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Definition of dead

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Dead (a.) 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..

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Feud :: Feud (n.) A contention or quarrel; especially, an inveterate strife between families, clans, or parties; deadly hatred; contention satisfied only by bloodshed..

Deceased :: Deceased (a.) Passed away; dead; gone.

Dead :: Dead (a.) Still as death; motionless; inactive; useless; as, dead calm; a dead load or weight..

Amort :: Amort (a.) As if dead; lifeless; spiritless; dejected; depressed.

Dirige :: Dirige (n.) A service for the dead, in the Roman Catholic Church, being the first antiphon of Matins for the dead, of which Dirige is the first word; a dirge..

Gripe :: Gripe (n.) An assemblage of ropes, dead-eyes, and hocks, fastened to ringbolts in the deck, to secure the boats when hoisted; also, broad bands passed around a boat to secure it at the davits and prevent swinging..

Deadwood :: Deadwood (n.) Dead trees or branches; useless material.

Lay :: Lay (v. t.) To cause to lie dead or dying.

Ptomaine :: Ptomaine (n.) One of a class of animal bases or alkaloids formed in the putrefaction of various kinds of albuminous matter, and closely related to the vegetable alkaloids; a cadaveric poison. The ptomaines, as a class, have their origin in dead matter, by which they are to be distinguished from the leucomaines..

Banewort :: Banewort (n.) Deadly nightshade.

Fatal :: Fatal (a.) Causing death or destruction; deadly; mortal; destructive; calamitous; as, a fatal wound; a fatal disease; a fatal day; a fatal error..

Dead :: Dead (n.) One who is dead; -- commonly used collectively.

Lifeless :: Lifeless (a.) Destitute of life, or deprived of life; not containing, or inhabited by, living beings or vegetation; dead, or apparently dead; spiritless; powerless; dull; as, a lifeless carcass; lifeless matter; a lifeless desert; a lifeless wine; a lifeless story..

Remain :: Remain (n.) That which is left of a human being after the life is gone; relics; a dead body.

Deadbeat :: Deadbeat (a.) Making a beat without recoil; giving indications by a single beat or excursion; -- said of galvanometers and other instruments in which the needle or index moves to the extent of its deflection and stops with little or no further oscillation.

Resurgent :: Resurgent (a.) Rising again, as from the dead..

Deadly :: Deadly (a.) Capable of causing death; mortal; fatal; destructive; certain or likely to cause death; as, a deadly blow or wound..

Mortuary :: Mortuary (a.) Of or pertaining to the dead; as, mortuary monuments..

Dead-stroke :: Dead-stroke (a.) Making a stroke without recoil; deadbeat.

Dead :: Dead (a.) Lacking spirit; dull; lusterless; cheerless; as, dead eye; dead fire; dead color, etc..