Meaning

3 senses
  1. (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

  2. (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

  3. (UK)(usually in the plural) Sterile mining waste, often present as many large rocks stacked inside the workings.

Examples

2543 sentences
  1. Is 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

  2. Is the mouse dead or alive?

    Миша жива або мертва? — deniko

    ruМышь дохлая или живая? — marafon

  3. Both of the brothers are dead.

    Обидва брати померли. — Lumo

    ruОба брата мертвы. — Biga

    deDie beiden Brüder sind gestorben. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. I don't think Tom is dead.

    Я не думаю, що Том мертвий. — deniko

    ruЯ не думаю, что Том мёртв. — odexed

  5. I know that Tom isn't dead.

    Я знаю, що Том не вмер. — deniko

    ruЯ знаю, что Том не умер. — marafon

Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
time when coldness, darkness, or stillness is most intense:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
time when coldness, darkness, or stillness is most intense:

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

plural: deads
Singulardead

uncountable

Synonyms

3 synonyms

Antonyms

2 antonyms

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
dead — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto