dead
— Adjective
– English
～ no longer having force or relevance; "a dead issue"
dead
— Adjective
– English
～ the complete stoppage of an action; "came to a dead stop"
dead
— Adjective
– English
～ drained of electric charge; discharged; "a dead battery"; "left the lights on and came back to find the battery drained"
dead
— Adjective
– English
～ not showing characteristics of life especially the capacity to sustain life; no longer exerting force or having energy or heat; "Mars is a dead planet"; "dead soil"; "dead coals"; "the fire is dead"
dead axle
— Noun
– English
～ an axle that carries a wheel but without power to drive it
dead air
— Noun
– English
～ an inadvertent interruption in a broadcast during which there is no sound
dead
— Noun
– English
～ people who are no longer living; "they buried the dead"
dead center
— Noun
– English
～ the position of a crank when it is in line with the connecting rod and not exerting torque
dead body
— Noun
– English
～ a natural object consisting of a dead animal or person; "they found the body in the lake"
dead centre
— Noun
– English
～ the position of a crank when it is in line with the connecting rod and not exerting torque
dead
— Noun
– English
～ a time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense; "the dead of winter"
deadbeat dad
— Noun
– English
～ a father who willfully defaults on his obligation to provide financial support for his offspring
deadbeat
— Noun
– English
～ someone who fails to meet a financial obligation
deadbolt
— Noun
– English
～ the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key
deaden
— Verb
– English
～ cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients; "girdle the plant"
deaden
— Verb
– English
～ convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil
deaden
— Verb
– English
～ become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor
deaden
— Verb
– English
～ make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; "Terror blunted her feelings"; "deaden a sound"
deaden
— Verb
– English
～ make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible; "muffle the message"
deaden
— Verb
– English
～ make vapid or deprive of spirit; "deadened wine"