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dead

Pronunciation: /dɛd/

The English word “dead” has 20 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. No longer living; deceased. (Also used as a noun.)
  2. Devoid of living things; barren.
  3. Figuratively, not alive; lacking life.
  4. Utterly exhausted.
  5. So hated or offensive as to be absolutely shunned, ignored, or ostracized.
  6. Doomed; marked for death; as good as dead.
  7. Without emotion; impassive.
  8. Stationary; static; immobile or immovable.
  9. Without interest to one of the senses; dull; flat.
  10. Unproductive; fallow.
  11. Past, bygone, vanished.
  12. Lacking usual activity; unexpectedly quiet or empty of people.
  13. Completely inactive; currently without power; without a signal; not live.
  14. Unable to emit power, being discharged (flat) or faulty.
  15. Broken or inoperable.
  16. No longer used or required.
  17. Intentionally designed so as not to impart motion or power.
  18. Not in play.
  19. Lying so near the hole that the player is certain to hole it in the next stroke.
  20. Tagged out.

Etymology

From Middle English ded, deed, from Old English dēad, from Proto-West Germanic *daud, from Proto-Germanic *daudaz. Compare West Frisian dead, dea, Dutch dood, German tot, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål død, Norwegian Nynorsk daud, Swedish död.

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