adjective
Both his parents are dead, and his only brother lives in Australia. Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime
After the accident, my left thumb was completely dead
At the news of her son, she fell in a dead faint
He has always been dead to others' problems
The fire is dead
Dead stones speak volumes to the geologist
Latin is a dead language
That area off the coast is dead as far as fishing goes
We were completely dead after the hike into town
The walls of the prison were painted a dead white
There were small pools of dead water covered with a green slime. Without a breath of air stirring, the boat was dead in the water
The play was bad, the performance dead
One room in the laboratory was built to be dead to all sound
My investment in the anti-gravity pill has so far been a dead loss
I fell into a dead sleep
The train came to a dead stop
According to the records, Calamity Jane was a dead shot
adverb
You are dead right about Pontefract
He stopped dead in his tracks and stared at me
An enormous maelstrom lay dead ahead of the fragile craft
noun
She used to visit his room in the dead of night
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