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Time when coldness, darkness, or stillness is most intenseTime when coldness, darkness, or stillness is most intense.
» Is the snake alive or dead?
Ist die Schlange tot oder lebendig? — al_ex_an_der
Ist die Schlange lebendig oder tot? — violinmike
Эта змея жива или мертва? — Lenin_1917
Змея живая или мёртвая? — marafon
Эта змея живая или мёртвая? — Selena777
Эта змея живая или дохлая? — Selena777
Ця змія жива чи мертва? — Internecivus
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
3 senses(often, uncountable, with definite article)Time when coldness, darkness, or stillness is most intense.
Near-synonym: nadir
the dead of night
Tiefe, Mitte
середи́наseredína
a time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense
(plural, plural only, with definite article)Those who have died: dead people.
the quick and the dead
Will the dead rise again?
people who are no longer living
(UK)(usually in the plural) Sterile mining waste, often present as many large rocks stacked inside the workings.
Examples
2543 sentencesIs the snake alive or dead?
Ця змія жива чи мертва? — Internecivus
ruЭта змея жива или мертва? — Lenin_1917
deIst die Schlange tot oder lebendig? — al_ex_an_der
Is the mouse dead or alive?
Миша жива або мертва? — deniko
ruМышь дохлая или живая? — marafon
Both of the brothers are dead.
Обидва брати померли. — Lumo
ruОба брата мертвы. — Biga
deDie beiden Brüder sind gestorben. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I don't think Tom is dead.
Я не думаю, що Том мертвий. — deniko
ruЯ не думаю, что Том мёртв. — odexed
I know that Tom isn't dead.
Я знаю, що Том не вмер. — deniko
ruЯ знаю, что Том не умер. — marafon
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English ded, deed, from Old English dēad, from Proto-West Germanic *daud, fromFrom 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
plural: deads| Singular | dead |
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uncountable
Synonyms
3 synonymsAntonyms
2 antonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
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