dead

  1. Adjective.  (not comparable) No longer living.
  2. Adjective.  (hyperbole) Figuratively, not alive; lacking life.
  3. Adjective.  (context, of another person) So hated that they are absolutely ignored.
  4. Adjective.  Without emotion.
  5. Adjective.  Stationary; static.
  6. Adjective.  Without interest to one of the senses; dull; flat.
  7. Adjective.  Unproductive.
  8. Adjective.  (not comparable, of a machine, device, or electrical circuit) Completely inactive; without power; without a signal.
  9. Adjective.  (not comparable) Broken or inoperable.
  10. Adjective.  (not comparable) No longer used or required.
  11. Adjective.  (not comparable, sports) Not in play.
  12. Adjective.  (not comparable) (baseball, slang) Tagged out.-->.
  13. Adjective.  (not comparable) Full and complete.
  14. Adjective.  (not comparable) Exact.
  15. Adjective.  Experiencing pins and needles (paresthesia).
  16. Adjective.  (informal) (Certain to be) in big trouble.
  17. Noun.  (singular) Time when coldness, darkness, or stillness is most intense.
  18. Noun.  (plural) Those who have died.
  19. Adverb.  Exactly right.
  20. Adverb.  (slang) Very, absolutely, extremely, suddenly.
  21. Verb.  (transitive) to prevent by disabling; stop.

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