| • | Deprived of life; -- opposed to alive and living; reduced to that state of a being in which the organs of motion and life have irrevocably ceased to perform their functions; as, a dead tree; a dead man. |
| • | Destitute of life; inanimate; as, dead matter. |
| • | Resembling death in appearance or quality; without show of life; deathlike; as, a dead sleep. |
| • | Still as death; motionless; inactive; useless; as, dead calm; a dead load or weight. |
| • | So constructed as not to transmit sound; soundless; as, a dead floor. |
| • | Unproductive; bringing no gain; unprofitable; as, dead capital; dead stock in trade. |
| • | Lacking spirit; dull; lusterless; cheerless; as, dead eye; dead fire; dead color, etc. |
| • | Monotonous or unvaried; as, a dead level or pain; a dead wall. |
| • | Sure as death; unerring; fixed; complete; as, a dead shot; a dead certainty. |
| • | Bringing death; deadly. |
| • | Wanting in religious spirit and vitality; as, dead faith; dead works. |
| • | Flat; without gloss; -- said of painting which has been applied purposely to have this effect. |
| • | Not brilliant; not rich; thus, brown is a dead color, as compared with crimson. |
| • | Cut off from the rights of a citizen; deprived of the power of enjoying the rights of property; as, one banished or becoming a monk is civilly dead. |
| • | Not imparting motion or power; as, the dead spindle of a lathe, etc. See Spindle. |
| • | To a degree resembling death; to the last degree; completely; wholly. |
| • | The most quiet or deathlike time; the period of profoundest repose, inertness, or gloom; as, the dead of winter. |
| • | One who is dead; -- commonly used collectively. |
| • | To make dead; to deaden; to deprive of life, force, or vigor. |
| • | To die; to lose life or force. |
