English-Thai Dictionary

dead

ADJ ซึ่ง ไม่มี ผิดพลาด  ซึ่ง ไม่ พลาด  ซึ่ง แม่นยำ  accurate sure sueng-mai-me-pid-plad

 

dead

ADJ ซึ่ง ไม่มี เสียงสะท้อน (ห้อง  ซึ่ง ไม่มี เสียงก้อง  sueng-mai-me-siang-sa-ton

 

dead

ADJ ซึ่ง ไม่ เคลื่อนไหว  แน่นิ่ง  ซึ่ง หยุดนิ่ง  ซึ่ง ไม่ ไหวติง  ซบเซา  เฉื่อยชา  นิ่ง  ended extinguished no longer felt sueng-mai-kluean-wai

 

dead

ADJ ซึ่ง ไม่ ใช้แล้ว (ภาษา  ซึ่ง สูญสิ้น  ซึ่ง ตาย ไป แล้ว  ซึ่ง เลิกใช้ แล้ว  defunct extinct no longer in use obsolete living existing sueng-mai-chai-leol

 

dead

ADJ ซึ่ง ไร้ความรู้สึก  ซึ่ง ไม่ ตอบสนอง  deadened unresponsive insensitive unsensible unfeeling numb sueng-rai-kwam-ru-suek

 

dead

ADJ ดับ (ไฟ  ซึ่ง ไม่ทำงาน  เสีย  หมด (เช่น  แบตเตอรี่  ไฟ  เป็นต้น  drained inactive inoperative not working no longer functioning no longer operating no longer productive out of operation active functioning operative working dub

 

dead

ADJ ตรง  exact precise trong

 

dead

ADJ ตาย แล้ว  ซึ่ง ไม่ มีชีวิต  ถึงแก่กรรม  ดับ  deceased departed deprived of life devoid of life gone lifeless no longer living alive living animated living vital being existing active tai-leaol

 

dead

ADJ สงบเงียบ  เงียบเชียบ  สงัด  sa-ngob

 

dead

ADJ สนิท (จอด  complete sa-nid

 

dead

ADJ สูญพันธุ์  สาบสูญ  สูญสิ้น  defunct done for extinct vanished sun-pan

 

dead

ADJ เฉื่อยชา  เงื่องหงอย  อยู่ นิ่งๆ  เกียจคร้าน  inert stagnant stagnating sluggish static inactive dull chueai-cha

 

dead

ADJ เหน็ดเหนื่อย  ซึ่ง หมดแรง  เหนื่อย มาก  เมื่อยล้า  exhausted tired ned-nueai

 

dead

ADJ เหมือน ตาย  เหมือน ไม่ มีชีวิต  ราวกับ ตาย  ราวกับ สิ้นชีวิต  resembling death deathlike muean-tai

 

dead

ADJ แท้จริง  เต็มที่  สมบูรณ์  ทั้งหมด  absolute complete thorough total utter downright tae-jing

 

dead

ADJ แห้งแล้ง  เสื่อมสภาพ  infertile barren unproductive fertile hang-lang

 

dead

ADV อย่าง ทันที  อย่าง ฉับพลัน  อย่าง ทันทีทันใด  abruptly suddenly yang-tan-te

 

dead

ADV อย่างแน่นอน  อย่างแท้จริง  อย่างมาก  อย่าง ที่สุด  ทั้งหมด  absolutely completely entirely exactly extremely perfectly utterly yang-nae-non

 

dead

N คนตาย (พหูพจน์  ผู้ตาย  dead people kon-tai

 

dead ahead

IDM ตรง ไป ข้างหน้า  มุ่ง ไป ข้างหน้า  trong-pai-kang-na

 

dead and buried

IDM สูญสิ้น  หมด ไป  sun-sia

 

dead and gone

SL ตาย  tai

 

dead cert

SL สิ่ง ที่จะ เกิดขึ้น แน่นอน  สิ่ง ที่เกิด แน่ๆ  sing-ti-ja-koed-kuen-nae-non

 

dead cinch

SL ของ ง่ายๆ  ของ กล้วยๆ  เรื่อง ง่ายๆ  เรื่อง จิ๊บจ๊อย  kong-ngi-ngi

 

dead easy

SL ง่าย มาก  สุด จะ ง่าย  ngi-mak

 

dead issue

SL เรื่อง ที่ ไม่สำคัญ อีกต่อไป  rueang-ti-mai-sam-kan-eak-tor-pai

 

dead loss

IDM ความสูญเปล่า  ความ สูญสิ้น  kwam-sun-plao

 

dead man

SL ขวด เหล้า เปล่าๆ  kuad-lao-plao-plao

 

dead marine

SL ขวด เหล้า เปล่า  kuad-lao-plao-plao

 

dead on

SL ตรงเผง  ถูกต้อง  trong-pang

 

dead on one's or its feet

IDM หมดแรง  เหนื่อย มาก  mod-rang

 

dead on one's or its feet

IDM ไม่ มีประโยชน์ อีกต่อไป  mai-me-pra-yod-eak-tol-pai

 

dead one

SL ขวด เหล้า เปล่าๆ  kuad-lao-plao-plao

 

dead set against

IDM คัดค้าน  ต่อต้าน  kad-kan

 

dead soldier

SL ขวด เหล้า เปล่า  kuad-lao-plao

 

dead to the world

IDM เหนื่อย มาก  หมดแรง  nueai-mak

 

dead to the world

SL หลับ เป็น ตาย  หลับสนิท  หลับ อุตุ  rab-pen-tai

 

dead-end kid

SL เด็ก (ชาย  ไร้ อนาคต  dek-rai-ar-na-kod

 

deadbeat

SL คน เบี้ยว (ไม่ยอม จ่าย เงิน  คน หนีหนี้  คน ไม่ยอม จ่ายหนี้  kon-biao

 

deaden

VT ทำให้ อ่อนแอ  ทำให้ ชา  ขาด ชีวิตชีวา  ตาย  lessen blunt brighten enliven tam-hai-orn-air

 

deaden with

PHRV ทำให้ ชา เพราะ (ปกติ ใช้ รูป  passive voice ทำให้ ไร้ความรู้สึก เพราะ  tam-hai-cha-phro

 

deadeye

N ลู กรอก  นัก ยิงปืน  look-lorg

 

deadhead

N ผล ของ อดีต ที่ ส่งผล ต่อ ปัจจุบัน  คนที่ มี ตั๋ว ฟรี  การ มีกรรมสิทธิ์ ใน ที่ดิน ถาวร  pon-kong-a-deed-ti-song-pon-tor-pad-ju-ban kon-ti-mi-tua-free

 

deadhouse

N สุสาน  su-sarn

 

deadlight

N ม่าน หน้าต่าง  marn-nar-tarng

 

deadline

N กำหนด เวลา สุดท้าย ที่ ต้อง ทำให้ เสร็จ  เส้นตาย  end limit kam-nod-we-la-sud-tai-ti-tong-tham-hai-sed

 

deadliness

N ความตาย  การ ไม่ เคลื่อนๆ ไหว  fatalness kwam-tai

 

deadlock

N ความล้มเหลว ใน การ แก้ไข ความขัดแย้ง  kwam-lom-leol-nai-kan-kae-kai-kwam-khad-yaeng

 

deadlock

VT ทำให้ ชะงัก  อยู่ นิ่ง กับ ที่  standstill tam-hai-cha-ngak

 

deadly

ADJ เป็นอันตราย ถึงตาย ได้  เหมือน ตาย  destrucitve mortal pen-an-ta-rai-tueng-tai-dai

 

deadly

ADV สุดขีด  เต็มที่  สมบูรณ์แบบ อย่างยิ่ง  extreme utter sud-kid

 

deadpan

SL หน้า ไร้ความรู้สึก  na-rai-kwam-ru-suek

 

deadreckoning

N การคาดการณ์  ตำแหน่ง ที่ คำนวณ การเดินเรือ  kan-kard-kan

 

deadwood

N สิ่ง ที่ ใช้ประโยชน์ อะไร ไม่ได้  คนที่ ไม่ มีประโยชน์  sing-ti-cha-i pra-yod-ar-rai-mai-dai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DEAD

a. 1. Deprived or destitute of life; that state of a being, animal or vegetable, in which the organs of motion and life have ceased to perform their functions, and have become incapable of performing them, or of being restored to a state of activity.
The men are dead who sought thy life. Exodus 4:19.
It is sometimes followed by of before the cause of death; as, dead of hunger, or of a fever.
2. Having never had life, or having been deprived of vital action before birth; as, the child was born dead.
3. Without life; inanimate.
All, all but truth, drops dead-born from the press.
4. Without vegetable life; as a dead tree.
5. Imitating death; deep or sound; as a dead sleep.
6. Perfectly still; motionless as death; as a dead calm; a dead weight.
7. Empty; vacant; not enlivened by variety; as a dead void space; a dead plain.
We say also, a dead level, for a perfectly level surface.
8. Unemployed; useless; unprofitable. A man's faculties may lie dead, or his goods remain dead on his hands. So dead capital or stock is that which produces no profit.
9. Dull; inactive; as a dead sale of commodities.
1 . Dull; gloomy; still; not enlivened; as a dead winter; a dead season.
11. Still; deep; obscure; as the dead darkness of the night.
12. Dull; not lively; not resembling life; as the dead coloring of a piece; a dead eye.
13. Dull; heavy; as a dead sound.
14. Dull; frigid; lifeless; cold; not animated; not affecting; used of prayer.
15. Tasteless; vapid; spiritless; used of liquors.
16. Uninhabited; as dead walls.
17. Dull; without natural force or efficacy; not lively or brisk; as a dead fire.
18. In a state of spiritual death; void of grace; lying under the power of sin.
19. Impotent; unable to procreate.
2 . Decayed in grace.
Thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead. Revelation 3:1.
21. Not proceeding from spiritual life; not producing good works; as, faith without works is dead. James 2:17 -26.
22. Proceeding from corrupt nature, not from spiritual life or a gracious principle; as dead works. Hebrews 9:14.
23. In law, cut off from the rights of a citizen: deprived of power of enjoying the rights of property; as one banished or becoming a monk is civilly dead.
Dead language, a language which is no longer spoken or in common use by a people, and known only in writings; as the Hebrew, Greek and Latin.
Dead rising or rising line, the parts of a ship's floor or bottom throughout her length, where the floor timber is terminated on the lower futtock.

 

DEAD

n.ded. 1. The dead signifies dead men.
Ye shall not make cuttings for the dead. Leviticus 19:28.
2. The state of the dead; or death.
This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead. Matthew 14:2.

 

DEAD

n.ded. The time when there is a remarkable stillness or gloom; depth; as in the midst of winter or of night, are familiar expressions.

 

DEAD

v.i.ded. To lose life or force.

 

DEAD

v.t.ded. To deprive of life, force or vigor.

 

DEAD-DOING

a.Destructive; killing.

 

DEAD-DRUNK

a.So drunk as to be incapable of helping one's self.

 

DEADEN

v.t.ded'n. 1. To deprive of a portion of vigor, force or sensation; to abate vigor or action; as, to deaden the force of a ball; to deaden the natural powers or feelings.
2. To blunt; to render less susceptible or feeling; as, to deaden the motion of a ship or of the wind.
3. To retard; to lessen velocity or motion; as, to deaden the motion of a ship or of the wind.
4. To diminish spirit; to make vapid or spiritless; as, to deaden wine or beer.

 

DEAD-EYE

n.ded'-eye. Among seamen, a round flattish wooden block, encircled by a rope, or an iron band, and pierced with holes, to receive the laniard, used to extend the shrouds and stays, and for other purposes.

 

DEAD-HEARTED

a.Having a dull, faint heart.

 

DEAD-HEARTEDNESS

n.Having a dull, faint heart.

 

DEAD-LIFT

n.A heavy weight; a hopeless exigency.

 

DEAD-LIGHT

n.ded'-light. A strong wooden port, made to suit a cabin window, in which it is fixed, to prevent the water from entering a ship in a storm.

 

DEADLIHOOD

n.The state of the dead.

 

DEADLINESS

n.ded'liness. The quality of being deadly.

 

DEADLY

a.ded'ly. 1. That may occasion death; mortal; fatal; destructive; as a deadly blow or wound.
2. Mortal; implacable; aiming to kill or destroy; as a deadly enemy; deadly malice a deadly feud.

 

DEADLY

adv. ded'ly. In a manner resembling death; as deadly pale or wan. 2. Mortally.
With groanings of a deadly wounded man. Ezekiel 3 :24.
3. Implacably; destructively.
4. In a vulgar or ludicrous sense, very; extremely; as a deadly cunning man.

 

DEADLY-CARROT

n.A plant of the genus Thapsia.

 

DEADLY-NIGHTSHADE

n.A plant of the genus Atropa.

 

DEADNESS

n.ded'ness. 1. Want of natural life or vital power, in an animal or plant; as the deadness of a limb, of a body, or of a tree.
2. Want of animation; dullness; languor; as the deadness of the eye.
3. Want of warmth or ardor; coldness; frigidity; as the deadness of the affections.
4. State of being incapable of conception, according to the ordinary laws of nature. Romans 4:19.
5. Indifference; mortification of the natural desires; alienation of heart from temporal pleasures; as deadness to the world.

 

DEADNETTLE

n.A plant of the genus Lamium, and another of the genus Galeopsis.

 

DEADPLEDGE

n.A mortgage or pawning of things, or thing pawned.

 

DEAD-RECKONING

n.In navigation, the judgment or estimation of the place of a ship, without any observation of the heavenly bodies; or an account of the distance she has run by the log, and of the course steered by the compass, and this rectified by due allowances for drift, lee-way, etc.

 

DEAD-STRUCK

a.Confounded; struck with horror.

 

DEADWATER

n.The eddy water closing in with a ship's stern, as she passes through the water.

 

DEADWOOD

n.Blocks of timber laid on the keel of a ship, particularly at the extremities.

 

DEADWORKS

n.The parts of a ship which are above the surface of the water, when she is balanced for a voyage.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DEAD

Dead, a. Etym: [OE. ded, dead, deed, AS. deád; akin to OS. d, D.dood, G. todt, tot, Icel. dau, Sw. & Dan. död, Goth. daubs; prop. p. p. of an old verb meaning to die. See Die, and cf. Death. ]

 

1. 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. "The queen, my lord, is dead. " Shak. The crew, all except himself, were dead of hunger. Arbuthnot. Seek him with candle, bring him dead or living. Shak.

 

2. Destitute of life; inanimate; as, dead matter.

 

3. Resembling death in appearance or quality; without show of life; deathlike; as, a dead sleep.

 

4. Still as death; motionless; inactive; useless; as, dead calm; a dead load or weight.

 

5. So constructed as not to transmit sound; soundless; as, a dead floor.

 

6. Unproductive; bringing no gain; unprofitable; as, dead capital; dead stock in trade.

 

7. Lacking spirit; dull; lusterless; cheerless; as, dead eye; dead fire; dead color, etc.

 

8. Monotonous or unvaried; as, a dead level or pain; a dead wall. "The ground is a dead flat. " C. Reade.

 

9. Sure as death; unerring; fixed; complete; as, a dead shot; a dead certainty. I had them a dead bargain. Goldsmith.

 

1 . Bringing death; deadly. Shak.

 

11. Wanting in religious spirit and vitality; as, dead faith; dead works. "Dead in trespasses." Eph. ii. 1.

 

12. (Paint. ) (a ) Flat; without gloss; -- said of painting which has been applied purposely to have this effect. (b ) Not brilliant; not rich; thus, brown is a dead color, as compared with crimson.

 

13. (Law )

 

Defn: 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.

 

14. (Mach. )

 

Defn: Not imparting motion or power; as, the dead spindle of a lathe, etc. See Spindle. Dead ahead (Naut. ), directly ahead; -- said of a ship or any object, esp. of the wind when blowing from that point toward which a vessel would go. -- Dead angle (Mil. ), an angle or space which can not be seen or defended from behind the parapet. -- Dead block, either of two wooden or iron blocks intended to serve instead of buffers at the end of a freight car. -- Dead calm (Naut. ), no wind at all. -- Dead center, or Dead point (Mach. ), either of two points in the orbit of a crank, at which the crank and connecting rod lie a straight line. It corresponds to the end of a stroke; as, A and B are dead centers of the crank mechanism in which the crank C drives, or is driven by, the lever L. -- Dead color (Paint. ), a color which has no gloss upon it. -- Dead coloring (Oil paint. ), the layer of colors, the preparation for what is to follow. In modern painting this is usually in monochrome. -- Dead door (Shipbuilding ), a storm shutter fitted to the outside of the quarter-gallery door. -- Dead flat (Naut. ), the widest or midship frame. -- Dead freight (Mar. Law ), a sum of money paid by a person who charters a whole vessel but fails to make out a full cargo. The payment is made for the unoccupied capacity. Abbott. -- Dead ground (Mining ), the portion of a vein in which there is no ore. -- Dead hand, a hand that can not alienate, as of a person civilly dead. "Serfs held in dead hand. " Morley. See Mortmain. -- Dead head (Naut. ), a rough block of wood used as an anchor buoy. -- Dead heat, a heat or course between two or more race horses, boats, etc. , in which they come out exactly equal, so that neither wins. -- Dead horse, an expression applied to a debt for wages paid in advance. [Law ] -- Dead language, a language which is no longer spoken or in common use by a people, and is known only in writings, as the Hebrew, Greek, and Latin. -- Dead letter. (a ) A letter which, after lying for a certain fixed time uncalled for at the post office to which it was directed, is then sent to the general post office to be opened. (b ) That which has lost its force or authority; as, the law has become a dead letter. -- Dead-letter office, a department of the general post office where dead letters are examined and disposed of. -- Dead level, a term applied to a flat country. -- Dead lift, a direct lift, without assistance from mechanical advantage, as from levers, pulleys, etc. ; hence, an extreme emergency. "(As we say ) at a dead lift. " Robynson (More's Utopia ). -- Dead line (Mil. ), a line drawn within or around a military prison, to cross which involves for a prisoner the penalty of being instantly shot. -- Dead load (Civil Engin. ), a constant, motionless load, as the weight of a structure, in distinction from a moving load, as a train of cars, or a variable pressure, as of wind. -- Dead march (Mus. ), a piece of solemn music intended to be played as an accompaniment to a funeral procession. -- Dead nettle (Bot. ), a harmless plant with leaves like a nettle (Lamium album ). -- Dead oil (Chem. ), the heavy oil obtained in the distillation of coal tar, and containing phenol, naphthalus, etc. -- Dead plate (Mach. ), a solid covering over a part of a fire grate, to prevent the entrance of air through that part. -- Dead pledge, a mortgage. See Mortgage. -- Dead point. (Mach. ) See Dead center. -- Dead reckoning (Naut. ), the method of determining the place of a ship from a record kept of the courses sailed as given by compass, and the distance made on each course as found by log, with allowance for leeway, etc. , without the aid of celestial observations. -- Dead rise, the transverse upward curvature of a vessel's floor. -- Dead rising, an elliptical line drawn on the sheer plan to determine the sweep of the floorheads throughout the ship's length. -- Dead-Sea apple. See under Apple. -- Dead set. See under Set. -- Dead shot. (a ) An unerring marksman. (b ) A shot certain to be made. -- Dead smooth, the finest cut made; -- said of files. -- Dead wall (Arch. ), a blank wall unbroken by windows or other openings. -- Dead water (Naut. ), the eddy water closing in under a ship's stern when sailing. -- Dead weight. (a ) A heavy or oppressive burden. Dryden. (b ) (Shipping ) A ship's lading, when it consists of heavy goods; or, the heaviest part of a ship's cargo. (c ) (Railroad ) The weight of rolling stock, the live weight being the load. Knight. -- Dead wind (Naut. ), a wind directly ahead, or opposed to the ship's course. -- To be dead, to die. [Obs. ] I deme thee, thou must algate be dead. Chaucer.

 

Syn. -- Inanimate; deceased; extinct. See Lifeless.

 

DEAD

DEAD Dead, adv.

 

Defn: To a degree resembling death; to the last degree; completely; wholly. [Colloq. ] I was tired of reading, and dead sleepy. Dickens. Dead drunk, so drunk as to be unconscious.

 

DEAD

DEAD Dead, n.

 

1. The most quiet or deathlike time; the period of profoundest repose, inertness, or gloom; as, the dead of winter. When the drum beat at dead of night. Campbell.

 

2. One who is dead; -- commonly used collectively. And Abraham stood up from before his dead. Gen. xxiii. 3.

 

DEAD

DEAD Dead, v. t.

 

Defn: To make dead; to deaden; to deprive of life, force, or vigor. [Obs. ] Heaven's stern decree, With many an ill, hath numbed and deaded me. Chapman.

 

DEAD

DEAD Dead, v. i.

 

Defn: To die; to lose life or force. [Obs. ] So iron, as soon as it is out of the fire, deadeth straightway. Bacon.

 

DEAD BEAT

DEAD BEAT Dead ` beat ".

 

Defn: See Beat, n., 7. [Low, U.S.]

 

DEADBEAT

DEADBEAT Dead "beat `, a. (Physics )

 

Defn: Making a beat without recoil; giving indications by a single beat or excursion; -- said of galvanometers and other instruments in which the needle or index moves to the extent of its deflection and stops with little or no further oscillation. Deadbeat escapement. See under Escapement.

 

DEADBORN

DEADBORN Dead "born `, a.

 

Defn: Stillborn. Pope.

 

DEADEN

Dead "en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deadened; p. pr. & vb. n. Deadening.]Etym: [From Dead; cf. AS. d to kill, put to death. See Dead, a.]

 

1. To make as dead; to impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; to lessen the force or acuteness of; to blunt; as, to deaden the natural powers or feelings; to deaden a sound.

 

As harper lays his open palm Upon his harp, to deaden its vibrations. Longfellow.

 

2. To lessen the velocity or momentum of; to retard; as, to deaden a ship's headway.

 

3. To make vapid or spiritless; as, to deaden wine.

 

4. To deprive of gloss or brilliancy; to obscure; as, to deaden gilding by a coat of size.

 

DEADENER

DEADENER Dead "en *er, n.

 

Defn: One who, or that which, deadens or checks.

 

DEAD-EYE

DEAD-EYE Dead "-eye `, n. (Naut. )

 

Defn: A round, flattish, wooden block, encircled by a rope, or an iron band, and pierced with three holes to receive the lanyard; -- used to extend the shrouds and stays, and for other purposes. Called also deadman's eye. Totten.

 

DEADHEAD

DEADHEAD Dead "head `, n.

 

1. One who receives free tickets for theaters, public conveyances, etc. [Colloq. U. S.]

 

2. (Naut. )

 

Defn: A buoy. See under Dead, a.

 

DEADHEARTED; DEAD-HEARTED

DEADHEARTED; DEAD-HEARTED Dead "*heart `ed, a.

 

Defn: Having a dull, faint heart; spiritless; listless. -- Dead "*heart `ed *ness, n. Bp. Hall.

 

DEADHOUSE

DEADHOUSE Dead "house `, n.

 

Defn: A morgue; a place for the temporary reception and exposure of dead bodies.

 

DEADISH

DEADISH Dead "ish, a.

 

Defn: Somewhat dead, dull, or lifeless; deathlike. The lips put on a deadish paleness. A. Stafford.

 

DEADLATCH

DEADLATCH Dead "latch `, n.

 

Defn: A kind of latch whose bolt may be so locked by a detent that it can not be opened from the inside by the handle, or from the outside by the latch key. Knight.

 

DEADLIGHT

DEADLIGHT Dead "light `, n. (Naut. )

 

Defn: A strong shutter, made to fit open ports and keep out water in a storm.

 

DEADLIHOOD

DEADLIHOOD Dead "li *hood, n.

 

Defn: State of the dead. [Obs. ]

 

DEADLINESS

DEADLINESS Dead "li *ness, n.

 

Defn: The quality of being deadly.

 

DEADLOCK

DEADLOCK Dead "lock `, n.

 

1. A lock which is not self-latching, but requires a key to throw the bolt forward.

 

2. A counteraction of things, which produces an entire stoppage; a complete obstruction of action. Things are at a deadlock. London Times. The Board is much more likely to be at a deadlock of two to two. The Century.

 

DEADLY

DEADLY Dead "ly, a.

 

1. Capable of causing death; mortal; fatal; destructive; certain or likely to cause death; as, a deadly blow or wound.

 

2. Aiming or willing to destroy; implacable; desperately hostile; flagitious; as, deadly enemies. Thy assailant is quick, skillful, and deadly. Shak.

 

3. Subject to death; mortal. [Obs. ] The image of a deadly man. Wyclif (Rom. i. 23 ). Deadly nightshade (Bot. ), a poisonous plant; belladonna. See under Nightshade.

 

DEADLY

DEADLY Dead "ly, adv.

 

1. In a manner resembling, or as if produced by, death. "Deadly pale. " Shak.

 

2. In a manner to occasion death; mortally. The groanings of a deadly wounded man. Ezek. xxx. 24.

 

3. In an implacable manner; destructively.

 

4. Extremely. [Obs. ] "Deadly weary. " Orrery. "So deadly cunning a man. " Arbuthnot.

 

DEADNESS

DEADNESS Dead "ness, n.

 

Defn: The state of being destitute of life, vigor, spirit, activity, etc. ; dullness; inertness; languor; coldness; vapidness; indifference; as, the deadness of a limb, a body, or a tree; the deadness of an eye; deadness of the affections; the deadness of beer or cider; deadness to the world, and the like.

 

DEAD-PAY

DEAD-PAY Dead "-pay `, n.

 

Defn: Pay drawn for soldiers, or others, really dead, whose names are kept on the rolls. O you commanders, That, like me, have no dead-pays. Massinger.

 

DEAD-RECKONING

DEAD-RECKONING Dead "-reck `on *ing, n. (Naut. )

 

Defn: See under Dead, a.

 

DEADS

DEADS Deads, n. pl. (Mining )

 

Defn: The substances which inclose the ore on every side.

 

DEAD-STROKE

DEAD-STROKE Dead "-stroke `, a. (Mech. )

 

Defn: Making a stroke without recoil; deadbeat. Dead-stroke hammer (Mach. ), a power hammer having a spring interposed between the driving mechanism and the hammer head, or helve, to lessen the recoil of the hammer and reduce the shock upon the mechanism.

 

DEADWOOD

DEADWOOD Dead "wood `, n.

 

1. (Naut. )

 

Defn: A mass of timbers built into the bow and stern of a vessel to give solidity.

 

2. Dead trees or branches; useless material.

 

DEADWORKS

DEADWORKS Dead "works `, n. pl. (Naut. )

 

Defn: The parts of a ship above the water when she is laden.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

dead

dead |ded dɛd | ▶adjective 1 no longer alive: a dead body | [ as complement ] : he was shot dead. • (of a part of the body ) having lost sensation; numb. • having or displaying no emotion, sympathy, or sensitivity: a cold, dead voice. • no longer current, relevant, or important: pollution had become a dead issue. • devoid of living things: a dead planet. • resembling death: a dead faint. • (of a place or time ) characterized by a lack of activity or excitement: Brussels isn't dead after dark, if you know where to look. • (of money ) not financially productive. • (of sound ) without resonance; dull. • (of a color ) not glossy or bright. • (of a piece of equipment ) no longer functioning, esp. because of a fault: the phone had gone dead. • (of an electric circuit or conductor ) carrying or transmitting no current: the batteries are dead. • no longer burning: the fire had been dead for some days. • (of air or water ) not circulating; stagnant. • (of a glass or bottle ) empty or no longer being used. • (of the ball in a game ) out of play. See also dead ball. • (of a playing field, ball, or other surface ) lacking springiness or bounce. 2 [ attrib. ] complete; absolute: we sat in dead silence. ▶adverb [ often as submodifier ] absolutely; completely: you're dead right | he was dead against the idea. • exactly: they arrived dead on time. • straight; directly: red flares were seen dead ahead. • Brit. informal very: omelets are dead easy to prepare. ▶noun (as plural noun the dead ) those who have died. PHRASES dead and buried over; finished: the incident is dead and buried. ( as ) dead as a (or the ) dodo see dodo. ( as ) dead as a doornail see doornail. dead from the neck up informal stupid. dead in the water (of a ship ) unable to move. • unable to function effectively: the economy is dead in the water. dead meat informal in serious trouble: if anyone finds out, you're dead meat. the dead of night the quietest, darkest part of the night. the dead of winter the coldest part of winter. dead on exactly right: her judgment was dead on. dead on arrival used to describe a person who is declared dead immediately upon arrival at a hospital. • (of an idea, etc. ) declared ineffective without ever having been put into effect: why are people pronouncing the plan dead on arrival in the legislature? dead on one's feet informal extremely tired. dead set against informal strongly opposed to: they were dead set against seeing any more open spaces divided up. dead to rights informal in the act of doing something wrong; red-handed: he had me dead to rights, so I meekly suffered the rebuke. dead to the world informal fast asleep. from the dead from a state of death: Christ rose from the dead. • from a period of obscurity or inactivity: the cartoon brought animation back from the dead. make a dead set at see set 2. over my dead body see body. stop dead (or stop someone dead ) stop (or cause to stop ) suddenly or abruptly: Rob stopped dead and turned to face me | the sight stopped him dead in his tracks. wouldn't be seen (or caught ) dead informal used to express strong dislike for a particular thing: James Bond wouldn't be caught dead wearing a paper napkin bib. DERIVATIVES dead ness noun ORIGIN Old English dēad, of Germanic origin: related to Dutch dood and German tot, also to die 1 .

 

dead air

dead air ▶noun an unintended interruption of the video or audio signal during a television or radio broadcast.

 

dead ball

dead ball ▶noun Sports a ball that has gone out of play or is declared to be out of play.

 

dead-ball line

dead-ball line ▶noun Soccer the part of the goal line to either side of the goal.

 

dead bat

dead bat ▶noun Cricket a bat held loosely so that the ball falls to the ground immediately when struck.

 

deadbeat

dead beat |ˈdedˌbēt ˈdɛdˌbit | ▶noun informal a person who tries to evade paying debts. • an idle, feckless, or disreputable person. ▶adjective (of a clock escapement or other mechanism ) without recoil.

 

deadbolt

dead bolt |ˈdedˌbōlt ˈdɛdˈboʊlt | ▶noun a bolt engaged by turning a knob or key, rather than by spring action.

 

dead cat bounce

dead cat bounce |ˈdɛd ˈkæt ˌbaʊns | ▶noun Stock Market a temporary recovery in share prices after a substantial fall, caused by speculators buying in order to cover their positions.

 

dead center

dead cen ter ▶noun the position of a crank when it is in line with the connecting rod and not exerting torque.

 

dead duck

dead duck ▶noun informal a person or thing that is useless, unsuccessful, defunct, etc.: totalitarianism is a dead duck, he says. ORIGIN from the old saying “never waste powder on a dead duck. ”

 

deaden

dead en |ˈdedn ˈdɛdn | ▶verb [ with obj. ] make (a noise or sensation ) less intense: ether was used to deaden the pain. • deprive of the power of sensation: diabetes can deaden the nerve endings. • deprive of force or vitality; stultify: the syllabus has deadened the teaching process | (as adj. deadening ) : a deadening routine. • make (someone ) insensitive to something: laughter might deaden us to the moral issue. DERIVATIVES dead en er noun

 

dead end

dead end |ˈdɛd ˈɛnd | ▶noun an end of a road or passage from which no exit is possible; a cul-de-sac: the path came to a dead end . • a road or passage having such an end. • a situation offering no prospects of progress or development: [ as modifier ] : a dead-end job. ▶verb [ no obj. ] (dead-end ) (of a road or passage ) come to a dead end: he kept walking, until the corridor dead-ended.

 

deadeye

dead eye |ˈdedˌī ˈdɛdaɪ | ▶noun 1 Sailing a circular wooden block with a groove around the circumference to take a lanyard, used singly or in pairs to tighten a shroud. 2 informal an expert marksman.

 

deadfall

dead fall |ˈdedˌfôl ˈdɛdfɔl | ▶noun 1 a trap consisting of a heavy weight positioned to fall on an animal. 2 a tangled mass of fallen trees and brush. • a fallen tree.

 

dead hand

dead hand ▶noun an undesirable persisting influence: the dead hand of government control.

 

deadhead

dead head |ˈdedˌhed ˈdedhed | ▶noun 1 ( Deadhead ) a fan and follower of the rock group the Grateful Dead. [ as modifier ] : the Deadhead hard core shadows the band, selling tie-dyes and beads. 2 informal a commercial carrier with no paying passengers or freight on a trip. • a passenger or member of an audience with a free ticket. • informal a boring or unenterprising person. 3 a sunken or partially submerged log. ▶verb 1 [ no obj. ] informal (of a commercial driver, etc. ) complete a trip without paying passengers or freight: trucks deadheading into California to pick up outbound loads. • ride (in a plane or other vehicle ) without paying for a ticket: he calls his airline and gets a seat on the red-eye to deadhead to Boston. 2 [ with obj. ] remove dead flower heads from (a plant ) to encourage further blooming.

 

dead heat

dead heat |ˈdɛd ˈhit | ▶noun a situation in or result of a race in which two or more competitors are exactly even. ▶verb [ no obj. ] (dead-heat ) run or finish a race exactly even.

 

dead language

dead lan guage ▶noun a language no longer in everyday spoken use, such as Latin.

 

dead leg

dead leg ▶noun 1 an injury caused by a numbing blow with the knee to a person's upper leg. 2 a length of pipe running from a hot water cylinder to the hot taps. ▶verb ( dead-leg ) [ with obj. ] informal give (someone ) a numbing blow to the upper leg with one's knee.

 

dead letter

dead let ter |ˈdɛd ˈlɛdər | ▶noun 1 a letter that is undeliverable and unreturnable, typically one with an incorrect address. 2 a law or treaty that has not been repealed but is ineffectual or defunct in practice. • a thing that is impractical or obsolete: theoretical reasoning is a dead letter to a child.

 

dead letter box

dead letter box ▶noun a place where messages can be left and collected without the sender and recipient meeting.

 

dead lift

dead lift ▶noun Weightlifting a lift made from a standing position, without the use of a bench or other equipment.

 

deadlight

dead light |ˈdedˌlīt ˈdɛdlaɪt | ▶noun 1 a protective cover or shutter fitted over a porthole or window on a ship. 2 a skylight designed not to be opened.

 

deadline

dead line |ˈdedˌlīn ˈdɛdˌlaɪn | ▶noun 1 the latest time or date by which something should be completed: the deadline for submissions is February 5th. 2 historical a line drawn around a prison beyond which prisoners were liable to be shot.

 

dead load

dead load ▶noun the intrinsic weight of a structure or vehicle, excluding the weight of passengers or goods. Often contrasted with live load.

 

deadlock

dead lock |ˈdedˌläk ˈdɛdˌlɑk | ▶noun 1 [ in sing. ] a situation, typically one involving opposing parties, in which no progress can be made: an attempt to break the deadlock . • a situation in a contest or game where the scores are equal: Ashton broke the deadlock with a penalty after 15 minutes. 2 British term for deadbolt. ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 [ no obj. ] cause (a situation or opposing parties ) to come to a point where no progress can be made because of fundamental disagreement: the jurors were deadlocked on six charges. • (be deadlocked ) (of a contest or game ) be in a tie: with the score still deadlocked at three-three. 2 Brit. secure (a door ) with a deadlock.

 

dead loss

dead loss |ˈdɛd ˈlɔs | ▶noun a venture or situation that produces no profit whatsoever. • informal, chiefly Brit. a person or thing that is completely useless.

 

deadly

dead ly |ˈdedlē ˈdɛdli | ▶adjective ( deadlier, deadliest ) causing or able to cause death: a deadly weapon. • filled with hate: his voice was cold and deadly. • (typically in the context of shooting or sports ) extremely accurate, effective, or skillful: his aim is deadly. • informal extremely boring: he's well meaning, but so utterly deadly. • [ attrib. ] complete; total: she was in deadly earnest. ▶adverb [ as submodifier ] in a way resembling or suggesting death; as if dead: her skin was deadly pale. • extremely: a deadly serious remark. DERIVATIVES dead li ness noun ORIGIN Old English dēadlīc ‘mortal, in danger of death ’ (see dead, -ly 1 ).

 

deadly nightshade

dead ly night shade |ˈdɛdli ˈnaɪtˌʃeɪd | ▶noun a poisonous bushy Eurasian plant with drooping purple flowers and black cherrylike fruit. Also called belladonna. [Atropa belladonna, family Solanaceae. ]

 

deadly sin

dead ly sin |ˈdɛdli sɪn | ▶noun (in Christian tradition ) a sin regarded as leading to damnation, esp. one of a traditional list of seven. See seven deadly sins.

 

deadman

dead man |ˈdedˌman ˈdɛdmæn | ▶noun an object buried in or secured to the ground for the purpose of providing anchorage or leverage.

 

dead man's fingers

dead man's fin gers ▶plural noun 1 a soft coral that has spongy lobes stiffened by calcareous spines. When found washed up on the beach it is said to resemble the fingers of a corpse. [Alcyonium digitatum, order Alcyonacea. ] 2 a fungus that produces clumps of dull black, irregular, fingerlike fruiting bodies at the bases of dead tree stumps in both Eurasia and North America. [Xylaria polymorpha, family Xylariaceae, phylum Ascomycota. ] 3 informal the fingerlike divisions of a lobster's or crab's gills.

 

dead-man's float

dead-man's float ▶noun a floating position, often used by beginning swimmers, in which a person lies face down in the water with arms outstretched or extended forward and legs extended backward.

 

dead man's handle

dead man's han dle (also dead man's pedal ) ▶noun (esp. in a diesel or electric train ) a lever that acts as a safety device by shutting off power when not held in place by the driver.

 

dead march

dead march ▶noun a slow, solemn piece of music suitable to accompany a funeral procession.

 

dead-nettle

dead-net tle ▶noun an Old World plant of the mint family, with leaves that resemble those of a nettle but lack stinging hairs. [Lamium and related genera, family Labiatae: several species, including the common white dead-nettle (L. album ).]

 

deadpan

dead pan |ˈdedˌpan ˈdɛdˌpæn | ▶adjective deliberately impassive or expressionless: answers his phone in a deadpan tone | deadpan humor. ▶adverb in a deadpan manner. ▶verb ( deadpans, deadpanning, deadpanned ) [ with direct speech ] say something amusing while affecting a serious manner: “I'm an undercover dentist, ” he deadpanned.

 

dead reckoning

dead reck on ing ▶noun the process of calculating one's position, esp. at sea, by estimating the direction and distance traveled rather than by using landmarks, astronomical observations, or electronic navigation methods.

 

dead ringer

dead ring er ▶noun a person or thing that seems exactly like someone or something else: he is a dead ringer for his late papa.

 

deadrise

dead rise |ˈdedˌrīz ˈdɛdraɪz | ▶noun the vertical distance between a line horizontal to the keel of a vessel and its chine.

 

Dead Sea

Dead Sea a salt lake or inland sea in the Jordan valley, on the Israel –Jordan border. Its surface is 1,300 feet (400 m ) below sea level.

 

Dead Sea scrolls

Dead Sea scrolls a collection of Hebrew and Aramaic manuscripts discovered in pottery storage jars in caves near Qumran between 1947 and 1956. Thought to have been hidden by the Essenes or a similar Jewish sect shortly before the revolt against Roman rule ad 66 –70, the scrolls include texts of many books of the Bible; they are some 1,000 years older than previously known versions.

 

dead set

dead set ▶noun see set 2 ( sense 2 ).

 

dead shot

dead shot ▶noun an extremely accurate marksman or markswoman.

 

deadstick landing

dead stick land ing |ˈdedˌstik ˌdɛdstɪk ˈlændɪŋ | ▶noun an unpowered landing of an aircraft.

 

deadstock

dead |stock |ˈdɛdstɒk | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the machinery used on a farm, as opposed to the livestock. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: on the pattern of livestock .

 

dead time

dead time ▶noun time in which someone or something is inactive or unable to act productively. • Physics the period after the recording of a particle or pulse when a detector is unable to record another.

 

dead water

dead wa ter ▶noun still water without any current.

 

dead weight

dead weight (also deadweight ) ▶noun the weight of an inert person or thing: the net was a dead weight on his shoulders. • a heavy or oppressive burden: the past was just so much dead weight, excess baggage. • the total weight of cargo, stores, etc. , that a ship carries or can carry at a particular draft. • another term for dead load. • Farming animals sold by the estimated weight of salable meat that they will yield. • [ usu. as modifier ] Economics losses incurred because of the inefficient allocation of resources, esp. through taxation or restriction: a dead-weight burden .

 

dead white

dead white ▶noun [ mass noun ] a flat, lustreless white.

 

dead white European male

dead white Eu ro pe an male |dɛd (h )waɪt ˈˌjərəˈˌpiən |(also dead white male ) ▶noun informal a writer, philosopher, or other significant figure whose importance and talents may have been exaggerated by virtue of his belonging to a historically dominant gender and ethnic group.

 

Deadwood

Dead wood |ˈdedˌwo͝od ˈdɛdwʊd | a city in western South Dakota, in the Black Hills, known for its 1870s gold rush and Boot Hill cemetery; pop. 1,283 (est. 2008 ).

 

deadwood

dead wood |ˈdedˌwo͝od ˈdɛdwʊd | ▶noun a branch or part of a tree that is dead. • people or things that are no longer useful or productive.

 

dead zone

dead zone ▶noun 1 a place or period in which nothing happens or in which no life exists. • an area of the ocean that is depleted of oxygen, frequently due to pollution. 2 a place where it is not possible to receive a mobile-phone or radio signal.

 

Oxford Dictionary

dead

dead |dɛd | ▶adjective 1 no longer alive: a dead body | [ as complement ] : he was shot dead by terrorists | (as plural noun the dead ) : there was no time to bury the dead with decency. • (of a part of the body ) having lost sensation; numb. • lacking emotion, sympathy, or sensitivity: a cold, dead voice. • no longer current, relevant, or important: pollution had become a dead issue. • devoid of living things: a dead planet. • (of a place or time ) characterized by a lack of activity or excitement: Brussels isn't dead after dark, if you know where to look. • (of money ) not financially productive. • (of sound ) without resonance; dull. • (of a colour ) not glossy or bright. • (of a piece of equipment ) no longer functioning: the phone had gone dead. • (of an electric circuit or conductor ) carrying or transmitting no current: the batteries are dead. • no longer alight: the fire had been dead for some days. • (of a glass or bottle ) empty or no longer being used. • (of the ball in a game ) out of play. See also dead ball. • (of a cricket pitch or other surface ) lacking springiness or bounce. 2 [ attrib. ] complete; absolute: we sat in dead silence. ▶adverb [ often as submodifier ] absolutely; completely: you're dead right | he was dead against the idea. • exactly: they arrived dead on time. • straight; directly: red flares were seen dead ahead. • Brit. informal very: omelettes are dead easy to prepare. PHRASES dead and buried over; finished: the incident is dead and buried. ( as ) dead as a (or the ) dodo see dodo. ( as ) dead as a doornail see doornail. ( as ) dead as mutton see mutton. dead from the neck up informal stupid. dead in the water (of a ship ) unable to move. • unable to function effectively: the economy is dead in the water. dead meat informal used to suggest someone is in serious trouble: if anyone finds out, you're dead meat. the dead of night the quietest, darkest part of the night. the dead of winter the coldest part of winter. dead on exactly right: her judgement was dead on. dead on one's feet informal extremely tired. dead to the world informal fast asleep. from the dead from a state of death: according to Christian belief, Jesus rose from the dead three days later. • from a period of obscurity or inactivity: the cartoon brought animation back from the dead. make a dead set at see set 2. more dead than alive (of a person ) hurt and in a very poor state: he was breathing, but more dead than alive. over my dead body see body. stop dead (or stop someone dead ) stop (or cause to stop ) suddenly or abruptly: Rob stopped dead and turned to face me | the sight stopped him dead in his tracks. wouldn't be seen (or caught ) dead informal used to express strong dislike for a particular thing: I wouldn't be seen dead in a navy suit | she wouldn't be seen dead shopping with her mother. DERIVATIVES deadness noun ORIGIN Old English dēad, of Germanic origin: related to Dutch dood and German tot, also to die 1 .

 

dead air

dead air ▶noun [ mass noun ] a period during which the signal of a television or radio broadcast is unintentionally interrupted, so that no material is transmitted.

 

dead ball

dead ball ▶noun (in ball games ) a ball that has gone out of play or is declared to be out of play. • [ as modifier ] Soccer involving a restart of the game by kicking a stationary ball, e.g. by a free kick: dead-ball situations.

 

dead-ball line

dead-ball line ▶noun 1 Rugby a line behind the goal line, beyond which the ball is out of play. 2 Soccer the byline.

 

dead bat

dead bat ▶noun Cricket a bat held loosely so that the ball falls to the ground immediately when struck.

 

deadbeat

dead |beat |ˈdɛdbiːt | ▶adjective 1 (dead beat ) informal completely exhausted: I must go to bed —I'm dead beat. 2 (of a clock escapement or other mechanism ) without recoil. ▶noun informal an idle, feckless, or disreputable person. • N. Amer. a person who tries to evade paying their debts.

 

deadbolt

dead |bolt |ˈdɛdbəʊlt | ▶noun a bolt engaged by turning a knob or key, rather than by spring action.

 

dead cat bounce

dead cat bounce ▶noun Stock Exchange a temporary recovery in share prices after a substantial fall, caused by speculators buying in order to cover their positions.

 

dead centre

dead centre ▶noun the exact centre of something: Kansas, the dead centre of the USA | [ as adv. ] : most notebooks have a logo sitting dead centre. • the position of a crank when it is in line with the connecting rod and not exerting torque.

 

dead duck

dead duck ▶noun informal a person or thing that is defunct or has no chance of success: travel promotions are a dead duck as far as marketing directors are concerned. ORIGIN from the old saying ‘never waste powder on a dead duck ’.

 

deaden

dead ¦en |ˈdɛd (ə )n | ▶verb [ with obj. ] make (a noise or sensation ) less strong or intense: ether was used to deaden the pain. • deprive of the power of sensation: diabetes can deaden the nerve endings. • deprive of force or vitality; stultify: the syllabus has deadened the teaching process | (as adj. deadening ) : a deadening routine. • make (someone ) insensitive to something: laughter might deaden us to the moral issue. DERIVATIVES deadener noun

 

dead end

dead end ▶noun an end of a road or passage from which no exit is possible: the path came to a dead end . • a road or passage from which no exit is possible. • a situation offering no prospects of progress or development: their relationship had reached a dead end | [ as modifier ] : a dead-end street. ▶verb [ no obj. ] ( dead-end ) N. Amer. (of a road or passage ) come to a dead end: he kept walking, until the corridor dead-ended.

 

deadeye

dead |eye |ˈdɛdʌɪ | ▶noun 1 Sailing a circular wooden block with a groove round the circumference to take a lanyard, used singly or in pairs to tighten a shroud. 2 informal, chiefly N. Amer. an expert marksman.

 

deadfall

dead |fall |ˈdɛdfɔːl | ▶noun N. Amer. 1 a trap consisting of a heavy weight positioned to fall on an animal. 2 [ mass noun ] a tangled mass of fallen trees and brush. • [ count noun ] a fallen tree. 3 informal a disreputable drinking place.

 

dead hand

dead hand ▶noun an undesirable persisting influence: the dead hand of state control.

 

deadhead

dead |head |ˈdɛdhɛd | ▶noun 1 Brit. a faded flower head. 2 informal a boring or unenterprising person. • chiefly N. Amer. a passenger or member of an audience with a free ticket. 3 a sunken or partially submerged log. 4 ( Deadhead ) informal a fan of the rock group the Grateful Dead. ▶verb 1 [ with obj. ] remove dead flower heads from (a plant ): deadhead and spray rose bushes. 2 [ no obj. ] N. Amer. informal (of a commercial driver ) complete a trip in a train or other vehicle with no passengers or cargo: they deadhead back to Denver on eastbound trains.

 

dead heat

dead heat ▶noun a situation in which two or more competitors in a race are exactly level. ▶verb ( dead-heat ) [ no obj. ] run or finish a race exactly level.

 

dead language

dead lan |guage ▶noun a language which is no longer in everyday spoken use, such as Latin.

 

dead leg

dead leg ▶noun 1 an injury caused by a numbing blow with the knee to a person's upper leg. 2 a length of pipe running from a hot water cylinder to the hot taps. ▶verb ( dead-leg ) [ with obj. ] informal give (someone ) a numbing blow to the upper leg with one's knee.

 

dead letter

dead let ¦ter ▶noun 1 a law or treaty which has not been repealed but is ineffectual or defunct in practice. • a thing which is unimportant or obsolete: theoretical reasoning is a dead letter to a child. 2 chiefly N. Amer. an unclaimed or undelivered piece of mail.

 

dead letter box

dead letter box ▶noun a place where messages can be left and collected without the sender and recipient meeting.

 

dead lift

dead lift ▶noun Weightlifting a lift made from a standing position, without the use of a bench or other equipment.

 

deadlight

dead |light |ˈdɛdlʌɪt | ▶noun 1 a protective cover or shutter fitted over a porthole or window on a ship. 2 US a skylight designed not to be opened.

 

deadline

dead |line |ˈdɛdlʌɪn | ▶noun 1 the latest time or date by which something should be completed. 2 historical a line drawn around a prison beyond which prisoners were liable to be shot.

 

dead load

dead load ▶noun the intrinsic weight of a structure or vehicle, excluding the weight of passengers or goods. Often contrasted with live load.

 

deadlock

dead |lock |ˈdɛdlɒk | ▶noun 1 [ in sing. ] a situation, typically one involving opposing parties, in which no progress can be made. • a situation in a game or match where the scores are level: Ashton broke the deadlock with a penalty after 15 minutes. 2 Brit. a type of lock requiring a key to open and close it, as distinct from a spring lock. ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 [ no obj. ] cause (a situation or opposing parties ) to come to a point where no progress can be made because of fundamental disagreement: the meeting is deadlocked. • (be deadlocked ) (of a game or match ) be tied, with the score level. 2 Brit. secure (a door ) with a deadlock.

 

dead loss

dead loss ▶noun a venture or situation which produces no profit. • informal, chiefly Brit. a person or thing that is completely useless.

 

deadly

dead ¦ly |ˈdɛdli | ▶adjective ( deadlier, deadliest ) 1 causing or able to cause death: a deadly weapon. • filled with hate: his voice was cold and deadly. • extremely accurate, effective, or skilful: his aim is deadly. • Brit. informal extremely boring: my end of the theatre is deadly at the moment. • [ attrib. ] complete; total: she was in deadly earnest. 2 Irish & Austral. informal very good; excellent: it's a great town and the pubs are deadly. ▶adverb [ as submodifier ] in a way resembling or suggesting death; as if dead: her skin was deadly pale. • extremely: a deadly serious remark. DERIVATIVES deadliness noun ORIGIN Old English dēadlīc ‘mortal, in danger of death ’ (see dead, -ly 1 ).

 

deadly nightshade

dead ¦ly night |shade |dɛdliˈnʌɪtʃeɪd | ▶noun a poisonous bushy Eurasian plant with drooping purple flowers and black cherry-like fruit. Also called belladonna. ●Atropa belladonna, family Solanaceae.

 

deadly sin

dead ¦ly sin ▶noun (in Christian tradition ) a sin regarded as leading to damnation, especially one of a traditional list of seven. See the seven deadly sins at seven.

 

dead man

dead man |dɛdˈman | ▶noun 1 informal a bottle after the contents have been drunk. 2 (also deadman ) an object buried in or secured to the ground for the purpose of providing anchorage or leverage.

 

dead man's fingers

dead man's fin ¦gers ▶plural noun 1 a European colonial soft coral which has spongy lobes stiffened by calcareous spines, said to resemble the fingers of a corpse. ●Alcyonium digitatum, order Alcyonacea. 2 a fungus that produces clumps of dull black, irregular, finger-like fruiting bodies at the bases of dead tree stumps in Eurasia and North America. ●Xylaria polymorpha, family Xylariaceae, subdivision Ascomycotina. 3 informal the finger-like divisions of a lobster's or crab's gills.

 

dead-man's float

dead-man's float ▶noun a floating position, often used by beginning swimmers, in which a person lies face down in the water with arms outstretched or extended forward and legs extended backward.

 

dead man's handle

dead man's handle (also dead man's pedal ) ▶noun (in a train ) a lever which acts as a safety device by shutting off power when not held in place by the driver.

 

dead march

dead march ▶noun a slow, solemn piece of music suitable for a funeral procession.

 

dead-nettle

dead-nettle ▶noun a Eurasian and North African plant of the mint family, with leaves that resemble those of a nettle but lack stinging hairs. ●Lamium and related genera, family Labiatae: several species, including the common white dead-nettle (L. album ).

 

deadpan

dead |pan |ˈdɛdpan | ▶adjective impassive or expressionless: she delivered her monologue in a deadpan voice. ▶adverb in a deadpan manner. ▶verb ( deadpans, deadpanning, deadpanned ) [ with direct speech ] say something amusing while affecting a serious manner: ‘I'm an undercover dentist, ’ he dead-panned.

 

dead reckoning

dead reck ¦on |ing ▶noun [ mass noun ] the process of calculating one's position, especially at sea, by estimating the direction and distance travelled rather than by using landmarks or astronomical observations.

 

dead ringer

dead ring er ▶noun a person or thing that seems exactly like someone or something else: he is a dead ringer for his late papa.

 

dead ringer

dead ring ¦er ▶noun see ringer 1.

 

deadrise

dead |rise ▶noun the vertical distance between a line horizontal to the keel of a boat and its chine.

 

Dead Sea

Dead Sea a salt lake or inland sea in the Jordan valley, on the Israel –Jordan border. Its surface is 400 m (1,300 ft ) below sea level.

 

Dead Sea scrolls

Dead Sea scrolls a collection of Hebrew and Aramaic manuscripts discovered in pottery storage jars in caves near Qumran between 1947 and 1956. Thought to have been hidden by the Essenes or a similar Jewish sect shortly before the revolt against Roman rule ad 66 –70, the scrolls include texts of many books of the Old Testament; they are some 1,000 years older than previously known versions.

 

dead set

dead set ▶noun see set 2 ( sense 2 of the noun ).

 

dead shot

dead shot ▶noun an extremely accurate marksman or markswoman.

 

deadstick landing

dead |stick land |ing ▶noun an unpowered landing of an aircraft.

 

deadstock

dead |stock |ˈdɛdstɒk | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the machinery used on a farm, as opposed to the livestock. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: on the pattern of livestock .

 

dead time

dead time ▶noun [ mass noun ] time in which someone or something is inactive or unable to act productively. • Physics the period after the recording of a particle or pulse when a detector is unable to record another.

 

dead water

dead water ▶noun [ mass noun ] chiefly N. Amer. still water without any current.

 

dead weight

dead weight |dɛdˈweɪt | ▶noun the weight of an inert person or thing. • a heavy or oppressive burden. • the total weight of cargo, stores, etc. which a ship carries or can carry. • another term for dead load. • [ mass noun ] Farming animals sold by the estimated weight of saleable meat that they will yield. • [ usu. as modifier ] Economics losses incurred because of the inefficient allocation of resources, especially through taxation or restriction: a dead-weight burden . • [ usu. as modifier ] a debt not covered by assets.

 

dead white

dead white ▶noun [ mass noun ] a flat, lustreless white.

 

dead white European male

dead white European male (also dead white male ) ▶noun informal a writer, philosopher, or other significant figure whose importance and talents may have been exaggerated by virtue of his belonging to a historically dominant gender and ethnic group.

 

dead wood

dead wood ▶noun [ mass noun ] parts of a tree or branch which are dead. • people or things that are no longer useful or productive: a lot of the company's dead wood was removed by voluntary redundancy.

 

Deadwood

Dead wood |ˈdedˌwo͝od ˈdɛdwʊd | a city in western South Dakota, in the Black Hills, known for its 1870s gold rush and Boot Hill cemetery; pop. 1,283 (est. 2008 ).

 

dead zone

dead zone ▶noun 1 a place or period in which nothing happens or in which no life exists: the week before Christmas is always a dead zone at work. • an area of the ocean that is depleted of oxygen, frequently due to pollution. 2 a place where it is not possible to receive a mobile phone or radio signal.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

dead

dead adjective 1 my parents are dead: passed on /away, expired, departed, gone, no more; late, lost, lamented; perished, fallen, slain, slaughtered, killed, murdered; lifeless, extinct; informal (as ) dead as a doornail, six feet under, pushing up daisies; formal deceased; euphemistic with God, asleep. ANTONYMS alive, living. 2 patches of dead ground: barren, lifeless, bare, desolate, sterile. ANTONYMS fertile, lush. 3 a dead language: obsolete, extinct, defunct, disused, abandoned, discarded, superseded, vanished, forgotten; archaic, antiquated, ancient; literary of yore. ANTONYMS modern, current. 4 the phone was dead: not working, out of order, inoperative, inactive, in disrepair, broken, malfunctioning, defective; informal kaput, conked out, on the blink, on the fritz, bust, busted. ANTONYMS in working order. 5 a dead leg: numb, numbed, deadened, desensitized, unfeeling; paralyzed, crippled, incapacitated, immobilized, frozen. 6 she has dead eyes: emotionless, unemotional, unfeeling, impassive, unresponsive, indifferent, dispassionate, inexpressive, wooden, stony, cold; deadpan, flat; blank, vacant. ANTONYMS passionate. 7 his affection for her was dead: extinguished, quashed, stifled; finished, over, gone, no more; a thing of the past, ancient history. 8 a dead town: uneventful, uninteresting, unexciting, uninspiring, dull, boring, flat, quiet, sleepy, slow, lackluster, lifeless; informal one-horse, dullsville. ANTONYMS lively. 9 dead silence: complete, absolute, total, utter, out-and-out, thorough, unmitigated. ANTONYMS partial. 10 a dead shot: unerring, unfailing, impeccable, sure, true, accurate, precise; deadly, lethal, bang on. ANTONYMS poor. ▶adverb 1 he was dead serious: completely, absolutely, totally, utterly, deadly, perfectly, entirely, quite, thoroughly; definitely, certainly, positively, categorically, unquestionably, undoubtedly, surely; in every way, one hundred percent. 2 flares were seen dead ahead: directly, exactly, precisely, immediately, right, straight, due, squarely; informal smack dab. 3 informal it's dead easy. See very.

 

deadbeat

deadbeat noun informal there's no room for deadbeats in the navy: layabout, loafer, idler, good-for-nothing, bum, sponger; literary wastrel.

 

dead cat bounce

dead cat bounce noun WORD NOTE dead cat bounce Of Wall Street locutions, my favorite remains dead cat bounce to describe the stock market's reflexive if generally small gain on the day after it has fallen steeply like a cat flung out of an upper story window. — DL Conversational, opinionated, and idiomatic, these Word Notes are an opportunity to see a working writer's perspective on a particular word or usage.

 

deaden

deaden verb 1 surgeons tried to deaden the pain: numb, dull, blunt, suppress; alleviate, mitigate, diminish, reduce, lessen, ease, soothe, relieve, assuage, kill. ANTONYMS intensify. 2 the wood paneling deadened any noise: muffle, mute, smother, stifle, dull, dampen; silence, quieten, soften; cushion, buffer, absorb. ANTONYMS amplify. 3 laughing might deaden us to the moral issue: desensitize, numb, anesthetize; harden (one's heart ), toughen, inure. ANTONYMS sensitize.

 

deadline

deadline noun the deadline for manuscript submissions is February 14: time limit, limit, finishing date, target date, cutoff point.

 

deadlock

deadlock noun the negotiations reached a deadlock: stalemate, impasse, standoff, logjam; standstill, halt, stop, full stop, dead end.

 

deadly

deadly adjective 1 these drugs can be deadly: fatal, lethal, mortal, death-dealing, life-threatening; dangerous, injurious, harmful, detrimental, deleterious, unhealthy; noxious, toxic, poisonous; literary deathly. ANTONYMS harmless, beneficial. 2 deadly enemies: mortal, irreconcilable, implacable, unappeasable, unforgiving, remorseless, merciless, pitiless; bitter, hostile, antagonistic. 3 I noticed their deadly seriousness: intense, great, marked, extreme. ANTONYMS mild. 4 he was deadly pale: deathly, ghostly, ashen, white, pallid, wan, pale; ghastly. 5 his aim is deadly: unerring, unfailing, impeccable, perfect, flawless, faultless; sure, true, precise, accurate, exact, bang on. ANTONYMS inaccurate, poor. 6 informal life here can be deadly. See boring. ▶adverb deadly calm: completely, absolutely, totally, utterly, perfectly, entirely, wholly, quite, dead, thoroughly; in every way, one hundred percent, to the hilt.

 

deadpan

deadpan adjective his deadpan expression: blank, expressionless, inexpressive, impassive, inscrutable, poker-faced, straight-faced; stony, wooden, vacant, fixed, lifeless. ANTONYMS expressive.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

dead

dead adjective 1 my parents are dead: deceased, expired, departed, gone, no more, passed on, passed away; late, lost, lamented; perished, fallen, slain, slaughtered, killed, murdered; lifeless, not breathing, having breathed one's last, defunct, extinct, inanimate, insentient, insensate, inert; informal (as ) dead as a doornail, six feet under, pushing up daisies, under the sod; euphemistic with God, asleep, at peace; rare demised, exanimate. ANTONYMS alive, living. 2 there are patches of dead ground on both sides of the plain: barren, lifeless, bare, empty, desolate, sterile; without life, without living things. ANTONYMS fertile, lush. 3 he is fluent in ancient Hebrew and other dead languages: obsolete, extinct, defunct, discontinued, no longer in use, disused, fallen into disuse, lapsed, abandoned, discarded, superseded, vanished, forgotten; archaic, antiquated, fossilized, ancient, very old; literary of yore. ANTONYMS current, modern. 4 there was no dialling tone —the phone was dead: not working, out of order, out of commission, inoperative, inactive, ineffective, in (a state of ) disrepair, broken, broken-down, malfunctioning, defective; informal kaput, conked out, on the blink, bust, busted, gone phut, finished, done for, dud; Brit. informal knackered, duff; Brit. vulgar slang buggered. ANTONYMS in working order. 5 I gave him a dead leg: numb, benumbed, deadened, desensitized, insensible, insensate, unfeeling; paralysed, crippled, incapacitated, immobilized, frozen, useless. 6 his voice was dead and cold | she has dead eyes: emotionless, unemotional, unfeeling, impassive, unresponsive, insensitive, indifferent, dispassionate, inexpressive, wooden, stony, cold, frigid, inert; deadpan, flat, toneless, hollow; blank, vacant, glazed, glassy. ANTONYMS passionate. 7 his old affection for Alison was not quite dead: extinguished, quenched, quashed, quelled, suppressed, smothered, stifled; finished, terminated, over, gone, no more; a thing of the past, ancient history. 8 this is such a dead town: uneventful, uninteresting, unexciting, uninspiring, dull, boring, flat, quiet, sleepy, slow, stale, humdrum, tame, pedestrian, lacklustre, lifeless; tedious, tiresome, wearisome; backward, backwoods, behind the times; informal one-horse, dead-and-alive; N. Amer. informal dullsville. ANTONYMS lively. 9 there was dead silence in the room: complete, absolute, total, entire, outright, utter, downright, out-and-out, thorough, unqualified, unmitigated. ANTONYMS partial. 10 Bill is a dead shot with a rifle or revolver: unerring, unfailing, impeccable, sure, true, correct, accurate, exact, precise, direct; deadly, lethal; Brit. informal spot on, bang on. ANTONYMS poor. PHRASES dead end 1 the alley was a dead end: no through road, blind alley, cul-de-sac. 2 his career has hit a dead end: impasse, deadlock, stalemate, checkmate, stand-off; standstill, halt, stop, stoppage, full stop. dead loss informal 1 the competition was a dead loss. See failure (sense 2 ). 2 he was a dead loss as a cook. See failure (sense 3 ). dead on one's feet I didn't stay long, as I was dead on my feet. See exhausted (sense 1 ). ▶adverb 1 he was dead serious in his accusations: completely, absolutely, totally, utterly, deadly, perfectly, entirely, wholly, fully, quite, thoroughly, unreservedly; definitely, certainly, positively, unconditionally, categorically, unquestionably, no doubt, undoubtedly, without a doubt, without question, surely, unequivocally; exactly, precisely, decisively, conclusively, manifestly, in every way, in every respect, one hundred per cent, every inch, to the hilt. ANTONYMS partially. 2 red flares were seen dead ahead: directly, exactly, precisely, immediately, right, straight, plumb, due, squarely; informal bang, slap bang, smack. 3 Brit. informal the windows are dead easy to open. See very (adverb ).

 

deadbeat

deadbeat noun informal there's no room for deadbeats in the navy: layabout, loafer, lounger, idler, waster, wastrel, good-for-nothing, cadger, parasite, useless article; informal bum, scrounger, sponger, sponge, freeloader; Brit. informal skiver.

 

deaden

deaden verb 1 surgeons used ether to deaden the pain: numb, stifle, dull, blunt, suppress; alleviate, mitigate, moderate, weaken, diminish, reduce, decrease, lessen, palliate, abate, ease, soothe, relieve, assuage, subdue, take the edge off, get rid of, put an end to. ANTONYMS intensify. 2 the wood panelling deadened any noise from outside: muffle, mute, smother, stifle, dull, damp, damp down, tone down, hush, silence, quieten, soften, cushion, blanket, buffer, absorb. ANTONYMS amplify. 3 laughing at the joke might deaden us to the moral issue: desensitize, render insensitive, make insensitive, numb, benumb, anaesthetize; harden, toughen, harden someone's heart. ANTONYMS sensitize.

 

deadline

deadline noun they stipulated a deadline for the army's withdrawal: time limit, limit, finishing date, finishing time, target date, target time, cut-off point.

 

deadlock

deadlock noun 1 the strike appeared to have reached a deadlock: stalemate, impasse, checkmate, stand-off; standstill, halt, stop, stoppage, cessation, full stop, dead end. 2 the game ended in a 1 –1 deadlock: tie, draw, dead heat. 3 the deadlock can only be opened with a key: bolt, lock, latch, catch, fastening, fastener; Scottish sneck, snib.

 

deadly

deadly adjective 1 certain mixtures of drugs can be deadly | a deadly disease: fatal, lethal, mortal, death-dealing, life-threatening; dangerous, destructive, injurious, harmful, pernicious, detrimental, deleterious, unhealthy; noxious, toxic, poisonous; terminal, incurable, untreatable, malignant; literary deathly, nocuous, mephitic; archaic baneful. ANTONYMS harmless; beneficial. 2 the two men rapidly became deadly enemies: mortal, irreconcilable, implacable, remorseless, relentless, unrelenting, unappeasable, unforgiving, merciless, pitiless; bitter, hostile, antagonistic, murderous, fierce, grim, savage; informal at each other's throats. 3 I noted their deadly seriousness: intense, great, marked, extreme, excessive, immoderate, inordinate. ANTONYMS mild. 4 he was deadly pale and too weak to speak: deathly, deathlike, ashen, ghostly, white, pallid, wan, pale, ghastly. 5 his aim is deadly: unerring, unfailing, impeccable, perfect, flawless, faultless, assured, sure, true, precise, accurate, correct, exact, direct, on target, on the mark; Brit. informal spot on, bang on; vulgar slang shit hot. ANTONYMS poor, inaccurate. 6 informal life in a small village can be deadly. See boring. ▶adverb her voice was deadly calm: completely, absolutely, totally, utterly, perfectly, entirely, wholly, fully, quite, dead, thoroughly; in every way, in every respect, in all respects, one hundred per cent, every inch, to the hilt, to the core.

 

deadpan

deadpan adjective he cracked jokes with a deadpan expression on his face: blank, expressionless, unexpressive, inexpressive, impassive, inscrutable, poker-faced, straight-faced, dispassionate, unresponsive, stony, wooden, empty, vacant, glazed, fixed, lifeless. ANTONYMS expressive; comical.

 

Duden Dictionary

Dead Heat

Dead Heat , Dead heat Substantiv, Neutrum , das Deadheat |ˈdɛd ˈhiːt |das Dead Heat; Genitiv: des Dead Heat [s ], Dead Heats das Deadheat; Genitiv: des Deadheat [s ], Plural: die Deadheats englisch gleichzeitiger Zieleinlauf zweier oder mehrerer Teilnehmer; totes Rennen

 

Deadline

Dead line Substantiv, feminin , die |ˈdɛdla͜in |englisch deadline, eigentlich = Sperrlinie, Todesstreifen 1 letzter [Ablieferungs ]termin [für Zeitungsartikel ]; Redaktions-, Anzeigenschluss 2 Stichtag 3 äußerste Grenze 250 000 Euro, das ist die Deadline , mehr zahle ich nicht für dieses Haus

 

Deadlock

Dead lock Substantiv, maskulin , der |ˈdɛd …|der Deadlock; Genitiv: des Deadlocks englisch ; »völliger Stillstand «ausweglose Situation in Verhandlungen, wenn die verhandelnden Parteien nicht zu Kompromissen bereit sind

 

Deadweight

Dead weight Substantiv, Neutrum , das |ˈdɛdweɪt |das Deadweight; Genitiv: des Deadweight [s ], Plural: die Deadweights Gesamttragfähigkeit eines Schiffes

 

French Dictionary

deadline

deadline FORME FAUTIVE Anglicisme pour heure de tombée, heure limite, dernier délai.

 

Spanish Dictionary

deadjetival

deadjetival adjetivo /nombre masculino ling [palabra ] Que deriva de un adjetivo :‘capacidad ’ no es un nombre deverbal sino deadjetival .

 

deadverbial

deadverbial adjetivo ling [palabra ] Que deriva de un adverbio .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

dead

dead /ded /→die 1 (形 )deadly, (名 )death, (動 )die 1 形容詞 3 , 12 以外は比較なし 1 a. 〈人 動物が 〉死んだ , 死んでいる; 〈植物が 〉枯れた (↔alive , living )▸ My uncle has been dead for three years .私のおじが亡くなって3年になる (≒It's been [It is ] three years since my uncle died.≒My uncle died three years ago. )(→since 接続詞 1 語法 )▸ dead leaves [flowers ]枯れ葉 [枯れた花 ]▸ a dead body 死体 ▸ dead as a doornail ≒stone dead (確かに )死んで ▸ dead and gone (とっくに )死んで ▸ drop (down ) dead from a heart attack 心臓発作で突然死ぬ ▸ Dead men tell no tales .｟ことわざ ｠「死人に口なし 」▸ Capture him, dead or alive .彼を捕まえろ, 生死は問わない (!この用法ではalive or deadの語順は ｟まれ ｠) b. 〖the ～; 名詞的に; 集合的に 〗死者たち (!複数扱い ) ▸ the dead and wounded 死傷者 ▸ the dead and the living 死者と生存者 ▸ The dead were buried .死者は埋葬された 2 〖通例be ～〗〈物が 〉機能が停止 [停滞 ]した ; 〈電池が 〉切れた ; 〈電話 機械などが 〉機能しない ; 〈エンジンなどが 〉動かない ▸ The battery is completely dead .電池が完全に切れている ▸ The engine [phone ] went dead .エンジンが動かなくなった [電話が通じなくなった ]3 more ～; most ～〈場所 時期などが 〉活気がない, おもしろみに欠ける ; 動きがない ▸ a dead market 活気のない市場 ▸ dead water [air ]よどんだ水 [空気 ]4 ｟話 ｠〖be ～〗疲れ切った ▸ I feel dead after a long walk .長く歩いた後でくたくただ ▸ I am half dead .私はひどく疲れた 5 〈体の一部などが 〉感覚のない, まひした ; « …に対して » 無感動な, 無感覚な «to » ▸ dead fingers (寒さのため )感覚のなくなった指 ▸ My legs have gone dead .足がしびれた ▸ The man was dead to the sufferings of others .その男は他人の苦しみがわからなかった 6 〈考え 主義 計画などが 〉興味を引かない, おもしろくない, 退屈な ▸ Politics is dead .政治なんておもしろくない 7 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗廃れた, (もはや )使われていない 〈言語 習慣 法律など 〉▸ a dead language 死語 (↔a living language )▸ dead customs 廃れた風習 8 ｟英 くだけて ｠〈マッチなどが 〉使用済みの ; 〈びん グラスなどが 〉空の .9 〖名詞 の前で 〗まったくの, 完全な, 絶対的な ; 突然の ; 正確な ; 確実な ▸ the dead silence of a desert 砂漠の完全な静けさ ▸ in dead trouble まったく困った状態で ▸ come to a dead stop 完全に停止する 10 生命のない 〈土地 水 星など 〉; 不毛の ▸ a dead planet 死の惑星 11 〘スポーツ 〙〈ボールが 〉ライン外へ出た ; アウトの ; 〈グラウンドが 〉ボールの転がりが悪い ; 〘ゴルフ 〙〈ボールが 〉ホールのすぐ近くにある ▸ The ball is dead .ボールがライン外に出た 12 more ～; most ～〈音 声などが 〉こもった, 反響しない; 〈色などが 〉くすんだ ▸ a dead sound 鈍い音 c ù t A d é ad →cut .d è ad and b ú ried 〈議論 問題 計画などが 〉完全な失敗に終わって, 葬り去られて .d è ad ó n 〈判断などが 〉まさに正しい .dr ò p d é ad 1 〈人 動物などが 〉突然死ぬ (↑形容詞 1 ).2 ｟話 ｠じゃまするのを止める ; 〖命令形で 〗あっちへ行ってくれ, 1人にしておいてくれ (!怒り 嫌悪感などを表す ) .l è ave A for d é ad A 〈人 〉を亡きものとして捨て去る, 見捨てる .more d è ad than al í ve へとへとで ; 重傷で .wouldn't [won't ] be s è en [c à ught ] d é ad ｟くだけた話 ｠ «…を着ているのは /…と一緒にいるのは /…に (出席して )いるのは /…しているのは » 絶対に見られたくない, まっぴらごめんだ «in /with /at /do ing » .y ò u are d é ad (脅迫して )殺してやる, 死んでしまえ ▸ Touch it and you're dead .さわったら命がないぞ 副詞 比較なし ｟くだけて ｠1 完全に, まったく 〈正しい 確信している 反対するなど 〉(completely )▸ Tom is dead asleep [right ].トムは熟睡している [まったく正しい ]▸ get dead drunk 完全に酔いつぶれる 2 ｟主に英 ｠とても, 大変 〈簡単な 疲れたなど 〉(very )▸ The professor's lecture is dead boring .その教授の講義は死ぬほど退屈だ 3 直接に ; 正確に, まさに ; まっすぐに ▸ dead ahead まっすぐ前方に ▸ dead in front まん前に ▸ dead on time ぴったり時間どおりに 名詞 ｟文 ｠〖the ～〗真っただ中 ▸ in the dead of winter 真冬に ▸ in the dead of night ≒｟英 ｠at dead of night 真夜中に r à ise A from the d é ad A 〈死者 〉をよみがえらせる .r ì se [come b à ck ] from the d é ad 1 〈人 物 会社などが 〉 (元気のない時期の後 )活発になる, 元気を取り戻す .2 〈人が 〉 (死後の世界から )よみがえる .～́ b à ll 〘スポーツ 〙(試合の進行が止まっている時の )アウトボール (!野球の 「デッドボールを受ける 」はbe hit by a pitch ) .～́ b ò lt ｟米 ｠ドアの強力な錠前 (｟英 ｠mortice lock ).～́ c à t ｟米俗 ｠(サーカスで )演技をしない見世物用のライオン [トラ, ヒョウ ].～̀ c à t b ó unce ｟くだけて ｠(株価 相場大幅下落後の )一時的回復 .～̀ c é nter 1 ど真中 .2 〘機 〙クランクの死点 .～́ c è rt ｟英話 ｠起こりそうなこと [物 ].～̀ d ú ck ｟くだけて ｠価値のない計画 [考え ]; 成功の見込みのない人 [物 ].～̀ é nd 1 袋小路, 行き止まり (cul-de-sac ).2 行き詰まり, 窮地 ▸ come to [reach ] a dead end (交渉などが )行き詰まりになる .～́ h à nd ｟主に英 ｠(執拗 （しつよう ）な )悪い影響 .～̀ h é at (二者以上が同時にゴールインする )同着 (レース ) (!日本語の 「デッドヒート 」はa close race, run neck and neck ) .～̀ l é tter 1 現実には役に立っていない法律 [考え ].2 配達不能郵便物 .～́ l ò ad 静過重 〘構造物 車両などのそれ自体の重さ; 人 荷物の重さを除いたもの 〙.～̀ l ó ss 1 利益を生まない企て [状況 ].2 ｟くだけて ｠まったく役立たずの物 [人 ].～́ m à n ｟くだけて ｠空びん .～́ m à rch 埋葬曲 .～̀ m é at ｟くだけた話 ｠追いこまれた状況にある人 .～̀ n é ttle 〘植 〙オドリコソウ属 .～̀ p ó int ＝dead center (2 ).～̀ r é ckoning 推測航法 〘太陽 月 星を利用しないで船舶 航空機の位置を特定すること 〙.～̀ r í nger «…と » うり二つの人 «for » .D -̀ S é a 〖the ～〗死海 .～̀ s é t 1 (猟犬の )不動の姿勢 .2 (特に求愛のための )粘り強い攻撃 .～̀ sh ó t 射撃の名手 .～̀ sl é ep 深い眠り .～̀ s ó ldier ＝dead man .～̀ sp í t ｟英 くだけて ｠＝dead ringer .～́ t ì me (コンピュータシステムが稼働していない )不動作時間 ; 〘電 〙むだ時間 〘指令を受けてから作動されるまでの間隔 〙.～̀ tr é e ed ì tion (インターネット版に対して )印刷版の新聞 [雑誌 ].～̀ w é ight 1 重くて運びにくい物 .2 変化 [進歩 ]を難しくする物, 重圧 .～̀ w ó od ｟非難して ｠(組織の中で )まったく役に立たない人 [物 ].d é ad ness 名詞 U 死の状態 .

 

dead(-)beat

d é ad (-)b è at 名詞 C ｟米 くだけて けなして ｠1 (仕事も将来の展望もない )怠け者, つまらないやつ .2 (借金を )払わないやつ .形容詞 1 ｟くだけて ｠〖be ～〗疲れ果てた (exhausted ).2 〈計器の針が 〉ぶれずに止まる, 速示の .

 

deaden

dead en /déd (ə )n /動詞 他動詞 1 〈苦痛 〉を和らげる, 弱める ; 〈音 〉を低くする .2 〈壁など 〉を防音にする .自動詞 弱まる, 消える, 死滅する .

 

dead-end

d è ad- é nd 形容詞 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗1 行き止まりの, 袋小路の 〈道など 〉.2 低賃金の, 先の見込めない 〈仕事など 〉.

 

deadfall

d é ad f à ll 名詞 1 C ｟米 ｠落としわな 〘丸太などを落として動物を殺す [捕える ]〙.2 C 倒木 ; U 倒木の集まり .

 

dead(-)head

d é ad (-)h è ad 名詞 C 1 ｟英 ｠萎 （しお ）れた花 .2 ｟くだけて ｠つまらない [愚かな ]人 ; 役立たず, とんま .3 ｟米 ｠回送車 .4 優待入場者 [乗客 ], 招待客 .動詞 他動詞 1 ｟英 ｠〈植物 〉から枯れた葉を取る .2 ｟米 ｠〈車 〉を回送する .自動詞 回送運転する .

 

deadline

dead line /dédlàɪn /名詞 複 ～s /-z /C 【原稿などの 】締切 , 締切日 [時間 ], (最終 )期限 «for » ; ｟古 ｠死線 〘牢獄 （ろうごく ）の周囲にある, 囚人が越えると射殺される線 〙; 越えてはならない [境界 ]線 ▸ a tight deadline きつい [余裕のない ]締切 ▸ The deadline for the final report is May 10th .最終報告書の締切日は5月10日だ ▸ miss [meet, set ] the deadline 締切に遅れる [を守る, を決める ]▸ work to the deadline 締切に間に合わせる

 

deadlock

d é ad l ò ck 名詞 1 U C (交渉などの )行き詰まり, 膠着 （こうちやく ）状態, デッドロック ▸ break the deadlock 行き詰まりを打開する 2 C (競技の )同点 .3 C (ドアなどの )本締まり錠 〘外側からはかぎで, 内側からはひねり金具を操作して開閉する 〙.動詞 自動詞 〈交渉などが 〉行き詰まる, 膠着状態になる .他動詞 〈交渉など 〉を行き詰まらせる .

 

deadlocked

d é ad l ò cked /-t /形容詞 【交渉などで 】行き詰まった, 暗礁に乗り上げた «on » .

 

deadly

dead ly /dédli /→dead 形容詞 -lier ; -liest /more ～; most ～1 «…にとって » 命にかかわる (ような ), 死を招くような ; 致命的な «to » ▸ a deadly poison 猛毒 ▸ This disease is deadly to humans .この病気は人間の命にかかわる 2 ｟くだけた話 ｠〈人 物が 〉つまらない, 退屈な ;〖名詞 の前で 〗極端な, まったくの ▸ deadly silence まったくの沈黙 ▸ deadly dullness ひどい退屈 3 ｟非難して ｠〈人 態度が 〉 (目的のためには )手段を選ばない ; 冷酷な, 威嚇的な .4 〖名詞 の前で 〗あくまでも戦う, 執念深い ; 命をねらう 〈敵 ライバル 〉▸ a deadly enemy 不倶戴天 （ふぐたいてん ）の敵 5 〈状況が 〉危険な ▸ a deadly trap 危険なわな 6 〘スポーツ 〙〈選手 プレーが 〉効果的な, 正確無比の .副詞 〖形容詞 を修飾して 〗1 ｟くだけて ｠とても , かなり ; 甚だしく, ひどく (!しばしば不愉快な, 望まないものを強める ) ▸ His lecture was deadly boring .彼の授業は死ぬほど退屈だった ▸ deadly cold やけに寒い ▸ deadly serious 大まじめな 2 ｟まれ ｠死んだように (deathly )▸ a deadly pale face 死人のように青ざめた顔 ～̀ n í ghtshade 〘植 〙ベラドンナ (belladonna ).～̀ s í ns 〖the ～〗＝seven deadly sins .d é ad li ness 名詞

 

deadpan

d é ad p à n 形容詞 〈顔 表情が 〉 (冗談を言うのに )大まじめな, 無表情な .副詞 大まじめに, 無表情で, とぼけて .動詞 自動詞 大まじめな顔で言う .他動詞 …を [と ]大まじめな顔で言う .名詞 C 大まじめな [とぼけた ]顔 [表情 ].

 

deadwood

d é ad w ò od 名詞 U 1 ｟くだけて ｠役に立たない [不必要な ]人 [物 ].2 枯れ枝, 枯れ木 .