dead - Meaning in Hindi

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dead - Meaning in Hindi

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Definitions and Meaning of dead in English

dead adjective

1. out of use or operation because of a fault or breakdown

   Examples

   • "a dead telephone line"
   • "the motor is dead"
2. very tired

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   Synonyms

   all in, beat, bushed

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   Examples

   • "bushed after all that exercise"
   • "I'm dead after that long trip"
   • "so beat I could flop down and go to sleep anywhere"
   • "was all in at the end of the day"
3. (followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive

   Synonyms

   numb

   Examples

   • "numb to the cries for mercy"
   • "passersby were dead to our plea for help"
4. devoid of physical sensation; numb

   Synonyms

   deadened

   Examples

   • "a public desensitized by continuous television coverage of atrocities"
   • "his gums were dead from the novocain"
   • "she felt no discomfort as the dentist drilled her deadened tooth"
5. lacking acoustic resonance

   Examples

   • "dead sounds characteristic of some compact discs"
   • "the dead wall surfaces of a recording studio"
6. not yielding a return

   Synonyms

   idle

   Examples

   • "dead capital"
   • "idle funds"
7. unerringly accurate

   Examples

   • "a dead shot"
   • "took dead aim"
8. not circulating or flowing

   Synonyms

   stagnant

   Examples

   • "dead air"
   • "dead water"
   • "stagnant water"
9. not surviving in active use

   Example

   • "Latin is a dead language"
10. lacking resilience or bounce

    Example

    • "a dead tennis ball"
11. no longer having force or relevance

    Example

    • "a dead issue"
12. the complete stoppage of an action

    Example

    • "came to a dead stop"
13. drained of electric charge; discharged

    Synonyms

    drained

    Examples

    • "a dead battery"
    • "left the lights on and came back to find the battery drained"
14. not showing characteristics of life especially the capacity to sustain life; no longer exerting force or having energy or heat

    Examples

    • "dead coals"
    • "dead soil"
    • "Mars is a dead planet"
    • "the fire is dead"
15. no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life

    Examples

    • "a dead pallor"
    • "he was marked as a dead man by the assassin"
    • "the nerve is dead"
16. physically inactive

    Example

    • "Crater Lake is in the crater of a dead volcano of the Cascade Range"
17. devoid of activity

    Example

    • "this is a dead town; nothing ever happens here"

dead abverb

1. quickly and without warning

   Synonyms

   abruptly, short, short, suddenly

   Example

   • "he stopped suddenly"
2. completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers

   Synonyms

   absolutely, perfectly, utterly

   Examples

   • "a perfectly idiotic idea"
   • "an absolutely magnificent painting"
   • "dead right"
   • "utterly miserable"
   • "was dead tired"
   • "you can be dead sure of my innocence"
   • "you're perfectly right"

dead noun

1. a time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense

   Example

   • "the dead of winter"
2. people who are no longer living

   Example

   • "they buried the dead"

Synonyms of dead

• drained
• stagnant
• idle
• deadened
• numb
• all in, beat, bushed
• absolutely, perfectly, utterly
• abruptly, short, suddenly

Antonyms of dead

living, alive, live

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