dead, adj.
freq. cnt. 80
freq. cnt. 80
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 72 freq. cnt.: 72
dead
sample sentences
"the nerve is dead""a dead pallor"
"he was marked as a dead man by the assassin"
semantic pointers
attribute
similar to
not showing characteristics of life especially the capacity to sustain life; no longer exerting force or having energy or heat
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 4
dead
sample sentences
"Mars is a dead planet""dead soil"
"dead coals"
"the fire is dead"
very tired
<adj.all> (p) (p) (p) (p) freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
all in beat bushed dead
sample sentences
"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"
physically inactive
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
dead
sample sentences
"Crater Lake is in the crater of a dead volcano of the Cascade Range"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
similar to
unerringly accurate
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
dead
devoid of activity
<adj.all>
dead
sample sentences
"this is a dead townnothing ever happens here"
semantic pointers
similar to
drained of electric charge; discharged
<adj.all>
dead drained
sample sentences
"a dead battery""left the lights on and came back to find the battery drained"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
similar to
no longer having force or relevance
<adj.all>
dead
out of use or operation because of a fault or breakdown
<adj.all>
dead
sample sentences
"a dead telephone line""the motor is dead"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
similar to
lacking resilience or bounce
<adj.all>
dead
sample sentences
"a dead tennis ball"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
similar to
not surviving in active use
<adj.all>
dead
sample sentences
"Latin is a dead language"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
similar to
not circulating or flowing
<adj.all> (a) freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
dead stagnant
sample sentences
"dead air""dead water"
"stagnant water"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
similar to
not yielding a return
<adj.all>
dead idle
lacking acoustic resonance
<adj.all>
dead
sample sentences
"dead sounds characteristic of some compact discs""the dead wall surfaces of a recording studio"
semantic pointers
similar to
devoid of physical sensation; numb
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
dead deadened
sample sentences
"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"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
similar to
(followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive
<adj.all> (p) (p)
dead numb
sample sentences
"passersby were dead to our plea for help""numb to the cries for mercy"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
similar to
the complete stoppage of an action
<adj.all> (a)
dead