Definition of dead

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Dead (a.) Flat; without gloss; -- said of painting which has been applied purposely to have this effect.

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Resurrection :: Resurrection (n.) Especially, the rising again from the dead; the resumption of life by the dead; as, the resurrection of Jesus Christ; the general resurrection of all the dead at the Day of Judgment..
Drop :: Drop (v. i.) To fall dead, or to fall in death..
Dead :: Dead (a.) 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..
Obituary :: Obituary (n.) A list of the dead, or a register of anniversary days when service is performed for the dead..
Carcass :: Carcass (n.) A dead body, whether of man or beast; a corpse; now commonly the dead body of a beast..
Deadly :: Deadly (a.) Aiming or willing to destroy; implacable; desperately hostile; flagitious; as, deadly enemies..
Flat :: Flat (superl.) Tasteless; stale; vapid; insipid; dead; as, fruit or drink flat to the taste..
Hearse :: Hearse (n.) A carriage specially adapted or used for conveying the dead to the grave.
Death's-herb :: Death's-herb (n.) The deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna).
Funeral :: Funeral (n.) The procession attending the burial of the dead; the show and accompaniments of an interment.
Cadaverous :: Cadaverous (a.) Of or pertaining to, or having the qualities of, a dead body..
Dead :: Dead (a.) Bringing death; deadly.
Dead :: Dead (a.) Sure as death; unerring; fixed; complete; as, a dead shot; a dead certainty..
Deathlike :: Deathlike (a.) Deadly.
Dead :: Dead (a.) Not imparting motion or power; as, the dead spindle of a lathe, etc. See Spindle..
Dead :: Dead (n.) The most quiet or deathlike time; the period of profoundest repose, inertness, or gloom; as, the dead of winter..
Rest :: Rest (n.) To sleep; to slumber; hence, poetically, to be dead..
Remain :: Remain (n.) The posthumous works or productions, esp. literary works, of one who is dead; as, Cecil's.
Mortmain :: Mortmain (n.) Possession of lands or tenements in, or conveyance to, dead hands, or hands that cannot alienate..
Lethiferous :: Lethiferous (a.) Deadly; bringing death or destruction.
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