dead


Meanings

  • people who are no longer living;
    • "they buried the dead"
  • a time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense;
    • "the dead of winter"
  • no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life;
    • "the nerve is dead"
    • "a dead pallor"
    • "he was marked as a dead man by the assassin"
  • 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"
  • very tired;
    • "I'm dead after that long trip"
  • unerringly accurate;
    • "a dead shot"
    • "took dead aim"
  • physically inactive;
    • "Crater Lake is in the crater of a dead volcano of the Cascade Range"
  • (followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive;
    • "passersby were dead to our plea for help"
  • devoid of physical sensation; numb;
    • "his gums were dead from the novocain"
    • "she felt no discomfort as the dentist drilled her deadened tooth"
  • lacking acoustic resonance;
    • "dead sounds characteristic of some compact discs"
    • "the dead wall surfaces of a recording studio"
  • not yielding a return;
    • "dead capital"
  • not circulating or flowing;
    • "dead air"
    • "dead water"
  • not surviving in active use;
    • "Latin is a dead language"
  • lacking resilience or bounce;
    • "a dead tennis ball"
  • out of use or operation because of a fault or breakdown;
    • "a dead telephone line"
    • "the motor is dead"
  • no longer having force or relevance;
    • "a dead issue"
  • complete;
    • "came to a dead stop"
  • drained of electric charge; discharged;
    • "a dead battery"
  • devoid of activity;
    • "this is a dead town
  • quickly and without warning;
  • completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers;
    • "you can be dead sure of my innocence"
    • "was dead tired"
    • "dead right"
  • DEAD adj DEADER, DEADEST deprived of life
  • DEAD n pl. -S the period of greatest intensity


Scrabble Score: 6

dead is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

dead is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

dead is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary


Words With Friends Score: 6

dead is a valid Words With Friends word