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The dead of winter."}],"synonyms":["deceased"],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"(usually plural) Sterile mining waste, often present as many large rocks stacked inside the workings.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":["deceased"],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To prevent by disabling; stop.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To make dead; to deaden; to deprive of life, force, or vigour.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To kill.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"adjective","definitions":[{"definition":"No longer living.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"All of my grandparents are dead."},{"definition":"Figuratively, not alive; lacking life.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(of another person) So hated that they are absolutely ignored.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"He is dead to me."},{"definition":"Doomed; marked for death (literally or as a hyperbole).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"\"You come back here this instant! Oh, you're dead, mister!\""},{"definition":"Without emotion.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"She stood with dead face and limp arms, unresponsive to my plea."},{"definition":"Stationary; static.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"a dead lift"},{"definition":"Without interest to one of the senses; dull; flat.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"a dead glass of soda."},{"definition":"Unproductive.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"dead fields"},{"definition":"(of a machine, device, or electrical circuit) Completely inactive; currently without power; without a signal.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Now that the motor's dead you can reach in and extract the spark plugs."},{"definition":"(of a battery) Unable to emit power, being discharged (flat) or faulty.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Broken or inoperable.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"That monitor is dead; don’t bother hooking it up."},{"definition":"No longer used or required.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Is this beer glass dead?"},{"definition":"Not imparting motion or power by design.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"A dead axle, also called a lazy axle, is not part of the drivetrain, but is instead free-rotating."},{"definition":"Not in play.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Once the ball crosses the foul line, it's dead."},{"definition":"(of a golf ball) Lying so near the hole that the player is certain to hole it in the next stroke.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(1800s) Tagged out.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Full and complete.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"dead giveaway"},{"definition":"Exact.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"a dead eye"},{"definition":"Experiencing pins and needles (paresthesia).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"After sitting on my hands for a while, my arms became dead."},{"definition":"Constructed so as not to transmit sound; soundless.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"a dead floor"},{"definition":"Bringing death; deadly.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Cut off from the rights of a citizen; deprived of the power of enjoying the rights of property.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"A person who is banished or who becomes a monk is civilly dead."},{"definition":"(often with \"to\") Indifferent to, no longer subject to or ruled by (sin, guilt, pleasure, etc).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":["alive","living"]},{"partOfSpeech":"adverb","definitions":[{"definition":"(degree) Exactly.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"He hit the target dead in the centre."},{"definition":"(degree) Very, absolutely, extremely.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"dead wrong; dead set; dead serious; dead drunk; dead broke; dead earnest; dead certain; dead slow; dead sure; dead simple; dead honest; dead accurate; dead easy; dead scared; dead solid; dead black; dead white; dead empty"},{"definition":"Suddenly and completely.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"He stopped dead."},{"definition":"As if dead.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"dead tired; dead quiet; dead asleep; dead pale; dead cold; dead still"}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dead"]}]