dead, defunct, deceased, departed, late mean devoid of life. dead applies literally to what is deprived of vital force but is used figuratively of anything that has lost any attribute (such as …

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DEAD meaning: 1. not now living: 2. If a part of your body is dead, you cannot feel it: 3. If glasses and…. Learn more.

Dead bodies can be mummified either naturally, as this one from Guanajuato, or by intention, as those in ancient Egypt. In society, the nature of death and humanity's awareness of its …

3 days ago · Someone who's dead is not alive anymore. If you accidentally hit a squirrel with your car, you might stop and check to see if it's alive or dead.

1. Absolutely; altogether: You can be dead sure of my innocence. 2. Directly; exactly: There's a gas station dead ahead. 3. Suddenly: She stopped dead on the stairway.

If you say that an idea, plan, or subject is dead, you mean that people are no longer interested in it or willing to develop it any further. It's a dead issue, Baxter. But that doesn't mean this brand …

Nov 21, 2025 · Doomed; marked for death; as good as dead (literally or as a hyperbole). quotations "You come back here this instant! Oh, you're dead, mister!"

The period exhibiting the greatest degree of intensity. The dead of winter; the dead of night.

Dead, deceased, extinct, lifeless refer to something that does not have or appear to have life. Dead is usually applied to something that had life but from which life is now gone: dead trees.