Inside the Universes

Words with a similar base: dead, deadened

'dead'

[dead.n.01] as in: people who are no longer living

Examples:
they buried the dead

'dead'

[dead.n.02] as in: a time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense

Examples:
the dead of winter

'dead'

[dead.a.01] as in: no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life

Examples:
the nerve is dead
a dead pallor
he was marked as a dead man by the assassin

'dead'

[dead.a.02] as in: not showing characteristics of life especially the capacity to sustain life; no longer exerting force or having energy or heat

Examples:
Mars is a dead planet
dead soil
dead coals
the fire is dead

'dead'

[all_in.s.01] as in: very tired

Examples:
was all in at the end of the day
so beat I could flop down and go to sleep anywhere
bushed after all that exercise
I'm dead after that long trip

'dead'

[dead.s.02] as in: unerringly accurate

Examples:
a dead shot
took dead aim

'dead'

[dead.s.03] as in: physically inactive

Examples:
Crater Lake is in the crater of a dead volcano of the Cascade Range

'dead'

[dead.s.04] as in: (followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive

Examples:
passersby were dead to our plea for help
numb to the cries for mercy

'dead'

[dead.s.05] as in: devoid of physical sensation; numb

Examples:
his gums were dead from the novocain
she felt no discomfort as the dentist drilled her deadened tooth
a public desensitized by continuous television coverage of atrocities

'dead'

[dead.s.06] as in: lacking acoustic resonance

Examples:
dead sounds characteristic of some compact discs
the dead wall surfaces of a recording studio

'dead'

[dead.s.07] as in: not yielding a return

Examples:
dead capital
idle funds

'dead'

[dead.s.08] as in: not circulating or flowing

Examples:
dead air
dead water
stagnant water

'dead'

[dead.s.09] as in: not surviving in active use

Examples:
Latin is a dead language

'dead'

[dead.s.10] as in: lacking resilience or bounce

Examples:
a dead tennis ball

'dead'

[dead.s.11] as in: out of use or operation because of a fault or breakdown

Examples:
a dead telephone line
the motor is dead

'dead'

[dead.s.12] as in: no longer having force or relevance

Examples:
a dead issue

'dead'

[dead.s.13] as in: complete

Examples:
came to a dead stop
utter seriousness

'dead'

[dead.s.14] as in: drained of electric charge; discharged

Examples:
a dead battery
left the lights on and came back to find the battery drained

'dead'

[dead.s.15] as in: devoid of activity

Examples:
this is a dead town; nothing ever happens here

'dead'

[abruptly.r.01] as in: quickly and without warning

Examples:
he stopped suddenly

'dead'

[absolutely.r.01] as in: completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers

Examples:
an absolutely magnificent painting
a perfectly idiotic idea
you're perfectly right
utterly miserable
you can be dead sure of my innocence
was dead tired
dead right

Origins

					dead (English)
└── ded (Middle English (1100-1500))