Definition of dead

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Dead (n.) The most quiet or deathlike time; the period of profoundest repose, inertness, or gloom; as, the dead of winter..

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Exanimate :: Exanimate (a.) Lifeless; dead.
Beat :: Beat (v. i.) A cheat or swindler of the lowest grade; -- often emphasized by dead; as, a dead beat..
Incremate :: Incremate (v. t.) To consume or reduce to ashes by burning, as a dead body; to cremate..
Dead :: Dead (n.) One who is dead; -- commonly used collectively.
Knot :: Knot (n.) A portion of a branch of a tree that forms a mass of woody fiber running at an angle with the grain of the main stock and making a hard place in the timber. A loose knot is generally the remains of a dead branch of a tree covered by later woody growth.
Toadstone :: Toadstone (n.) A local name for the igneous rocks of Derbyshire, England; -- said by some to be derived from the German todter stein, meaning dead stone, that is, stone which contains no ores..
Carrion :: Carrion (n.) The dead and putrefying body or flesh of an animal; flesh so corrupted as to be unfit for food.
Mortuary :: Mortuary (a.) Of or pertaining to the dead; as, mortuary monuments..
Inhume :: Inhume (v. t.) To deposit, as a dead body, in the earth; to bury; to inter..
Deaden :: Deaden (a.) To lessen the velocity or momentum of; to retard; as, to deaden a ship's headway..
Resurrection :: Resurrection (n.) State of being risen from the dead; future state.
Matte :: Matte (n.) A dead or dull finish, as in gilding where the gold leaf is not burnished, or in painting where the surface is purposely deprived of gloss..
Mortling :: Mortling (n.) Wool plucked from a dead sheep; morling.
Dead :: Dead (a.) Unproductive; bringing no gain; unprofitable; as, dead capital; dead stock in trade..
Sepulture :: Sepulture (n.) The act of depositing the dead body of a human being in the grave; burial; interment.
Burying Place :: Burying place () The ground or place for burying the dead; burial place.
Hearse :: Hearse (n.) A bier or handbarrow for conveying the dead to the grave.
Adipocere :: Adipocere (n.) A soft, unctuous, or waxy substance, of a light brown color, into which the fat and muscle tissue of dead bodies sometimes are converted, by long immersion in water or by burial in moist places. It is a result of fatty degeneration..
Bumper :: Bumper (n.) Anything which resists or deadens a bump or shock; a buffer.
Mortmain :: Mortmain (n.) Possession of lands or tenements in, or conveyance to, dead hands, or hands that cannot alienate..
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