Dead

  • 31dead-on — dead′ on′ adj. Informal. cvb inf exactly right; perfect • Etymology: 1885–90 …

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  • 32dead-on — [adj] accurate by the book, deadcenter, definite, direct, exact, on the button*, on the mark*, on the money*, on the nose*, precise, to the point; concept 535 …

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  • 33dead|ee — «deh DEE», noun. U.S. a portrait of a person who has died, painted from a photograph …

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  • 34dead|li|ly — «DEHD luh lee», adverb. in a deadly manner …

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  • 35dead — dead1 W1S1 [ded] adj [no comparative] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(not alive)¦ 2¦(not working)¦ 3¦(already used)¦ 4¦(boring)¦ 5¦(not active/used)¦ 6¦(arm/leg etc)¦ 7¦(no emotion)¦ 8¦(tired)¦ 9 be dead to the world …

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  • 36dead — dead1 [ ded ] adjective *** ▸ 1 no longer alive ▸ 2 not working ▸ 3 not interesting ▸ 4 no longer relevant ▸ 5 very weak/tired/sick ▸ 6 having no feeling ▸ 7 showing little emotion ▸ 8 no longer spoken ▸ 9 complete ▸ 10 in ball games ▸ 11 when… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 37dead — [[t]de̱d[/t]] ♦♦ 1) ADJ A person, animal, or plant that is dead is no longer living. You re a widow? Yes. My husband s been dead a year now. ... The group had shot dead another hostage. ...their dead brother. ...old newspapers and dead flowers.… …

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  • 38dead — 1 /ded/ adjective (no comparative) NO LONGER ALIVE OR EXISTING 1 no longer alive: Her mother had been dead for ten years. | dead leaves | dead body (=the body of a person who has died) | dead as a doornail/stone dead informal (=completely dead… …

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  • 39dead — I UK [ded] / US adjective Word forms dead : adjective dead comparative deader superlative deadest *** 1) a) no longer alive The police don t know whether she s alive or dead. He is grieving for his dead father. I raked up the dead leaves. a dead… …

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  • 40dead — deadness, n. /ded/, adj., deader, deadest, n., adv. adj. 1. no longer living; deprived of life: dead people; dead flowers; dead animals. 2. brain dead. 3. not endowed with life; inanimate: dead stones. 4. resembling death; deathlike: a dead… …

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