·adj Bringing death; deadly.
II. Dead ·adj Destitute of life; inanimate; as, dead matter.
III. Dead ·noun One who is dead;
— commonly used collectively.
IV. Dead ·vi To Die; to lose life or force.
V. Dead ·adj Monotonous or unvaried; as, a dead level or pain; a dead wall.
VI. Dead ·adj Wanting in religious spirit and vitality; as, dead faith; dead works.
VII. Dead ·adj So constructed as not to transmit sound; soundless; as, a dead floor.
VIII. Dead ·adv To a degree resembling death; to the last degree; completely; wholly.
IX. Dead ·adj Sure as death; unerring; fixed; complete; as, a dead shot; a dead certainty.
X. Dead ·adj Not brilliant; not rich; thus, brown is a dead color, as compared with crimson.
XI. Dead ·adj Still as death; motionless; inactive; useless; as, dead calm; a dead load or weight.
XII. Dead ·adj Unproductive; bringing no gain; unprofitable; as, dead capital; dead stock in trade.
XIII. Dead ·vt To make dead; to Deaden; to deprive of life, force, or vigor.
XIV. Dead ·adj Lacking spirit; dull; lusterless; cheerless; as, dead eye; dead fire; dead color, ·etc.
XV. Dead ·adj Resembling death in appearance or quality; without show of life; deathlike; as, a dead sleep.
XVI. Dead ·adj Flat; without gloss;
— said of painting which has been applied purposely to have this effect.
XVII. Dead ·adj Not imparting motion or power; as, the dead spindle of a lathe, ·etc. ·see Spindle.
XVIII. Dead ·noun The most quiet or deathlike time; the period of profoundest repose, inertness, or gloom; as, the dead of winter.
XIX. Dead ·adj 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.
XX. Dead ·add. ·adj 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.
XXI. Dead ·add. ·adj 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.
XXII. Dead ·adj 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.