Definition of dead

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Dead (a.) So constructed as not to transmit sound; soundless; as, a dead floor..

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Blase :: Blase (a.) Having the sensibilities deadened by excess or frequency of enjoyment; sated or surfeited with pleasure; used up.
Breathless :: Breathless (a.) Dead; as, a breathless body..
Dead-reckoning :: Dead-reckoning (n.) See under Dead, a..
Entomb :: Entomb (v. t.) To deposit in a tomb, as a dead body; to bury; to inter; to inhume..
Graveclothes :: Graveclothes (n. pl.) The clothes or dress in which the dead are interred.
Mortling :: Mortling (n.) An animal, as a sheep, dead of disease or privation; a mortling..
Ashy :: Ashy (a.) Ash-colored; whitish gray; deadly pale.
Fatal :: Fatal (a.) Causing death or destruction; deadly; mortal; destructive; calamitous; as, a fatal wound; a fatal disease; a fatal day; a fatal error..
Deaden :: Deaden (a.) To make as dead; to impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; to lessen the force or acuteness of; to blunt; as, to deaden the natural powers or feelings; to deaden a sound..
Dead :: Dead (a.) So constructed as not to transmit sound; soundless; as, a dead floor..
Foreland :: Foreland (n.) That portion of the natural shore on the outside of the embankment which receives the stock of waves and deadens their force.
Stifle :: Stifle (v. t.) To stop; to extinguish; to deaden; to quench; as, to stifle the breath; to stifle a fire or flame..
Manes :: Manes (n. pl.) The benevolent spirits of the dead, especially of dead ancestors, regarded as family deities and protectors..
Carcass :: Carcass (n.) A dead body, whether of man or beast; a corpse; now commonly the dead body of a beast..
Stool :: Stool (n.) A small channel on the side of a vessel, for the dead-eyes of the backstays..
Parallelism :: Parallelism (n.) Similarity of construction or meaning of clauses placed side by side, especially clauses expressing the same sentiment with slight modifications, as is common in Hebrew poetry; e. g.: --//At her feet he bowed, he fell:/Where he bowed, there he fell down dead. Judg. v. 27..
Urn :: Urn (n.) A vessel of various forms, usually a vase furnished with a foot or pedestal, employed for different purposes, as for holding liquids, for ornamental uses, for preserving the ashes of the dead after cremation, and anciently for holding lots to be drawn..
Deathlike :: Deathlike (a.) Deadly.
Alive :: Alive (a.) Having life, in opposition to dead; living; being in a state in which the organs perform their functions; as, an animal or a plant which is alive..
Dead Beat :: Dead beat () See Beat, n., 7..
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