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Definition of dead : 1. Bringing death; deadly.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. Destitute of life; inanimate; as, dead matter.
6. Flat; without gloss; - said of painting which has been applied purposely to have this effect.
7. Lacking spirit; dull; lusterless; cheerless; as, dead eye; dead fire; dead color, etc.
8. Monotonous or unvaried; as, a dead level or pain; a dead wall.
9. Not brilliant; not rich; thus, brown is a dead color, as compared with crimson.
10. Not imparting motion or power; as, the dead spindle of a lathe, etc. See Spindle.
11. One who is dead; - commonly used collectively.
12. 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.
13. Resembling death in appearance or quality; without show of life; deathlike; as, a dead sleep.
14. So constructed as not to transmit sound; soundless; as, a dead floor.
15. Still as death; motionless; inactive; useless; as, dead calm; a dead load or weight.
16. Sure as death; unerring; fixed; complete; as, a dead shot; a dead certainty.
17. The most quiet or deathlike time; the period of profoundest repose, inertness, or gloom; as, the dead of winter.
18. To a degree resembling death; to the last degree; completely; wholly.
19. To die; to lose life or force.
20. To make dead; to deaden; to deprive of life, force, or vigor.
21. Unproductive; bringing no gain; unprofitable; as, dead capital; dead stock in trade.
22. Wanting in religious spirit and vitality; as, dead faith; dead works.

Synonyms:

ended, shortly, unreserved, crashing, wild, all of a sudden, groundless, worn-down, unqualified, spent, tired out, blooming, gone, on the spur of the moment, bleary, knackered, outright, fagged, baseless, former, loose, utterly, of a sudden, insensate, plain, flat-out, defunct, weary, unfounded, new, bushed, live, out of work, cut off, downright, done for, absolutely, curtly, complete, rundown, lost, short, late, limited, perfect, big, worn-out, unlimited, unequivocal, all-out, arrant, beat, unwarranted, alive, tuckered, awareness, light, wasted, vanished, done in, suddenly, exhausted, unbounded, all in, washed up, pooped, unused, weariful, fatigued, abruptly, utter, obsolete, unrelieved, asleep, unmitigated, jobless, out-and-out, positive, breathless, consummate, damned, animate, sheer, unawares, cadaverous, perfectly, wearied, tired, pure, thoroughgoing, thorough, worn, drained, health

flat, muffled, deadened, damped, mute, silenced, non-resonant

motionless, vegetative, standing, resting, still, immobile, becalmed, sleeping, inactive, calm, stagnant, fixed, inert, dormant, stationary, tranquil, unmoving, idle, static, quiet, languid

paralyzed

insentient, unperceptive, soporific, numb, trance-like, dull, aloof, oblivious, faint, anesthetized, senseless, callous, insensible, blacked out, swooning, unconscious, unfeeling, comatose, stupid, narcotic, insensitive

expired, fatal, annihilated, perished, fallen, departed, deceased, passed, extinct, parted

inorganic, inanimate, non-living, lifeless

final, absolute, unconditional, total

Usage examples:

• But he was not dead. - "Peeps at Many Lands: Japan", John Finnemore.
• He is dead to me, now!" - "The Quality of Mercy", W. D. Howells.
• They were as for a moment dead, but they are alive again. - "The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon", Alexander Maclaren.