dead

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adj.

VERBS

▪ be, lie

▪ His wife lay dead beside him.

▪ look

▪ play

▪ The animal will sometimes escape danger by playing dead.

▪ drop, fall, fall down

▪ He just dropped dead one day at work.

▪ shoot sb, strike sb

▪ Gunmen shot dead two unarmed police officers.

▪ She had been struck dead by lightning.

▪ find sb

▪ The woman was found dead with a rope around her neck.

▪ declare sb, pronounce sb

▪ She was declared dead on arrival at the hospital.

ADVERB

▪ quite (esp. BrE)

▪ I'm afraid he's quite dead.

▪ almost, nearly

▪ already

▪ By the time the police arrived, he was already dead.

PHRASES

▪ dead and buried (figurative)

▪ In ten years he'll be dead and buried as a politician.

▪ dead and gone

▪ That won't happen until long after I'm dead and gone.

▪ dead or alive

▪ A reward was offered for his capture dead or alive.

▪ more dead than alive

▪ Poor child, she looks more dead than alive.

Dead is used with these nouns: ↑animal, ↑battery, ↑body, ↑branch, ↑brother, ↑calm, ↑cell, ↑centre, ↑corpse, ↑father, ↑flesh, ↑flower, ↑foliage, ↑halt, ↑heat, ↑husband, ↑language, ↑leaf, ↑man, ↑mother, ↑person, ↑sheep, ↑silence, ↑sister, ↑skin, ↑sleep, ↑snake, ↑soldier, ↑son, ↑soul, ↑standstill, ↑tree, ↑twig, ↑uncle, ↑weight, ↑white, ↑wife, ↑wood, ↑zone
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adv.

Dead is used with these adjectives: ↑boring, ↑calm, ↑even, ↑good, ↑lucky, ↑right, ↑scared, ↑set, ↑sexy, ↑silent, ↑spooky, ↑straight, ↑tired, ↑wrong

Dead is used with these verbs: ↑stop

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Dead — (d[e^]d), a. [OE. ded, dead, deed, AS. de[ a]d; akin to OS. d[=o]d, D. dood, G. todt, tot, Icel. dau[eth]r, Sw. & Dan. d[ o]d, Goth. daubs; prop. p. p. of an old verb meaning to die. See {Die}, and cf. {Death}.] 1. Deprived of life; opposed to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
dead — [ded] adj. [ME ded < OE dēad, akin to ON dauthr, OHG tōt, Goth dauths: orig. pp. of an old v. base appearing in ON deyja, OS dojan, OHG touwen, all < IE base * dheu , DIE1] 1. no longer living; having died 2. naturally without life;… … English World dictionary
Dead@17 — is a series formerly published by Viper Comics. The latest mini series is being published by Image Comics. It was created by Josh Howard and focuses on a girl, Nara Kilday, who is killed and then reborn to fight demons. Contents 1 Publication… … Wikipedia
Dead P.A. — Dead P.A. Origin Houston, Texas, USA Genres Electronic dance music Years active 2003 – Present Labels Goinka Records … Wikipedia
dead — adj Dead, defunct, deceased, departed, late, lifeless, inanimate all mean devoid of life. Dead applies strictly to anyone or to anything that has been deprived of life and has therefore ceased to grow or to function {a dead person} {a dead… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
dead — [ded] adjective 1. if the economy or an industry is dead, it is not growing or successful: • The plan is to lower interest rates in order to breathe life back into the dead economy. • The domestic gold industry is dead. 2. no longer important,… … Financial and business terms
dead — (adj.) O.E. dead dead, also torpid, dull; of water, still, standing, from P.Gmc. *dauthaz (Cf. O.S. dod, Dan. dèd, Swed. död, O.Fris. dad, M.Du. doot, Du. dood, O.H.G. tot, Ger. tot, O.N. dauðr, Goth … Etymology dictionary
dead — ► ADJECTIVE 1) no longer alive. 2) (of a part of the body) numb. 3) displaying no emotion. 4) no longer relevant or important. 5) lacking activity or excitement. 6) devoid of living things. 7) (of equipment) not functioning … English terms dictionary
dead — dead; dead·en; dead·en·er; dead·ish; dead·li·ness; dead·man; dead·ness; dead·er; dead·ly; un·dead; Dead; … English syllables
Dead! — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda «Dead!» Canción de My Chemical Romance álbum The Black Parade Publicación 23 de octubre, 2006 … Wikipedia Español
dead — I adjective at rest, bereft of life, breathless, buried, cadaverous, deceased, defunct, demised, departed, departed this life, deprived of life, destitute of life, devoid of life, dormant, ended, exanimate, expired, extinct, extinguished,… … Law dictionary

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