dead

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   devoid of activity

   this is a dead town

2. 2
   adj

   physically inactive

   Crater Lake is in the crater of a dead volcano of the Cascade Range

3. 3
   adj

   no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life

   the nerve is dead

4. 4
   adj

   no longer having force or relevance

   a dead issue

5. 5
   adj

   out of use or operation because of a fault or breakdown

   a dead telephone line

6. 6
   adj

   lacking resilience or bounce

   a dead tennis ball

7. 7
   adj

   not surviving in active use

   Latin is a dead language

8. 8
   adj

   unerringly accurate

   a dead shot

Etymology

From Middle English ded, deed, from Old English dēad, from Proto-West Germanic *daud, from Proto-Germanic *daudaz. Compare West Frisian dead, dea, Dutch dood, German tot, Danish, Norwegian død, Norwegian Nynorsk daud.