Dead

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.