Dead
adjective
Not alive anymore.
That plant is dead, it has not been watered for months.
Often appears as...
- dead body
- dead man
adjective
Completely still or not moving.
The sea was absolutely dead.
Often appears as...
- dead calm
- dead still
adjective
Not working anymore.
The telephone line went dead.
Often appears as...
- dead battery
- dead engine
adjective
Absolutely or totally.
I'm dead tired after working all day.
Often appears as...
- dead tired
- dead certain
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
adjective
Dull, boring or lifeless.
The party was so dead, everyone left early.
Often appears as...
- dead party
- dead conversation
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
adverb
Directly or straight.
He looked me dead in the eye and told the truth.
Often appears as...
- dead ahead
- dead on
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
noun
The state of being dead.
Mourning the dead is a part of many cultures.
Often appears as...
- the dead
- mourning the dead
adjective
Not alive anymore.
That plant is dead, it has not been watered for months.
Often appears as...
- dead body
- dead man
adjective
Completely still or not moving.
The sea was absolutely dead.
Often appears as...
- dead calm
- dead still
adjective
Not working anymore.
The telephone line went dead.
Often appears as...
- dead battery
- dead engine
adjective
Absolutely or totally.
I'm dead tired after working all day.
Often appears as...
- dead tired
- dead certain
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
adjective
Dull, boring or lifeless.
The party was so dead, everyone left early.
Often appears as...
- dead party
- dead conversation
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
adverb
Directly or straight.
He looked me dead in the eye and told the truth.
Often appears as...
- dead ahead
- dead on
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
noun
The state of being dead.
Mourning the dead is a part of many cultures.
Often appears as...
- the dead
- mourning the dead
Definition 1 of 7
Pro Tip 1/2Figurative Use
Used metaphorically to mean 'no longer active or effective' like a 'dead law.'
This legislation is dead without additional support.
Pro Tip 2/2Emotional Weight
'Dead' can evoke strong emotions; use it sensitively especially around loss.
She felt heartache when she called her childhood dog dead.
Pro Tip 1/2Figurative Use
Used metaphorically to mean 'no longer active or effective' like a 'dead law.'
This legislation is dead without additional support.
Pro Tip 2/2Emotional Weight
'Dead' can evoke strong emotions; use it sensitively especially around loss.
She felt heartache when she called her childhood dog dead.
Pro Tip 1/2Figurative Use
Used metaphorically to mean 'no longer active or effective' like a 'dead law.'
This legislation is dead without additional support.
Pro Tip 2/2Emotional Weight
'Dead' can evoke strong emotions; use it sensitively especially around loss.
She felt heartache when she called her childhood dog dead.
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Love and hormones PIPE...
nurture which is everything you grew up to believe and do and say and think and there's your nature your natural dispositions of course with epigenetics these are constantly in contact with each other the nature nurture argument is over it should be dead nevertheless there's patterns to nature
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The five major world...
got him into trouble. His enemies had him arrested, and he was executed by Rome in the standard means by which rabble-rousers were put to death, crucifixion. But shortly after he was buried, women found his tomb empty and quickly spread word, convinced that he had been raised from the dead.
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Can you solve the...
In this dystopian world, your resistance group is humanity's last hope. Unfortunately, you've all been captured by the tyrannical rulers and brought to the ancient colosseum for their deadly entertainment. Before you're thrown into the dungeon,
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The Rise of the Cali...
I want to be like my dad. I wanted to help my family. People think that bandits don't have values. But my dad and uncle did. They have honor. Violence was the last step to resolve the problems, because dead people don't pay what they owe.
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Can you solve the virus...
all the sample vials have broken. The virus is contained for now, but unless you can destroy it, the vents will soon open and unleash a deadly airborne plague. Without hesitation, you grab your HazMat suit and get ready to save the world.
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How do vaccines work? -...
with a hunch that this would provide the protection needed to save people from deadly outbreaks of the related smallpox virus. It was a success. The eight-year-old was inoculated against the disease and this became the first ever vaccine.
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Why elephants never...
And yes, there is an elephant band. But perhaps the most amazing thing about elephants is a capacity even more important than their sense of empathy, altruism, and justice. Elephants are the only non-human animals to mourn their dead,
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Why do women have...
the womb gets rid of its endometrial lining, along with any unfertilized eggs, sick, dying, or dead embryos. That protective process is known as menstruation, leading to the period. This biological trait, bizarre as it may be,
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Boniface Mwangi: The day...
Kenya's poor are five times more likely to be shot dead by the police who are meant to protect them than by criminals. This was reinforced by the political climate of the day. We had a president, Moi, who was a dictator.
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Ferocious Hornet Moments...
but the dead queen's life has not been in vain
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Love and hormones PIPE...
nurture which is everything you grew up to believe and do and say and think and there's your nature your natural dispositions of course with epigenetics these are constantly in contact with each other the nature nurture argument is over it should be dead nevertheless there's patterns to nature
Video examples
The five major world...
got him into trouble. His enemies had him arrested, and he was executed by Rome in the standard means by which rabble-rousers were put to death, crucifixion. But shortly after he was buried, women found his tomb empty and quickly spread word, convinced that he had been raised from the dead.
Video examples
Can you solve the...
In this dystopian world, your resistance group is humanity's last hope. Unfortunately, you've all been captured by the tyrannical rulers and brought to the ancient colosseum for their deadly entertainment. Before you're thrown into the dungeon,
Video examples
The Rise of the Cali...
I want to be like my dad. I wanted to help my family. People think that bandits don't have values. But my dad and uncle did. They have honor. Violence was the last step to resolve the problems, because dead people don't pay what they owe.
Video examples
Can you solve the virus...
all the sample vials have broken. The virus is contained for now, but unless you can destroy it, the vents will soon open and unleash a deadly airborne plague. Without hesitation, you grab your HazMat suit and get ready to save the world.
Video examples
How do vaccines work? -...
with a hunch that this would provide the protection needed to save people from deadly outbreaks of the related smallpox virus. It was a success. The eight-year-old was inoculated against the disease and this became the first ever vaccine.
Video examples
Why elephants never...
And yes, there is an elephant band. But perhaps the most amazing thing about elephants is a capacity even more important than their sense of empathy, altruism, and justice. Elephants are the only non-human animals to mourn their dead,
Video examples
Why do women have...
the womb gets rid of its endometrial lining, along with any unfertilized eggs, sick, dying, or dead embryos. That protective process is known as menstruation, leading to the period. This biological trait, bizarre as it may be,
Video examples
Boniface Mwangi: The day...
Kenya's poor are five times more likely to be shot dead by the police who are meant to protect them than by criminals. This was reinforced by the political climate of the day. We had a president, Moi, who was a dictator.
Video examples
Ferocious Hornet Moments...
but the dead queen's life has not been in vain
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Andy Warhol
American Artist
Since I was shot, everything is such a dream to me. Like I don't know whether I'm alive or whether I died. I wasn't afraid before. And having been dead once, I shouldn't feel fear. But I am afraid. I don't understand why.
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
American Leader
Whatever your life's work is, do it well. A man should do his job so well that the living, the dead, and the unborn could do it no better.
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Oscar Wilde
Irish Poet
Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead.
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Jimi Hendrix
American Musician
It's funny the way most people love the dead. Once you are dead, you are made for life.
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Bertrand Russell
British Philosopher
To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.
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Emily Dickinson
American Poet
A word is dead when it is said, some say. I say it just begins to live that day.
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Voltaire
French Writer
To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.
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Marcus Tullius Cicero
Roman Statesman
The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German Writer
Those who hope for no other life are dead even for this.
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Socrates
Greek Philosopher
From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
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Andy Warhol
American Artist
Since I was shot, everything is such a dream to me. Like I don't know whether I'm alive or whether I died. I wasn't afraid before. And having been dead once, I shouldn't feel fear. But I am afraid. I don't understand why.
Quote examples
Martin Luther King, Jr.
American Leader
Whatever your life's work is, do it well. A man should do his job so well that the living, the dead, and the unborn could do it no better.
Quote examples
Oscar Wilde
Irish Poet
Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead.
Quote examples
Jimi Hendrix
American Musician
It's funny the way most people love the dead. Once you are dead, you are made for life.
Quote examples
Bertrand Russell
British Philosopher
To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.
Quote examples
Emily Dickinson
American Poet
A word is dead when it is said, some say. I say it just begins to live that day.
Quote examples
Voltaire
French Writer
To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.
Quote examples
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Roman Statesman
The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.
Quote examples
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German Writer
Those who hope for no other life are dead even for this.
Quote examples
Socrates
Greek Philosopher
From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
Example 1 of 10
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