
- not yielding a return; idle
- not circulating or flowing; stagnant
- not surviving in active use
- lacking resilience or bounce
- out of use or operation because of a fault or breakdown
- no longer having force or relevance
- complete; utter
- drained of electric charge; discharged; drained
- devoid of activity
dead
- quickly and without warning; abruptly; suddenly; short
- completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers; absolutely; perfectly; utterly
dead
- people who are no longer living
- a time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense
Dead Sea
- a saltwater lake on the border between Israel and Jordan; its surface in 1292 feet below sea level
Dead Sea scrolls
- (Old Testament) a collection of written scrolls (containing nearly all of the Old Testament) found in a cave near the Dead Sea in the late 1940s
adj.
- having irreversible loss of brain function as indicated by a persistent flat electroencephalogram
- Unable to defend himself, Romano is brutally beaten in the ring and is declared brain dead by the doctors.
- This system starts at ASA 1 which is a healthy individual and escalates to ASA 6 which is a brain dead individual.
- A patient with working heart and lungs determined to be brain dead can be pronounced legally dead without clinical death occurring.
n.
- a natural object consisting of a dead animal or person; body
- Hannah cries over her foster father's dead body.
- The next day, his dead body was found under a bridge.
- She then goes to lay by the dead body of the lioness.
n.
- the position of a crank when it is in line with the connecting rod and not exerting torque; dead centre
n.
- the position of a crank when it is in line with the connecting rod and not exerting torque; dead center
n.
- a passage with access only at one end; cul; cul de sac
- a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible; deadlock; impasse; stalemate; standstill
- Highway 912 ends in a dead end in the eastern side of the park.
- The road continues north as SR 600 to a dead end at a coal mine.
- Union Cemetery is at dead end.
n.
- the oppressive influence of past events or decisions; dead hand of the past; mortmain
- real property held inalienably (as by an ecclesiastical corporation); mortmain
n.
- a tie in a race
- The CNN exit polls showed a dead heat between the two.
- He finished in race in a dead heat for third place with Aintree.
- Occasionally racers will try to deliberately engineer a dead heat.
n.
- the state of something that has outlived its relevance; non-issue
- mail that can neither be delivered nor returned; dead mail
n.
- a constant load on a structure (e.g. a bridge) due to the weight of the supported structure itself
n.
- a metaphor that has occurred so often that it has become a new meaning of the expression (e.g., `he is a snake' may once have been a metaphor but after years of use it has died and become a new sense of the word `snake'); frozen metaphor
n.
- any of various plants of the genus Lamium having clusters of small usually purplish flowers with two lips
- foul-smelling perennial Eurasiatic herb with a green creeping rhizome; hedge nettle; Stachys sylvatica
- coarse bristly Eurasian plant with white or reddish flowers and foliage resembling that of a nettle; common as a weed in United States; hemp nettle; Galeopsis tetrahit
- a plants of the genus Pilea having drooping green flower clusters and smooth translucent stems and leaves; richweed; clearweed; Pilea pumilla
n.
- someone who is no longer alive; dead soul; deceased person; deceased; decedent; departed
- Jas informs Christine that she can give the button to a dead person.
- This can be cancelled if the family of the dead person have a particular religion.
- Then, a family member of the dead person puts uncooked rice in the mouth of the body.
n.
- navigation without the aid of celestial observations
- an estimate based on little or no information; guess; guesswork; guessing; shot
n.
- a building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation; morgue; mortuary
n.
- someone who is no longer alive; dead person; deceased person; deceased; decedent; departed
v.
- pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; die; decease; perish; go; exit; pass away; expire; pass; kick the bucket; cash in one's chips; buy the farm; conk; give-up the ghost; pop off; choke; croak; snuff it
n.
- a dead body that has been brought back to life by a supernatural force; zombi; zombie
E.g.
- The next morning the island’s dog is found dead.
- Hwang was found dead on the morning of 21 April 1961.
- Foley was found dead in his home on December 1, 1952.
E.g.
- He was shot dead on 9 February 2012 by three gunmen.
- But by the curse, Lakhna is shot dead by Gujjar.
- Police Lieutenant Arne Sigve Klungland was shot dead.
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- Wick was posted as missing in action, presumed dead.
- While in exile, he was presumed dead by the ANC.
- Michael has been missing and is presumed dead.
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- There were six dead bodies outside the village.
- Nurse Kim gets shocked to find blood and dead bodies.
- Abha comes with the dead bodies of men of the family.
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- He was later pronounced dead at a local hospital.
- He was rushed to a hospital but was pronounced dead.
- On October 14, 2009, Wasserstein was pronounced dead.
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- Scientifically, Mr. Bastiat, you are a dead man".
- A lamp is burning on the table beside the dead man.
- The only witness is Kim Soo-jin, the dead man's wife.
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- Though already dead for three years...
- Dear Arjuna, they are already dead.
- I am already dead matter!</poem>
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- The earthquakes left 81 people dead and 821 injured.
- He shot two people dead and took others hostage.
- US drone strike in Jillib leaves 8 people dead.
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- I say to them that anarchism is not dead in Africa.
- However, the daughter of the Lutra chieftain is not dead.
- Some were not dead and she rescued them.
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- Lyman disappeared in 1987 and was declared dead in 1995.
- He was falsely declared dead in 1937.
- He was declared dead at 10:20 AM.
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- They did however breakout the figures of the total war dead.
- Other memorial crosses commemorate war dead and victims of terrorism.
- The former central library opened in 1951 as a memorial to the war dead.
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- AQAP casualties were an unspecified number of dead and wounded.
- More Americans fell dead and wounded as the volume of fire intensified.
- (The actual numbers of dead and wounded are known only very imprecisely.
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- All are killed except Cooper who is left for dead.
- Robert Horton plays a man who was shot and left for dead.
- Islam was severely injured and left for dead, but survived.
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- This ant was found living in burrows in dead wood.
- Larvae develop in dead wood of deciduous trees.
- Its diet consists of mainly dead wood and leaf litter .
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- Even the bodies of four babies were among the dead.
- Also, there were few local politicians among the dead.
- Iraqi officials report 13 children were among the dead.
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- Confident that Jules is now dead, she calls the police.
- After a mode of death is selected and executed, the machine cheerfully says, "You are now dead.
- The largest individual for which a photograph was available (now dead) was estimated to be 2300 years old.
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- However, some of the released criminals turn up dead.
- In light of this attack, Amin ended up dead.
- Lisa goes missing, and later ends up dead.
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- Newly dead animals may be covered by an exoskeleton.
- The Nile crocodile also consumes dead animals that would otherwise pollute the waters.
- Sand, mud and silt deposits covered and sometimes preserved the remains of dead animals and plants.
E.g.
- His leg was smashed practically to pulp, and he was dead when picked up.
- Thorolf, for example, caused birds to drop dead when they flew over his bowl barrow.
- In Saint-Domineuc, Pierre Bourtourault was shot dead when gathering hay at the roadside.
E.g.
- However, the team still finished dead last with a 3-8 standing.
- The Shield finished their inaugural season in dead last with a 4–34–0–4 record.
- This tournament did not do them any favors as they came in dead last out of seventh.
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- Often, the dead leaves will accumulate beneath the plant.
- Adults resemble dead leaves.
- It is a nocturnal species, and builds its nests in dense patches of vines or dead leaves.
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- Estimates of the number of dead range from 8,000 to 50,000.
- AQAP casualties were an unspecified number of dead and wounded.
- Of the number of dead Turks he could give no account: they did not enter the register.
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- There're a lot of dead people and can't be cremated immediately.
- Little Miss S. "Little Miss S. is just another one of those famous dead people."
- "I see dead people.
E.g.
- After the doctor checks him, he is reported dead.
- Some 250 people were reported dead, including tourists.
- On 1 February 2016, Nauman was erroneously reported dead.
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- Monet made a study in oils of his dead wife.
- Years after the tragedy, he meets and falls in love with a young woman who is the exact look-alike of his long dead wife.
- They come across Dr Beverley Adams, who is experimenting on the brain and is working to bring back his dead wife, Rachel, to life.
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- Their dead mother had been an Arunta woman known as Annie.
- Kei reflects on her dead mother and Sammy's childhood ("Higher").
- The story is about a son who is trying to learn about his dead mother.
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- Shortly afterwards, he is confirmed dead.
- Team captain Logan Schatz was also confirmed dead by his father.
- He was confirmed dead on 7 February.
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- Its preferred habitat is woodland with a large amount of dead trees.
- This fungus grows as a mycelium within the wood of living and dead trees.
- These dead trees are now referred to as the younger layer of forest peat.
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- The body of a dead woman is found in the river.
- Lily later gives the Swede money to ensure the dead woman receives a proper burial.
- Near Augsburg they meet four men bearing a dead woman, and the knight recognizes in her "his love".
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- Declared by the Russians a traitor to be taken dead or alive, Aleksandre thus began three decades of resistance.
- Daken, Lady Deathstrike and Sabretooth agree to find Wolverine dead or alive to ensure his death remains certain.
- It is a dreadful feeling to come back here from lectures and find not a kindred soul, no one who cares whether one is dead or alive."
E.g.
- She told him, "Wait until I'm dead before you make a movie about my life!"
- Danny Woo, her dead partner, and others dead before their time, murdered victims, etc.
- Sent back through time by Skynet prior to its erasure, the Terminator shoots John dead before leaving.
E.g.
- But Bellvamangaludu, out of lust, leaves his dead father and goes to Chintamani.
- Upon speaking to his dead father Calzolaro leaves his troop and becomes a schoolmaster.
- Jessica is drawn to the lamp and starts to believe her dead father's spirit is inside it.
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- However, 4 survivors would later be pronounced dead on arrival.
- He was taken to Singapore General Hospital and was pronounced dead on arrival.
- Both Pilon and Wright were pronounced "dead on arrival" at Olean General Hospital.
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- Patricia Sherman runs for president in her dead husband's place.
- Her sanity broke; she started hearing voices and hallucinating, seeing her dead husband.
- Seeing their resemblance, Sonia then realizes her dead husband is the true father of Gwendolen's child.
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- Copus and the dead soldiers, Shipley, Tedrick, and Warnock, were buried near the cabin.
- According to the University of North Carolina, as many as 367 unknown dead soldiers are buried under the mound.
- The dead soldiers amounted to about four percent of the 1914 labor force, and the wounded ones to another six percent.
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- It was here that he was reunited with his father, someone he thought of as long dead.
- Years after the tragedy, he meets and falls in love with a young woman who is the exact look-alike of his long dead wife.
- His presence intimidated Tujue soldiers, who had thought that he was long dead, and he scored a major victory over Ashide Yuanzhen.
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- But, they're all dead, and I'm still here at 95."
- The Tutsi girls are all dead, so you have your chance.'
- The Tutsi girls are all dead, so you have your chance."
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- Its main diet is composed of zoo plankton and dead fish or insects.
- Will and a few others set out to discover the source of the smell and find a huge dead fish on the beach.
- Between December 28, 2010 and January 3, 2011, 100 tons of dead fish washed ashore on the Brazilian coast.
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- The team soon finds Adam, lying dead from poisonous fruit.
- His parents are lying dead in the rubble and the only remaining friend is his dog.
- Morse was lying dead in the dirt outside of camp; he had been "ravaged by animals."