•Deprived of life; -- opposed to alive and living; reduced to that state of a being in which the organs of motion and life have irrevocably ceased to perform their functions; as, a dead tree; a dead man.•Destitute of life; inanimate; as, dead matter.•Resembling death in appearance or quality; without show of life; deathlike; as, a dead sleep.•Still as death; motionless; inactive; useless; as, dead calm; a dead load or weight.•So constructed as not to transmit sound; soundless; as, a dead floor.•Unproductive; bringing no gain; unprofitable; as, dead capital; dead stock in trade.•Lacking spirit; dull; lusterless; cheerless; as, dead eye; dead fire; dead color, etc.•Monotonous or unvaried; as, a dead level or pain; a dead wall.•Sure as death; unerring; fixed; complete; as, a dead shot; a dead certainty.•Bringing death; deadly.•Wanting in religious spirit and vitality; as, dead faith; dead works.•Flat; without gloss; -- said of painting which has been applied purposely to have this effect.•Not brilliant; not rich; thus, brown is a dead color, as compared with crimson.•Cut off from the rights of a citizen; deprived of the power of enjoying the rights of property; as, one banished or becoming a monk is civilly dead.•Not imparting motion or power; as, the dead spindle of a lathe, etc. See Spindle.•To a degree resembling death; to the last degree; completely; wholly.•The most quiet or deathlike time; the period of profoundest repose, inertness, or gloom; as, the dead of winter.•One who is dead; -- commonly used collectively.•To make dead; to deaden; to deprive of life, force, or vigor.•To die; to lose life or force.

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