Definition:
- (a.) 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.
- (a.) Destitute of life; inanimate; as, dead matter.
- (a.) Resembling death in appearance or quality; without show of life; deathlike; as, a dead sleep.
- (a.) Still as death; motionless; inactive; useless; as, dead calm; a dead load or weight.
- (a.) So constructed as not to transmit sound; soundless; as, a dead floor.
- (a.) Unproductive; bringing no gain; unprofitable; as, dead capital; dead stock in trade.
- (a.) Lacking spirit; dull; lusterless; cheerless; as, dead eye; dead fire; dead color, etc.
- (a.) Monotonous or unvaried; as, a dead level or pain; a dead wall.
- (a.) Sure as death; unerring; fixed; complete; as, a dead shot; a dead certainty.
- (a.) Bringing death; deadly.
- (a.) Wanting in religious spirit and vitality; as, dead faith; dead works.
- (a.) Flat; without gloss; -- said of painting which has been applied purposely to have this effect.
- (a.) Not brilliant; not rich; thus, brown is a dead color, as compared with crimson.
- (a.) 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.
- (a.) Not imparting motion or power; as, the dead spindle of a lathe, etc. See Spindle.
- (adv.) To a degree resembling death; to the last degree; completely; wholly.
- (n.) The most quiet or deathlike time; the period of profoundest repose, inertness, or gloom; as, the dead of winter.
- (n.) One who is dead; -- commonly used collectively.
- (v. t.) To make dead; to deaden; to deprive of life, force, or vigor.
- (v. i.) To die; to lose life or force.
Compare dead with other words:
completely vs. dead
cool vs. dead
dead vs. decad
dead vs. yead
dead vs. duad
dead vs. deas
dead vs. dean
dead vs. deaf
dead vs. dread
dead vs. mead
dead vs. dyad
bead vs. dead
dead vs. lead
dead vs. read
dead vs. dear
dead vs. head
dead vs. deal
brotherhood vs. dead
dead vs. demise
dead vs. weak
dead vs. deed
dead vs. evil
dead vs. fake
dead vs. sped
dead vs. lich
dead vs. peace
dead vs. human
dead vs. perished
dead vs. dimension
dead vs. dying
dad vs. dead
dead vs. deadish
dead vs. exanimous
bonehouse vs. dead
dead vs. ghostless
buried vs. dead
dead vs. hyphen
dead vs. instrument
dead vs. document
dead vs. livid
dead vs. died
dead vs. inanimate
dead vs. silent
dead vs. music
dead vs. jewish
dead vs. extinct
dead vs. withed
dead vs. necrophage
dead vs. otherworld
dead vs. necrophagous
dead vs. psychomancy
addled vs. dead
dead vs. resurgent
dead vs. deathly
dead vs. psychopomp
charnel vs. dead
dead vs. saprophyte
dead vs. ossuary
dead vs. mortuary
dead vs. decedent
dead vs. spiritualist
dead vs. exanimate
dead vs. saprophagous
crematorium vs. dead
dead vs. osiris
cenotaph vs. dead
dead vs. interment
breathless vs. dead
dead vs. spiritualism
cremate vs. dead
dead vs. infernal
dead vs. graveyard
dead vs. obsequy
dead vs. departed
dead vs. ectoplasm
cadaveric vs. dead
airless vs. dead
dead vs. fey
dead vs. dirige
dead vs. resurrect
dead vs. sepulcher
dead vs. threnody
dead vs. lifeless
dead vs. underworld
dead vs. wasted
dead vs. deadhead
dead vs. tomb
dead vs. knag
dead vs. taxidermy
adipocere vs. dead
coffin vs. dead
dead vs. rip
dead vs. necromancy
dead vs. stillbirth
dead vs. shroud
cremation vs. dead
amort vs. dead
dead vs. late
dead vs. morgue
bier vs. dead
dead vs. resurrection
corpse vs. dead
ago vs. dead
dead vs. defunct
asleep vs. dead
dead vs. live
dead vs. deadwood
dead vs. deadlock
dead vs. deadborn
dead vs. deadbeat
dead vs. death
dead vs. deadness
dead vs. deadly
dead vs. deadliness
dead vs. kill
dead vs. deaden
dead vs. extremely
absolutely vs. dead
dead vs. right
dead vs. deceased
dead vs. stillness
dead vs. intense
darkness vs. dead
coldness vs. dead
dead vs. play
dead vs. power
dead vs. inactive
dead vs. ignore
dead vs. emotion
dead vs. life
dead vs. hate
dead vs. lack
dead vs. living
alive vs. dead
dead vs. flat
cemetery vs. dead
dead vs. tore
dead vs. stiff
dead vs. fallen
dead vs. hot
dead vs. dormant
dead vs. die
burn vs. dead