■ adjective
1》 no longer alive.
↘devoid of living things.
2》 (of a part of the body) numb.
↘lacking emotion, sympathy, or sensitivity.
3》 no longer relevant or important.
4》 lacking activity or excitement.
↘(of sound or a colour) dull.
5》 (of equipment) not functioning.
↘(of a glass or bottle) empty or no longer in use.
↘(of the ball in a game) out of play.
6》 complete; absolute: ~ silence.
■ adverb completely.
↘exactly.
↘straight; directly.
↘ Brit. informal very.
Phrases
be ~ meat informal be in serious trouble.
~ and buried over; finished.
~ in the water (of a ship) unable to move.
↘unable to function effectively.
the ~ of night the quietest, darkest part of the night.
the ~ of winter the coldest part of winter.
~ on one's feet informal extremely tired.
~ to the world informal fast asleep.
from the ~ from a state of death.
wouldn't be seen (or caught ) ~ in (or with, at, etc.) informal have a strong dislike of.
Derivatives
~ness noun
Origin
OE dēad , of Gmc origin: related to Ger. tot , also to die 1 .