Dictionary Check: dead
"dead" is a valid word!
Scrabble
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Words with Friends
6
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Definition
adjective
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
Example:
"the nerve is dead"
adjective
not showing characteristics of life especially the capacity to sustain life; no longer exerting force or having energy or heat
Example:
"Mars is a dead planet"
adjective
very tired
Example:
"was all in at the end of the day"
adjective
unerringly accurate
Example:
"a dead shot"
adjective
physically inactive
Example:
"Crater Lake is in the crater of a dead volcano of the Cascade Range"
adjective
(followed by ‘to’) not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive
Example:
"passersby were dead to our plea for help"
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