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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Feral :: Feral (a.) Funereal; deadly; fatal; dangerous.
Sleep :: Sleep (v. i.) To be dead; to lie in the grave.
Necrophobia :: Necrophobia (n.) An exaggerated fear of death or horror of dead bodies.
Body :: Body (n.) The material organized substance of an animal, whether living or dead, as distinguished from the spirit, or vital principle; the physical person..
Graveyard :: Graveyard (n.) A yard or inclosure for the interment of the dead; a cemetery.
Placebo :: Placebo (n.) The first antiphon of the vespers for the dead.
Mummy :: Mummy (n.) A dead body embalmed and dried after the manner of the ancient Egyptians; also, a body preserved, by any means, in a dry state, from the process of putrefaction..
Baleful :: Baleful (a.) Full of deadly or pernicious influence; destructive.
Cerement :: Cerement (n.) A cerecloth used for the special purpose of enveloping a dead body when embalmed.
Dead Beat :: Dead beat () See Beat, n., 7..
Deadlight :: Deadlight (n.) A strong shutter, made to fit open ports and keep out water in a storm..
Nux Vomica :: Nux vomica () The seed of Strychnos Nuxvomica, a tree which abounds on the Malabar and Coromandel coasts of the East Indies. From this seed the deadly poisons known as strychnine and brucine are obtained. The seeds are sometimes called Quaker buttons..
Dead-eye :: Dead-eye (n.) A round, flattish, wooden block, encircled by a rope, or an iron band, and pierced with three holes to receive the lanyard; -- used to extend the shrouds and stays, and for other purposes. Called also deadman's eye..
Sepulchral :: Sepulchral (a.) Of or pertaining to burial, to the grave, or to monuments erected to the memory of the dead; as, a sepulchral stone; a sepulchral inscription..
Stone :: Stone (n.) A monument to the dead; a gravestone.
Hydra-tainted :: Hydra-tainted (a.) Dipped in the gall of the fabulous hydra; poisonous; deadly.
Mortling :: Mortling (n.) Wool plucked from a dead sheep; morling.
Die :: Die (v. i.) To pass from an animate to a lifeless state; to cease to live; to suffer a total and irreparable loss of action of the vital functions; to become dead; to expire; to perish; -- said of animals and vegetables; often with of, by, with, from, and rarely for, before the cause or occasion of death; as, to die of disease or hardships; to die by fire or the sword; to die with horror at the thought..
Deaf :: Deaf (a.) Obscurely heard; stifled; deadened.
Deadlihood :: Deadlihood (n.) State of the dead.
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