dead

1. (with "the", a demonstrative, or a possessive) Those who have died.

   Have respect for the dead.

1. (often with "the") Time when coldness, darkness, or stillness is most intense.

   The dead of night. The dead of winter.

noun

(usually plural) Sterile mining waste, often present as many large rocks stacked inside the workings.

1. To prevent by disabling; stop.
2. To make dead; to deaden; to deprive of life, force, or vigour.
3. To kill.

1. No longer living.

   All of my grandparents are dead.

2. Figuratively, not alive; lacking life.
3. (of another person) So hated that they are absolutely ignored.

   He is dead to me.

4. Doomed; marked for death (literally or as a hyperbole).

   "You come back here this instant! Oh, you're dead, mister!"

5. Without emotion.

   She stood with dead face and limp arms, unresponsive to my plea.

6. Stationary; static.

   a dead lift

7. Without interest to one of the senses; dull; flat.

   a dead glass of soda.

8. Unproductive.

   dead fields

9. (of a machine, device, or electrical circuit) Completely inactive; currently without power; without a signal.

   Now that the motor's dead you can reach in and extract the spark plugs.

10. (of a battery) Unable to emit power, being discharged (flat) or faulty.
11. Broken or inoperable.

    That monitor is dead; don’t bother hooking it up.

12. No longer used or required.

    Is this beer glass dead?

13. Not imparting motion or power by design.

    A dead axle, also called a lazy axle, is not part of the drivetrain, but is instead free-rotating.

14. Not in play.

    Once the ball crosses the foul line, it's dead.

15. (of a golf ball) Lying so near the hole that the player is certain to hole it in the next stroke.
16. (1800s) Tagged out.
17. Full and complete.

    dead giveaway

18. Exact.

    a dead eye

19. Experiencing pins and needles (paresthesia).

    After sitting on my hands for a while, my arms became dead.

20. Constructed so as not to transmit sound; soundless.

    a dead floor

21. Bringing death; deadly.
22. Cut off from the rights of a citizen; deprived of the power of enjoying the rights of property.

    A person who is banished or who becomes a monk is civilly dead.

23. (often with "to") Indifferent to, no longer subject to or ruled by (sin, guilt, pleasure, etc).

1. (degree) Exactly.

   He hit the target dead in the centre.

2. (degree) Very, absolutely, extremely.

   dead wrong; dead set; dead serious; dead drunk; dead broke; dead earnest; dead certain; dead slow; dead sure; dead simple; dead honest; dead accurate; dead easy; dead scared; dead solid; dead black; dead white; dead empty

3. Suddenly and completely.

   He stopped dead.

4. As if dead.

   dead tired; dead quiet; dead asleep; dead pale; dead cold; dead still