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dead

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Adjective

  1. {{lb|en||usually|not comparable}} No longer [[living#Adjective|living]]; [[deceased]]. {{q|Also used as a noun.}}
  2. {{lb|en||usually|not comparable}} {{cap|devoid}} of [[living thing]]s; [[barren]].
  3. {{lb|en|hyperbole}} Figuratively, not [[alive]]; [[lack#Verb|lack]]ing [[life]].
  4. Utterly [[exhausted]].
  5. {{lb|en|of another person}} So [[hated]] or [[offensive]] as to be absolutely [[shun]]ned, [[ignore]]d{{,}} or [[ostracism|ostracized]].
  6. {{lb|en|literal|or|hyperbolic}} {{cap|doomed}}; [[mark#Verb|mark]]ed for [[death]]; [[as good as]] dead.
  7. Without [[emotion]]; [[impassive]].
  8. [[stationary|Stationary]]; [[static#Adjective|static]]; [[immobile]] or [[immovable]].
  9. Without interest to one of the [[sense#Noun|sense]]s; [[dull]]; [[flat]].
  10. {{cap|unproductive}}; [[fallow#Adjective|fallow]].
  11. {{cap|past}}, [[bygone]], [[vanished]].
  12. {{lb|en|of a place}} Lacking usual activity; unexpectedly quiet or empty of people.

Adverb

  1. {{lb|en|degree|informal|colloquial}} [[exact|Exactly]].
  2. {{lb|en|degree|informal|colloquial}} [[very|Very]], [[absolutely]], [[extremely]].
  3. [[suddenly|Suddenly]] and [[completely]].
  4. {{lb|en|informal}} As if dead.

Noun

  1. {{senseid|en|time when coldness, darkness, or stillness is most intense}}{{lb|en|often with "the"}} Time when [[coldness]], [[darkness]], or [[stillness]] is most [[intense]].

Noun

  1. {{lb|en|with "the"}} Those who have died: [[#Adjective|dead]] people.

Noun

  1. {{senseid|en|mining}} {{lb|en|UK}} {{lb|en|usually|in the plural}} {{cap|sterile}} [[mining]] [[waste]], often present as many [[large]] [[rock]]s [[stack]]ed [[inside]] the [[workings]].
  2. {{senseid|en|deadlift}} {{lb|en|bodybuilding|colloquial}} {{clipping of|en|deadlift}}.

Verb

  1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[prevent]] by [[disable|disabling]]; to [[stop]].
  2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To make [[#Adjective|dead]]; to [[deaden]]; to [[deprive]] of [[life]], [[force]], or [[vigour]].
  3. {{lb|en|transitive|UK|US|slang}} To [[kill]]. <!--black urban slang?-->
  4. {{lb|en|transitive|AAVE|slang|by extension}} To [[discontinue#Verb|discontinue]] or [[put an end to#Verb|put an end to]] (something).

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