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dead 
1  adj A person, animal, or plant that is dead is no longer living., (Antonym: alive)  Her husband's been dead a year now..., The group had shot dead another hostage., ...old newspapers and dead flowers.  
  The dead are people who are dead., n-plural the N 
The dead included six people attending a religious ceremony.  
2  adj If you describe a place or a period of time as dead, you do not like it because there is very little activity taking place in it., (disapproval)  ...some dead little town where the liveliest thing is the flies...  
3  adj Something that is dead is no longer being used or is finished. 
The dead cigarette was still between his fingers...  
4  adj If you say that an idea, plan, or subject is dead, you mean that people are no longer interested in it or willing to develop it any further. 
It's a dead issue, Baxter...  
5  adj A dead language is no longer spoken or written as a means of communication, although it may still be studied. 
usu ADJ n 
We used to grumble that we were wasting time learning a dead language.  
6  adj A telephone or piece of electrical equipment that is dead is no longer functioning, for example because it no longer has any electrical power. 
usu v-link ADJ 
On another occasion I answered the phone and the line went dead.  
7  adj In sport, when a ball is dead, it has gone outside the playing area, or a situation has occurred in which the game has to be temporarily stopped, and none of the players can score points or gain an advantage.  (JOURNALISM) 
8  adj Dead is used to mean `complete' or `absolute', especially before the words `centre', `silence', and `stop'. 
ADJ n  (emphasis)  They hurried about in dead silence, with anxious faces..., Lila's boat came to a dead stop.  
9  adv Dead means `precisely' or `exactly'. 
ADV prep/adv/adj  (emphasis)  Mars was visible, dead in the centre of the telescope..., Their arrows are dead on target...  
10  adv Dead is sometimes used to mean `very'. 
 (BRIT) 
INFORMAL, SPOKEN ADV adj/adv/prep  (emphasis)  I am dead against the legalisation of drugs.  
11 If you reply `Over my dead body' when a plan or action has been suggested, you are emphasizing that you dislike it, and will do everything you can to prevent it. 
INFORMAL 
♦ over my dead body  convention 
 (emphasis)  `Let's invite her to dinner.'<emdash>`Over my dead body!'  
12 If you say that something such as an idea or situation is dead and buried, you are emphasizing that you think that it is completely finished or past, and cannot happen or exist again in the future. 
♦ dead and buried  phrase v-link PHR  (emphasis)  I thought the whole business was dead and buried...  
13 If you say that a person or animal dropped dead or dropped down dead, you mean that they died very suddenly and unexpectedly. 
♦ drop (down) dead  phrase V inflects 
He dropped dead on the quayside.  
14 If you say that you feel dead or are half dead, you mean that you feel very tired or ill and very weak. 
INFORMAL 
♦ be/feel/look (half) dead  phrase v-link PHR  (emphasis)  You looked half dead after that journey...  
15 If something happens in the dead of night, at dead of night, or in the dead of winter, it happens in the middle part of the night or the winter, when it is darkest or coldest. 
LITERARY 
♦ at/in (the) dead of (the) night/winter  phrase 
We buried it in the garden at dead of night...  
16 If you say that you wouldn't be seen dead or be caught dead in particular clothes, places, or situations, you are expressing strong dislike or disapproval of them. 
INFORMAL 
♦ wouldn't be seen/caught dead  phrase PHR prep, PHR -ing  (emphasis)  I wouldn't be seen dead in a straw hat.  
17 To stop dead means to suddenly stop happening or moving. To stop someone or something dead means to cause them to suddenly stop happening or moving. 
♦ stop dead, stop sb dead  phrase V inflects 
We all stopped dead and looked at it...  
18 If you say that someone or something is dead in the water, you are emphasizing that they have failed, and that there is little hope of them being successful in the future. 
♦ dead in the water  phrase v-link PHR  (emphasis)  A `no' vote would have left the treaty dead in the water.  
19 
 →  to flog a dead horse 
 →  flog 
 →  a dead loss 
 →  loss 
 →  a dead ringer 
 →  ringer 
 →  to stop dead in  your tracks 
 →  track 



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