Meaning

30 senses
  1. (not comparable, usually)No longer living; deceased. (Also used as a noun.)

    All of my grandparents are dead.

    Have respect for the dead.

  2. (not comparable, usually)Devoid of living things; barren.

    a dead planet

    devoid of activity

  3. (excessive, not comparable, usually)Figuratively, not alive; lacking life.

    leblos

    мёртвыйmjórtvyj

    lacking resilience or bounce

  4. (not comparable, usually)Utterly exhausted.

    bewegungslos, regungslos, erstarrt

    неподви́жныйnepodvížnyj

  5. (not comparable, usually)So hated or offensive as to be absolutely shunned, ignored, or ostracized.

    He is dead to me.

  6. (not comparable, usually)Doomed; marked for death; as good as dead.

    "You come back here this instant! Oh, you're dead, mister!"

  7. (not comparable, usually)Without emotion; impassive.

    She stood with dead face and limp arms, unresponsive to my plea.

    reglos, unbewegt, stumpf

    безжи́зненныйbezžíznennyj, неодушевлённыйneoduševljónnyj

  8. (not comparable, usually)Stationary; static; immobile or immovable.

    the dead load on the floor

    a dead lift

  9. (not comparable, usually)Without interest to one of the senses; dull; flat.

    dead air

    a dead glass of soda.

  10. (not comparable, usually)Unproductive; fallow.

    dead time

    dead fields

  11. (not comparable, usually)Past, bygone, vanished.

  12. (not comparable, usually)Lacking usual activity; unexpectedly quiet or empty of people.

    For a Friday night, it's really dead in this restaurant.

Examples

2543 sentences
  1. Is the snake alive or dead?

    Ця змія жива чи мертва?

    ruЭта змея жива или мертва?

    deIst die Schlange tot oder lebendig?

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  2. Is the mouse dead or alive?

    Миша жива або мертва?

    ruМышь дохлая или живая?

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  3. Both of the brothers are dead.

    Обидва брати померли.

    ruОба брата мертвы.

    deDie beiden Brüder sind gestorben.

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  4. I don't think Tom is dead.

    Я не думаю, що Том мертвий.

    ruЯ не думаю, что Том мёртв.

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  5. I know that Tom isn't dead.

    Я знаю, що Том не вмер.

    ruЯ знаю, что Том не умер.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
no longer alive:
Русский
By meaning 4
no longer alive:
fully and completely motionless:
without emotion:
broken or inoperable:
Deutsch
By meaning 9
no longer alive:
figuratively, not alive:
fully and completely motionless:
without emotion:
of a device: completely inactive; without power:
broken or inoperable:
no longer used or required:
sports: not in play:
experiencing pins and needles:

Origin

From Middle English ded, deed, from Old English dēad, from Proto-West Germanic *daud, from

From Middle English ded, deed, from Old English dēad, from Proto-West Germanic *daud, from Proto-Germanic *daudaz. Compare West Frisian dead, dea, Dutch dood, German tot, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål død, Norwegian Nynorsk daud, Swedish död.

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Forms

deader, deadest
Comparativedeader Lesson
Superlativedeadest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

45 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • drained of electric charge; discharged:drained
  • not circulating or flowing:stagnant

Antonyms

9 antonyms

Word family

5 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • dead or alive
  • was found dead
  • found dead in
  • dead body
  • a dead body
  • dead in his
  • found dead
  • was already dead
  • is dead or
  • dead set against
  • battery is dead
  • a dead end

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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