DEAD
/diːd/
6
Scrabble
6
WWF
D(2) E(1) A(1) D(2)
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Definition
/diːd/
noun
- (with "the", a demonstrative, or a possessive) Those who have died.“Have respect for the dead.”
noun
- (often with "the") Time when coldness, darkness, or stillness is most intense.“The dead of night. The dead of winter.”
noun
- (usually plural) Sterile mining waste, often present as many large rocks stacked inside the workings.
verb
- To prevent by disabling; stop.
- To make dead; to deaden; to deprive of life, force, or vigour.
- To kill.
adjective
- No longer living.“All of my grandparents are dead.”
- Figuratively, not alive; lacking life.
- (of another person) So hated that they are absolutely ignored.“He is dead to me.”
- Doomed; marked for death (literally or as a hyperbole).“"You come back here this instant! Oh, you're dead, mister!"”
- Without emotion.“She stood with dead face and limp arms, unresponsive to my plea.”
adverb
- (degree) Exactly.“He hit the target dead in the centre.”
- (degree) Very, absolutely, extremely.“dead wrong; dead set; dead serious; dead drunk; dead broke; dead earnest; dead certain; dead slow; dead sure; dead simple; dead honest; dead accurate; dead easy; dead scared; dead solid; dead black; dead white; dead empty”
- Suddenly and completely.“He stopped dead.”
- As if dead.“dead tired; dead quiet; dead asleep; dead pale; dead cold; dead still”
Source: Wiktionary
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