Definitions
adjective
devoid of activity
“this is a dead town; nothing ever happens here”
adjective
lacking acoustic resonance
“dead sounds characteristic of some compact discs”
adjective
lacking resilience or bounce
“a dead tennis ball”
adjective
no longer having force or relevance
“a dead issue”
adjective
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
“the nerve is dead”
adjective
not showing characteristics of life especially the capacity to sustain life; no longer exerting force or having energy or heat
“Mars is a dead planet”
adjective
not surviving in active use
“Latin is a dead language”
adjective
out of use or operation because of a fault or breakdown
“a dead telephone line”
noun
people who are no longer living
“they buried the dead”
adjective
physically inactive
“Crater Lake is in the crater of a dead volcano of the Cascade Range”
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