- dead⇄adj. 1. with life gone from it; no longer living; that has died.
Ex. a dead flower, dead leaves.
2. without life; inanimate.
Ex. Stone and water are dead matter.
3. like death.
Ex. She fell over in a dead faint.
4a. - dead⇄adv. 1. completely; absolutely; utterly.
Ex. You are dead right. He was dead tired. He stopped dead (Dickens).
2. directly; straight.
Ex. The bridge is dead ahead of us. Don't take any side streets but walk dead ahead two miles. - dead⇄dead, adjective, noun, adverb.
- dead⇄expr. be caught dead, (Informal.) to be seen or found having anything to do with (something unpleasant or embarrassing).
Ex. The whole thing looked a little like an invalid's wheelchair, and a boy wouldn't have been caught dead on one unless he was - dead⇄noun deadness.
- dead⇄noun Usually, the dead.
1. the time when there is the least life stirring.
Ex. the dead of winter. The plane landed in the dead of night.
2. a dead person or persons.
Ex. enough noise to wake the dead. We honor the dead of our