DEAD AS A DOORNAIL

Meaning of DEAD AS A DOORNAIL in English

dead, showing no signs of life, stone dead

It's only a stuffed bear. It's dead as a doornail.

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

DEAD AS A DOORNAIL — {adj. phr.} Completely dead without the slightest hope of resuscitation. * /This battery is dead as a doornail; no wonder …
Slang English vocab
DEAD AS A DOORNAIL — {adj. phr.} Completely dead without the slightest hope of resuscitation. * /This battery is dead as a doornail; no wonder …
Словарь английских идиом
DEAD AS A DOORNAIL — totally dead
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
DEAD AS A DOORNAIL — dead, showing no signs of life, stone dead It's only a stuffed bear. It's dead as a doornail.
English Idioms vocab
DEAD AS A DOORNAIL — adj. phr. Completely dead without the slightest hope of resuscitation. This battery is dead as a doornail; no wonder your …
American Idioms English vocabulary
DEAD — adj., adv., & n. --adj. 1 no longer alive. 2 colloq. extremely tired or unwell. 3 benumbed; affected by loss …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DEAD — adj., adv., & n. adj. 1 no longer alive. 2 colloq. extremely tired or unwell. 3 benumbed; affected by loss …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DEAD — adj., adv., & n. --adj. 1. no longer alive. 2 colloq. extremely tired or unwell. 3 benumbed; affected by loss …
Oxford English vocab
DEAD
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
AS
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DEAD — INDEX: 1. no longer alive RELATED WORDS opposite ↑ ALIVE body of a dead person : ↑ BODY see also …
Longman Activator English vocab
DOORNAIL — noun Date: 14th century a large-headed nail
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
DEAD — I. ˈded adjective ( sometimes -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English deed, from Old English dēad; akin to Old High German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AS — I. əz, (ˈ)az adverb Etymology: Middle English as, alse, alswa, adverb & conjunction, from Old English alswā, ealswā, ælswā just …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DOORNAIL — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: Middle English dornail, from dor door + nail : a large-headed nail easily clinched for nailing doors …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DOORNAIL
Английский словарь Webster
DOORNAIL
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DOORNAIL — /dawr"nayl', dohr"-/ , n. 1. a large-headed nail formerly used for strengthening or ornamenting doors. 2. dead as a doornail …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DEAD — — deadness , n. /ded/ , adj., deader, deadest , n. , adv. adj. 1. no longer living; deprived of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
AS — as 1 /az/ ; unstressed /euhz/ , adv. 1. to the same degree, amount, or extent; similarly; equally: I don't …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DOORNAIL — n. nail with a large head formerly used to strengthen or decorate a door
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
DEAD — I. ˈded adjective Etymology: Middle English deed, from Old English dēad; akin to Old Norse dauthr dead, deyja to die, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DOORNAIL — noun Date: 14th century : a large-headed nail — used chiefly in the phrase dead as a doornail
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DOORNAIL
Webster English vocab
DEAD — adj bringing death; deadly. 2. dead ·adj destitute of life; inanimate; as, dead matter. 3. dead ·noun one who is …
Webster English vocab
DOORNAIL — ■ noun a stud in a door. Phrases ( as ) dead as a ~ dead (used for emphasis).
Concise Oxford English vocab
DOORNAIL — [door.nail] n (14c): a large-headed nail--used chiefly in the phrase dead as a doornail
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DEAD — [dead] adj [ME deed, fr. OE dead; akin to ON dauthr dead, deyja to die, OHG tot dead--more at die] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DOORNAIL — doornail BrE AmE ˈdɔː neɪ ə l AmE \ ˈdɔːr- ˈdoʊr- ▷ doornail|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
DEAD — dead BrE AmE ded ▷ deader ˈded ə AmE \ - ə r ▷ deadest ˈded ɪst -əst ▶ ˌ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
DOORNAIL — / ˈdɔːneɪl; NAmE ˈdɔːrn-/ noun • IDIOMS see dead adjective
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DEAD — / ded; NAmE / adjective , noun , adverb ■ adjective NOT ALIVE 1. no longer alive : My mother's …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AS — / əz; NAmE ; strong form æz/ preposition , adverb , conjunction ■ preposition 1. used to describe sb/sth appearing …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DOORNAIL — door ‧ nail /ˈdɔːneɪl $ ˈdɔːr-/ BrE AmE noun (as) dead as a doornail informal completely dead
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DEAD — I. dead 1 S1 W1 /ded/ BrE AmE adjective [no comparative] [ Word Family: noun : ↑ dead , ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
AS — I. as 1 S1 W1 /əz; strong æz/ BrE AmE preposition , adverb [ Language: Old English ; Origin: eallswa …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DOORNAIL — n. a nail with which doors were studded for strength or ornament. ødead as a doornail completely or unmistakably dead.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
AS — adv., conj., & pron. --adv. & conj. (adv. as antecedent in main sentence; conj. in relative clause expressed or implied) …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DOORNAIL — n. a nail with which doors were studded for strength or ornament. dead as a doornail completely or unmistakably dead.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
AS — adv., conj., & pron. adv. & conj. (adv. as antecedent in main sentence; conj. in relative clause expressed or implied) …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DOORNAIL — n. a nail with which doors were studded for strength or ornament. Phrases and idioms: dead as a doornail completely …
Oxford English vocab
AS — 1. adv., conj., & pron. --adv. & conj. (adv. as antecedent in main sentence; conj. in relative clause expressed or …
Oxford English vocab
AS — I. CONJUNCTION AND PREPOSITION USES /əz, STRONG æz/ Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DEAD — Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A person, animal, or plant that …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DOORNAIL — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE dead ▪ There we were, messing around with his things, and all the time …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DOORNAIL — [noun] [C] - See dead as a doornail at dead (NOT LIVING)
Cambridge English vocab
DEAD — (COMPLETE) [adjective] [before noun], [adverb] [not gradable] - complete(ly)The braking system enables the car to come from 100 km an …
Cambridge English vocab
DOORNAIL — • ↑ stone-dead/dead as a doornail
Longman Activator English vocab
DEAD — n. 25B6; adjective my parents are dead : PASSED ON/AWAY, expired, departed, gone, no more; late, lost, lamented; perished, fallen, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
DOORNAIL — n. ( misc. ) as dead as a ~
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
DEAD — adj. 1 deceased, defunct, extinct, gone, departed, late, lifeless, no more, Colloq done for, Slang Brit gone for a burton …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
DEAD — 1. прил. 1) а) мертвый, бездыханный; умерший, скончавшийся to drop dead ≈ неожиданно умереть (от сердечного приступа) The doctor pronounced …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
AS — (полная форма); (редуцированные формы) 1. предл. 1) в качестве; как He was employed as a teacher ≈ Он служил учителем. …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DEAD — dead.ogg 1. ded n 1. (the dead) собир. мёртвые, умершие, покойники the dead and the living - мёртвые и живые …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
AS — as.ogg _I 1. æz (полная форма); əz,z (редуцированные формы) rel pron 1. вводит придаточные определительные предложения или обороты с such …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
DOORNAIL — гвоздь для обивки дверей с большой шляпкой
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
DEAD — 1. ded n 1. (the dead) собир. мёртвые, умершие, покойники the dead and the living - мёртвые и живые to …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
AS — _I 1. æz (полная форма); əz,z (редуцированные формы) rel pron 1. вводит придаточные определительные предложения или обороты с such , …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
DEAD — 1. прил. 1) а) мертвый, бездыханный; умерший, скончавшийся ( о людях и животных ) to drop dead — неожиданно умереть …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
DEAD — 1. прил. 1) а) мертвый, бездыханный; умерший, скончавшийся (о людях и животных) to drop dead — неожиданно умереть (от сердечного приступа) The doctor pronounced …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
DEAD — 1. _a. 1> мертвый, умерший; дохлый 2> неодушевленный, неживой 3> неподвижный 4> утративший, потерявший основное свойство - dead lime - …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
AS — 1. _rel. 1> какой, который; this is the same book as I lost - это такая же книга, как та, …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
DEAD — 1. a. 1. мертвый, умерший; дохлый 2. неодушевленный, неживой 3. неподвижный 4. утративший, потерявший основное свойство - dead lime - …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
AS — 1. rel. 1. какой, который; this is the same book as I lost - это такая же книга, как та, …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed

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