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[ded] adj I

1) no longer alive

The shootings left 14 people dead.[/ex]

I raked up the dead leaves.[/ex]

The police don't know whether she's alive or dead.[/ex]

Rescue workers are still pulling dead bodies out of the rubble.[/ex]

Several children are among the dead (= people who have died).[/ex]

2) a piece of equipment that is dead is not working

The battery was completely dead.[/ex]

The phone suddenly went dead.[/ex]

3) boring because there is no activity or noise

The street seems dead without all the children.[/ex]

4) no longer important or likely to be successful

It seems that the peace process is now dead.[/ex]

5) if a part of your body is dead, you cannot feel it

My legs had gone completely dead.[/ex]

6) complete

dead silence[/ex]

The bullet hit the target dead centre (= exactly in the centre).[/ex]

The truck suddenly came to a dead stop.[/ex]

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sb wouldn't be seen dead — spoken used for saying that someone would never do something because they hate it or because it is not fashionable[/ex]

I wouldn't be seen dead in a jacket like that![/ex]

II

adv

informal dead [ded]

1) completely

You're dead right![/ex]

The package arrived dead on time.[/ex]

The editor is dead set on finishing the book by Christmas (= determined to finish it).[/ex]

2) very

Using computers is dead easy.[/ex]

III noun dead [ded] in the dead of night/winter — literary in the middle of the night or in the middle of the winter, when everything is quiet[/ex]