dead
Seed from Open English WordNet (OEWN) 2025
Meanings by context
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- definition no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
- definition not showing characteristics of life especially the capacity to sustain life; no longer exerting force or having energy or heat
- definition very tired
- definition unerringly accurate
- definition physically inactive
- definition (followed by ‘to’) not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive
- definition devoid of physical sensation; numb
- definition lacking acoustic resonance
- definition not yielding a return
- definition not circulating or flowing
- definition not surviving in active use
- definition lacking resilience or bounce
- definition out of use or operation because of a fault or breakdown
- definition no longer having force or relevance
- definition the complete stoppage of an action
- definition drained of electric charge; discharged
- definition devoid of activity
- definition people who are no longer living
- definition a time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense
- definition completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
- definition quickly and without warning
- definition happening unexpectedly
- definition on impulse; without premeditation