dead
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• adjective
No longer alive; deprived of life.
"The gardener cleared away the dead branches after the winter storm."
No longer functioning, operating, or having power (especially of electrical equipment or batteries).
"My phone battery is completely dead, so I cannot check the map."
Lacking activity, excitement, or bustle; quiet and unproductive.
"The downtown shopping district is usually dead on Sunday evenings."
Deprived of physical sensation or feeling; numb.
"After sitting in one position for two hours, my left leg went completely dead."
Complete, absolute, or exact.
"The witness waited in dead silence before answering the prosecutor's question."
• adverb
Completely, absolutely, or exactly.
"Despite the strong crosswind, the arrow hit the target dead center."
• noun
People who are no longer alive (usually preceded by 'the').
"A stone monument was erected in the town square to honor the dead."
The time of greatest darkness, coldness, or stillness (especially of night or winter).
"The explorers set out across the frozen lake in the dead of winter."
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Word Origin & Etymology
From Old English dead, of Proto-Germanic origin (*daudaz), originally a past-participial adjective formed from the verbal root *dau- ('to die').