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1 no longer alive: a dead body [ as complement] : he was shot dead by terrorists (as plural noun the dead )there was no time to bury the dead with decency (of a part of the body) having lost sensation; numb: I severed nerves in my leg so part of my foot is dead lacking emotion, sympathy, or sensitivity: a cold, dead voice no longer current, relevant, or important: pollution had become a dead issue devoid of living things: a dead planet (of a place or time) characterized by a lack of activity or excitement: Brussels isn’t dead after dark, if you know where to look (of money) not financially productive: far from being dead money, it is available to be spent or invested (of sound) without resonance; dull: the earth hit the coffin with a peculiarly dead sound (of a colour) not glossy or bright: a matte, dead black (of a piece of equipment) no longer functioning: the phone had gone dead (of an electric circuit or conductor) carrying or transmitting no current: the batteries are dead no longer alight: the fire had been dead for some days (of a glass or bottle) empty or no longer being used: they got all the dead glasses and put them on the table (of the ball in a game) out of play: the ball had gone dead See also dead ball . (of a cricket pitch or other surface) lacking springiness or bounce: the pitch was so utterly dead that Pollock could hardly get the ball bail-high 2 [ attributive] complete; absolute: we sat in dead silence
absolutely; completely: you’re dead right he was dead against the idea exactly: they arrived dead on time straight; directly: red flares were seen dead ahead British informal very: omelettes are dead easy to prepare
