dead
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Middle English ded, deed, from Old English dēad
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dead (comparative deader, superlative deadest)
- (not comparable) No longer living.
- All of my grandparents are dead.
- (hyperbolic) Figuratively, not alive; lacking life
- 1600, William Shakespeare, As You Like It, Act III, Scene 3:
- When a man's verses cannot be understood, nor a man's good wit seconded with the forward child, understanding, it strikes a man more dead than a great reckoning in a little room.
- 1600, William Shakespeare, As You Like It, Act III, Scene 3:
- (of another person) So hated that they are absolutely ignored.
- He is dead to me.
- Without emotion.
- She stood with dead face and limp arms, unresponsive to my plea.
- Stationary; static.
- the dead load on the floor; a dead lift.
- Without interest to one of the senses; dull; flat.
- dead air; a dead glass of soda.
- Unproductive.
- dead time; dead fields; also in compounds.
- (not comparable, of a machine, device, or electrical circuit) Completely inactive; without power; without a signal.
- OK, the circuit’s dead. Go ahead and cut the wire.
- Now that the motor’s dead you can reach in and extract the spark plugs.
- (not comparable) Broken or inoperable.
- That monitor is dead; don’t bother hooking it up.
- (not comparable) No longer used or required.
- There are several dead laws still on the books regulating where horses may be hitched.
- Is this beer glass dead?
- (not comparable, sports) Not in play.
- Once the ball crosses the foul line, it’s dead.
- (not comparable) Full and complete.
- dead stop; dead sleep; dead giveaway; dead silence
- (not comparable) Exact.
- dead center; dead aim; a dead eye; a dead level
- Experiencing pins and needles (paresthesia).
- After sitting on my hands for a while, my arms became dead.
- (informal) (Certain to be) in big trouble.
- "You come back here this instant! Oh, when I get my hands on you, you're dead, mister!"
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- See also Wikisaurus:dead
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no longer alive
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fully and completely motionless
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of a device: completely inactive; without power
no longer used or required
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[edit] Noun
dead (plural dead)
- singular Time when coldness, darkness, or stillness is most intense.
- The dead of night. The dead of winter.
- plural Those who have died.
- Have respect for the dead.
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- (those who have died): the deceased
[edit] Translations
time when coldness, darkness, or stillness is most intense
those who have died
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dead (not comparable)
- Exactly right.
- He hit the target dead in the centre.
- (slang) Very, absolutely, extremely, suddenly.
- She’s dead sexy.
- He’s dead stupid.
- I’m dead tired.
- That’s dead sure!
[edit] Translations
Exactly right
Very, absolutely, extremely, suddenly
[edit] Verb
dead (third-person singular simple present deads, present participle deading, simple past and past participle deaded)
- (transitive) to prevent by disabling; stop
- 1826: The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Edward Reynolds, Lord Bishop of Norwich, collected by Edward Reynolds, Benedict Riveley, and Alexander Chalmers. pp. 227. London: B. Holdsworth.
- “What a man should do, when finds his natural impotency dead him in spiritual works”
- 1826: The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Edward Reynolds, Lord Bishop of Norwich, collected by Edward Reynolds, Benedict Riveley, and Alexander Chalmers. pp. 227. London: B. Holdsworth.
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[edit] Old English
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Proto-Germanic *daudaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰautós, originally a past participle. Cognate with Old Frisian dād (West Frisian dead), Old Saxon dōd (Dutch dood), Old High German tōt (German tot), Old Norse dauðr (Swedish död), Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌸𐍃 (dauþs).
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- IPA: /dæːɑd/
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dēad
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| m | n | f | m | n | f | m | n | f | |||||
| nominative | dēada | dēade | dēade | dēadan | nom. | dēad | dēade | dēad | dēada, -e | ||||
| accusative | dēadan | dēade | dēadan | acc. | dēadne | dēad | dēade | dēade | dēad | dēada, -e | |||
| genitive | dēadan | dēadra, dēadena | gen. | dēades | dēades | dēadre | dēadra | ||||||
| dative | dēadan | dēadum | dat. | dēadum | dēadum | dēadre | dēadum | ||||||
| instrumental | dēade | ||||||||||||
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[edit] Etymology
From the English word dead or from the word death, with the "th" changed to "d".
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dead (plural deads)
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declension of dead
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