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Толковый словарь английского языка - dead

 

Dead

dead
I. adjective see: die Date: before 12th century deprived of life ; no longer alive, 2. a. having the appearance of death ; deathly , lacking power to move, feel, or respond ; numb, very tired, c. incapable of being stirred emotionally or intellectually ; unresponsive , grown cold ; extinguished , 3. inanimate, inert , barren, infertile , no longer producing or functioning ; exhausted , 4. a. lacking power or effect , no longer having interest, relevance, or significance , no longer in use ; obsolete , no longer active ; extinct , lacking in gaiety or animation , e. lacking in commercial activity ; quiet, commercially idle or unproductive , lacking elasticity , being out of action or out of use , h. being out of play , temporarily forbidden to play or to make a certain play in croquet, 5. not running or circulating ; stagnant , not turning , not imparting motion or power although otherwise functioning , lacking warmth, vigor, or taste, 6. absolutely uniform , b. unerring, exact , certain to be doomed , irrevocable , abrupt , d. complete, absolute , all-out , devoid of former occupants , ~ness noun Synonyms: see: ~ II. noun (plural ~) Date: before 12th century one that is ~, the state of being ~ , the time of greatest quiet , III. adverb Date: 14th century absolutely, utterly , suddenly and completely , directly
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  adj., adv., & n. --adj. 1 no longer alive. 2 colloq. extremely tired or unwell. 3 benumbed; affected by loss of sensation (my fingers are dead). 4 (foll. by to) unappreciative or unconscious of; insensitive to. 5 no longer effective or in use; obsolete, extinct. 6 (of a match, of coal, etc.) no longer burning; extinguished. 7 inanimate. 8 a lacking force or vigour; dull, lustreless, muffled. b (of sound) not resonant. c (of sparkling wine etc.) no longer effervescent. 9 a quiet; lacking activity (the dead season). b motionless, idle. 10 a (of a microphone, telephone, etc.) not transmitting any sound, esp. because of a fault. b (of a circuit, conductor, etc.) carrying or transmitting no current; not connected to a source of electricity (a dead battery). 11 (of the ball in a game) out of play. 12 abrupt, complete, exact, unqualified, unrelieved (come to a dead stop; a dead faint; a dead calm; in dead silence; a dead certainty). 13 without spiritual life. --adv. 1 absolutely, exactly, completely (dead on target; dead level; dead tired). 2 colloq. very, extremely (dead good; dead easy). --n. (prec. by the) 1 (treated as pl.) those who have died. 2 a time of silence or inactivity (the dead of night). Phrases and idioms dead-and-alive Brit. (of a place, person, activity, etc.) dull, monotonous; lacking interest. dead as the dodo see DODO. dead as a doornail see DOORNAIL. dead bat Cricket a bat held loosely so that it imparts no motion to the ball when struck. dead beat 1 colloq. exhausted. 2 Physics (of an instrument) without recoil. dead-beat n. 1 colloq. a penniless person. 2 US sl. a person constantly in debt. dead centre 1 the exact centre. 2 the position of a crank etc. in line with the connecting-rod and not exerting torque. dead cert see CERT. dead duck sl. an unsuccessful or useless person or thing. dead end 1 a closed end of a road, passage, etc. 2 (often (with hyphen) attrib.) a situation offering no prospects of progress or advancement. dead-eye Naut. a round flat three-holed block for extending shrouds. dead from the neck...
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