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مردہ ۔ بے جان ۔ بے نور ۔ |
(1) - Dead (a.) Wanting in religious spirit and vitality; as, dead faith; dead works. (2) - Dead (a.) Destitute of life; inanimate; as, dead matter. (3) - Dead (a.) Resembling death in appearance or quality; without show of life; deathlike; as, a dead sleep. (4) - Dead (a.) Still as death; motionless; inactive; useless; as, dead calm; a dead load or weight. (5) - Dead (a.) So constructed as not to transmit sound; soundless; as, a dead floor. (6) - Dead (a.) Unproductive; bringing no gain; unprofitable; as, dead capital; dead stock in trade. (7) - Dead (a.) Lacking spirit; dull; lusterless; cheerless; as, dead eye; dead fire; dead color, etc. (8) - Dead (a.) Monotonous or unvaried; as, a dead level or pain; a dead wall. (9) - 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. (10) - Dead (a.) Bringing death; deadly. (11) - Dead (v. i.) To die; to lose life or force. (12) - Dead (a.) Flat; without gloss; -- said of painting which has been applied purposely to have this effect. (13) - Dead (a.) Not brilliant; not rich; thus, brown is a dead color, as compared with crimson. (14) - Dead (a.) Cut off from the rights of a citizen; deprived of the power of enjoying the rights of property; as, one banished or becoming a monk is civilly dead. (15) - Dead (a.) Not imparting motion or power; as, the dead spindle of a lathe, etc. See Spindle. (16) - Dead (adv.) To a degree resembling death; to the last degree; completely; wholly. (17) - Dead (n.) The most quiet or deathlike time; the period of profoundest repose, inertness, or gloom; as, the dead of winter. (18) - Dead (n.) One who is dead; -- commonly used collectively. (19) - Dead (v. t.) To make dead; to deaden; to deprive of life, force, or vigor. (20) - Dead (a.) Sure as death; unerring; fixed; complete; as, a dead shot; a dead certainty. |