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According to WordNet, the adjective "dead" has 17 sense(s).

300359260 drained of electric charge; discharged; "a dead battery"; "left the lights on and came back to find the battery drained".

302011445 lacking acoustic resonance; "dead sounds characteristic of some compact discs"; "the dead wall surfaces of a recording studio".

301241248 not circulating or flowing; "dead air"; "dead water"; "stagnant water".

301872265 not yielding a return; "dead capital"; "idle funds".

300845737 lacking resilience or bounce; "a dead tennis ball".

302432154 very tired; "was all in at the end of the day"; "so beat I could flop down and go to sleep anywhere"; "bushed after all that exercise"; "I'm dead after that long trip".

300099874 not showing characteristics of life especially the capacity to sustain life; no longer exerting force or having energy or heat; "Mars is a dead planet"; "dead soil"; "dead coals"; "the fire is dead".

300522349 complete; "came to a dead stop"; "utter seriousness".

302105603 devoid of physical sensation; numb; "his gums were dead from the novocain"; "she felt no discomfort as the dentist drilled her deadened tooth"; "a public desensitized by continuous television coverage of atrocities".

300929443 not surviving in active use; "Latin is a dead language".

302107386 (followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive; "passersby were dead to our plea for help"; "numb to the cries for mercy".

300036879 devoid of activity; "this is a dead town; nothing ever happens here".

301838151 unerringly accurate; "a dead shot"; "took dead aim".

300668919 no longer having force or relevance; "a dead issue".

300095280 no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life; "the nerve is dead"; "a dead pallor"; "he was marked as a dead man by the assassin".

300041202 physically inactive; "Crater Lake is in the crater of a dead volcano of the Cascade Range".

300833878 out of use or operation because of a fault or breakdown; "a dead telephone line"; "the motor is dead".


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