English to English
adjective
- no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
The nerve is dead.
A dead pallor.
He was marked as a dead man by the assassin.
source: WordNet 3.0
- not showing characteristics of life especially the capacity to sustain life; no longer exerting force or having energy or heat
Mars is a dead planet.
Dead soil.
Dead coals.
The fire is dead.
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- Deprived of life; -- opposed to alive and living; reduced to that state of a being in which the organs of motion and life have irrevocably ceased to perform their functions; as, a dead tree; a dead man.
source: Webster 1913
- Carrying no current, or producing no useful effect; -- said of a conductor in a dynamo or motor, also of a telegraph wire which has no instrument attached and, therefore, is not in use.
source: Webster 1913
noun
- people who are no longer living
They buried the dead.
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- a time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense
The dead of winter.
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- The most quiet or deathlike time; the period of profoundest repose, inertness, or gloom; as, the dead of winter.
source: Webster 1913
adverb
- quickly and without warning
He stopped suddenly.
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- completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
An absolutely magnificent painting.
A perfectly idiotic idea.
You're perfectly right.
Utterly miserable.
You can be dead sure of my innocence.
Was dead tired.
Dead right.
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- To a degree resembling death; to the last degree; completely; wholly.
source: Webster 1913
adjective satellite
- very tired
Was all in at the end of the day.
So beat I could flop down and go to sleep anywhere.
Bushed after all that exercise.
I'm dead after that long trip.
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- unerringly accurate
A dead shot.
Took dead aim.
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- physically inactive
Crater Lake is in the crater of a dead volcano of the Cascade Range.
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- (followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive
Passersby were dead to our plea for help.
Numb to the cries for mercy.
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- devoid of physical sensation; numb
His gums were dead from the novocain.
She felt no discomfort as the dentist drilled her deadened tooth.
A public desensitized by continuous television coverage of atrocities.
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- lacking acoustic resonance
Dead sounds characteristic of some compact discs.
The dead wall surfaces of a recording studio.
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- not yielding a return
Dead capital.
Idle funds.
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- not circulating or flowing
Dead air.
Dead water.
Stagnant water.
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- not surviving in active use
Latin is a dead language.
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- lacking resilience or bounce
A dead tennis ball.
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- out of use or operation because of a fault or breakdown
A dead telephone line.
The motor is dead.
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- no longer having force or relevance
A dead issue.
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- complete
Came to a dead stop.
Utter seriousness.
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- drained of electric charge; discharged
A dead battery.
Left the lights on and came back to find the battery drained.
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- devoid of activity
This is a dead town; nothing ever happens here.
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verb
- To make dead; to deaden; to deprive of life, force, or vigor.
source: Webster 1913
- To die; to lose life or force.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
adj
- [ded] Patáy
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
noun
- [ded] Ang namatay; ang nanaw
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
