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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Cerement :: Cerement (n.) Any shroud or wrapping for the dead.
Curarine :: Curarine (n.) A deadly alkaloid extracted from the curare poison and from the Strychnos toxifera. It is obtained in crystalline colorless salts.
Bumper :: Bumper (n.) Anything which resists or deadens a bump or shock; a buffer.
Inanimate :: Inanimate (a.) Not animate; destitute of life or spirit; lifeless; dead; inactive; dull; as, stones and earth are inanimate substances..
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.
Corpse :: Corpse (n.) The dead body of a human being; -- used also Fig.
Dead-pay :: Dead-pay (n.) Pay drawn for soldiers, or others, really dead, whose names are kept on the rolls..
Ossuary :: Ossuary (n.) A place where the bones of the dead are deposited; a charnel house.
Asphaltum :: Asphaltum (n.) Mineral pitch, Jews' pitch, or compact native bitumen. It is brittle, of a black or brown color and high luster on a surface of fracture; it melts and burns when heated, leaving no residue. It occurs on the surface and shores of the Dead Sea, which is therefore called Asphaltites, or the Asphaltic Lake. It is found also in many parts of Asia, Europe, and America. See Bitumen..
Stillborn :: Stillborn (a.) Dead at the birth; as, a stillborn child..
Benumbed :: Benumbed (a.) Made torpid; numbed; stupefied; deadened; as, a benumbed body and mind..
Resurrection :: Resurrection (n.) State of being risen from the dead; future state.
Beat :: Beat (v. i.) A cheat or swindler of the lowest grade; -- often emphasized by dead; as, a dead beat..
Stum :: Stum (n.) Unfermented grape juice or wine, often used to raise fermentation in dead or vapid wines; must..
Philomot :: Philomot (a.) Of the color of a dead leaf.
Deadening :: Deadening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deade.
Deadish :: Deadish (a.) Somewhat dead, dull, or lifeless; deathlike..
Deaden :: Deaden (a.) To lessen the velocity or momentum of; to retard; as, to deaden a ship's headway..
Smouldering :: Smouldering (a.) Being in a state of suppressed activity; quiet but not dead.
Reliquiae :: Reliquiae (n. pl.) Remains of the dead; organic remains; relics.
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