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(informal) 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"

a time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense; "the dead of winter"

devoid of activity; "this is a dead town; nothing ever happens here"

physically inactive; "Crater Lake is in the crater of a dead volcano of the Cascade Range"

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"

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"; "a dead battery"; "dead soil"; "dead coals"; "the fire is dead"

drained of electric charge; discharged; "a dead battery"; "left the lights on and came back to find the battery drained"

sudden and complete; "came to a dead stop"

not yielding a return; "dead capital"; "idle funds"

lacking animation or excitement or activity; "the party being dead we left early"; "it was a lifeless party until she arrived"

a time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense; "the dead of winter"

devoid of activity; "this is a dead town; nothing ever happens here"

physically inactive; "Crater Lake is in the crater of a dead volcano of the Cascade Range"

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"

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"; "a dead battery"; "dead soil"; "dead coals"; "the fire is dead"

drained of electric charge; discharged; "a dead battery"; "left the lights on and came back to find the battery drained"

sudden and complete; "came to a dead stop"

not yielding a return; "dead capital"; "idle funds"

lacking animation or excitement or activity; "the party being dead we left early"; "it was a lifeless party until she arrived"

no longer having force or relevance; "a dead issue"

lacking resilience or bounce; "a dead tennis ball"

not surviving in active use; "Latin is a dead language"

out of use or operation because of a fault or breakdown; "a dead telephone line"; "the motor is dead"

unerringly accurate; "a dead shot"; "took dead aim"

lacking acoustic resonance; "dead sounds characteristic of some compact discs"; "the dead wall surfaces of a recording studio"

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"

Destitute of life; inanimate; as, dead matter.

Resembling death in appearance or quality; without show of life; deathlike; as, a dead sleep.

Still as death; motionless; inactive; useless; as, dead calm; a dead load or weight.

So constructed as not to transmit sound; soundless; as, a dead floor.

Unproductive; bringing no gain; unprofitable; as, dead capital; dead stock in trade.

Lacking spirit; dull; lusterless; cheerless; as, dead eye; dead fire; dead color, etc.

Monotonous or unvaried; as, a dead level or pain; a dead wall.

Sure as death; unerring; fixed; complete; as, a dead shot; a dead certainty.

Wanting in religious spirit and vitality; as, dead faith; dead works.

Not brilliant; not rich; thus, brown is a dead color, as compared with crimson.

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.

Not imparting motion or power; as, the dead spindle of a lathe, etc. See Spindle.

To a degree resembling death; to the last degree; completely; wholly.

The most quiet or deathlike time; the period of profoundest repose, inertness, or gloom; as, the dead of winter.

To make dead; to deaden; to deprive of life, force, or vigor.

To die; to lose life or force.

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.

Flat; without gloss; - said of painting which has been applied purposely to have this effect.

One who is dead; - commonly used collectively.

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.

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.

Destitute of life; inanimate; as, dead matter.

Resembling death in appearance or quality; without show of life; deathlike; as, a dead sleep.

Still as death; motionless; inactive; useless; as, dead calm; a dead load or weight.

So constructed as not to transmit sound; soundless; as, a dead floor.

Unproductive; bringing no gain; unprofitable; as, dead capital; dead stock in trade.

Lacking spirit; dull; lusterless; cheerless; as, dead eye; dead fire; dead color, etc.

Monotonous or unvaried; as, a dead level or pain; a dead wall.

Sure as death; unerring; fixed; complete; as, a dead shot; a dead certainty.

Wanting in religious spirit and vitality; as, dead faith; dead works.

Not brilliant; not rich; thus, brown is a dead color, as compared with crimson.

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.

Not imparting motion or power; as, the dead spindle of a lathe, etc. See Spindle.

To a degree resembling death; to the last degree; completely; wholly.

The most quiet or deathlike time; the period of profoundest repose, inertness, or gloom; as, the dead of winter.

To make dead; to deaden; to deprive of life, force, or vigor.

To die; to lose life or force.

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.

Flat; without gloss; - said of painting which has been applied purposely to have this effect.

One who is dead; - commonly used collectively.

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.

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.

Having ceased to live without life; inanimate; resembling death; inactive; disused; complete; as, a dead loss; sure as death; as, a dead shot; out of the game or play.

One or many dead persons: used after the; the point or degree of greatest lifelessness; as, the dead of night.

Absolutely; exactly; as, he was dead wrong.

1. Without life. 2. Numb.

Deprived of life: that never had life: deathlike: useless: dull: cold and cheerless: without vegetation: perfect.

Those who are dead.

Time of greatest silence.

Without life; dull; still.

Unproductive; useless.

The most lifeless period, as of night.

Dead persons collectively.

Having ceased to live; without life; death like; still or motionless as death; blank; sure as death; useless; unprofitable; unreal; dull; tasteiess; vapid; deep; not acting; spiritless; without spiritual life, or the principle of Christian life; cut off from the rights of a citizen; not glossy; not gay or bright. The dead, dead men. Dead language, a language which is no longer spoken, and known only in writings, as the Hebrew, Greek, and Latin. Dead-lock, a complete standstill from complication.

The time when things are most still or dead; those dead.

Deprived of life; deceased; without life; that never had life; senseless; inactive; perfectly still; tasteless; vapid; perfect or complete, as a dead shot; wholly under the power of sin.

(Sax.) Mortuus, (F.) Mort. Deprived of life, exanimate.

Destitute of life, properly speaking, after having once . possessed it.

Figuratively, paralyzed, especially as to sensation; said of a part as in the expression d. fingers.

Dull in appearance.

n. The state of the dead; the most quiet or death-like time; the period of profoundest repose, inertness, or gloom;—pl. Those who are dead; the deceased; the departed.

Deprived of life; inanimate; senseless; motionless; empty; useless; dull, gloomy; frigid; vapid; spiritless; uninhabited; without the power of vegetation; in theology, lying under the power of sin.