dead
[ded]
Definition:
1. No longer alive.
2. No longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life.
3. Very tired.
'dead' example sentence:
- He felt half dead with tiredness.
- Don't speak ill of the dead.
- Vultures had pecked out the dead goat's eyes.
- Is the Western a dead art form?
- She could be dead for all I know.
- The bomb blast left 25 people dead.
- She wouldn't be seen dead in a hat.
- I decided it was safer to play dead.
- They cut away all the dead branches from the tree.
- It's a dead issue, Baxter.
- He was dead to all feelings of pity.
- He spoke feelingly about his dead father.
- If he carries on driving like that, he'll end up dead.
- My mother's dead; she died in 1987.
- My left arm had gone dead.
- The two candidates are in a dead heat in the polls.
- Winter is traditionally the dead season for the housing market.
- She saw me, recognized me and cut me dead.
- I could be dead for all he cares!
- Waitressing was a dead-end job.
- Hundreds of people are feared dead.
- He pulled the plastic covering off the dead body.
- Our bodies slough off dead cells.
- The town is a cultural dead zone.
- They are still grieving for their dead child.
- You were dead lucky to get that job.
- Suddenly the phone went dead.
- I hacked the dead branches off.
- Though the idea may be dead, it is far from being buried.
- I was dead scared.
- The group had shot dead another hostage.
- 'Is she dead?' he asked bluntly.
- He was certified dead on arrival.
- He's dead against the idea.
- She moves into our home over my dead body.
- She's dead set on getting this new job.
- Please God, don't let him be dead.
- The train was dead on time.
- You're dead right!
- Why are you so dead set against the idea?
- Urgh! There's a dead fly in my coffee!
- Why study Latin? It's a dead language.
- We need to free business from the dead hand of bureaucracy.
- The first street we tried turned out to be a dead end.
- Many believe the peace plan is dead.
- Suppose him dead—what then?
- We don't know whether he's alive or dead.
- Three people were shot dead during the robbery.
- She rubbed off the dead skin.
- Remove the dead heads to encourage new growth.
- Remove dead leaves to encourage new growth.
- He dropped dead of a heart attack.
- This treatment involves scrubbing off the top layer of dead skin.
- Two American soldiers were among the dead.
- We had come to a dead end in our research.
- There were two dead bottles of wine on the table.