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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. |
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Destitute of life; inanimate; as, dead matter. |
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Resembling death in appearance or quality; without show of
life; deathlike; as, a dead sleep. |
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Still as death; motionless; inactive; useless; as, dead calm;
a dead load or weight. |
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So constructed as not to transmit sound; soundless; as, a
dead floor. |
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Unproductive; bringing no gain; unprofitable; as, dead
capital; dead stock in trade. |
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Lacking spirit; dull; lusterless; cheerless; as, dead eye;
dead fire; dead color, etc. |
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Monotonous or unvaried; as, a dead level or pain; a dead
wall. |
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Sure as death; unerring; fixed; complete; as, a dead shot; a
dead certainty. |
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Bringing death; deadly. |
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Wanting in religious spirit and vitality; as, dead faith;
dead works. |
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Flat; without gloss; -- said of painting which has been
applied purposely to have this effect. |
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Not brilliant; not rich; thus, brown is a dead color, as
compared with crimson. |
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Cut off from the rights of a citizen; deprived of the power
of enjoying the rights of property; as, one banished or becoming a monk
is civilly dead. |
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Not imparting motion or power; as, the dead spindle of a
lathe, etc. See Spindle. |
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To a degree resembling death; to the last degree;
completely; wholly. |
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The most quiet or deathlike time; the period of profoundest
repose, inertness, or gloom; as, the dead of winter. |
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One who is dead; -- commonly used collectively. |
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To make dead; to deaden; to deprive of life, force, or
vigor. |
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To die; to lose life or force. |
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