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