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In addition to the idioms beginning with DEAD, Also see BEAT A DEAD HORSE; CAUGHT DEAD; CUT SOMEONE DEAD; DROP DEAD; KNOCK DEAD; MORE DEAD THAN ALIVE; OVER MY DEAD BODY; QUICK AND THE DEAD; STOP COLD (DEAD); TO WAKE THE DEAD. Also see under DEATH.
American Heritage Idioms
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adj.
deceased:
There was a dead man on the street.
Simple Definitions
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dead
no longer alive:
• the bodies of three dead soldiers • Is her father dead?
lifeless
literary dead or seeming to be dead:
• their lifeless bodies
late
[ only before noun ] formal dead – use this as a polite way of talking about someone who has died, especially recently:
• Mrs Lombard’s late husband • a gold Cartier bracelet that once belonged to the late American artist Andy Warhol
deceased
formal dead:
• Her parents, now deceased, disapproved of her marriage. • her deceased husband • They were friends of the deceased (= the person who died ) .
departed
[ only before noun ] dead – used in order to be polite and avoid saying the word ‘dead’:
• They paid their respects to their departed uncle. • his dear departed wife
gone
[ not before noun ] informal dead – used especially when someone was alive not long before:
• ‘Is she gone?’ ‘I’m afraid so.’
Longman-Thesaurus
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dead
verbs
lie dead
• If I’m late, Mum worries that I’m lying dead somewhere.
drop dead
(= die suddenly )
• He dropped dead at the age of 52.
find somebody dead
• A man was found dead in the apartment.
shoot somebody dead
• He was jailed for life for shooting dead a burglar.
leave somebody dead
(= result in someone dying – used especially in news reports )
• The shooting left at least 28 people dead.
leave somebody for dead
(= leave someone to die )
• The men beat him and ran away, leaving him for dead.
pronounce somebody dead
(= to say officially that someone is dead )
• She was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident.
be feared dead
(= used when someone is missing and people are worried that they are dead )
• Hundreds of people are feared dead in a ferry disaster.
be presumed dead
(= used when someone is missing and people think they are certainly dead )
• The two boys have not been seen since they fell into the river, and are now presumed dead.
adverbs
clinically dead
(= dead based on medical checks )
• A person is declared clinically dead when the brain stops working.
nouns
a dead body
• A dead body has been found in the woods.
phrases
long dead
(= dead for a long time )
• All those people I knew then are long dead now.
dead and gone
informal (= completely dead )
• Let’s face it, we’ll all be dead and gone soon.
more dead than alive
(= very badly hurt or ill and almost dead )
• He was swept up onto a beach after three days at sea, more dead than alive.
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adjectives
dead right/wrong
• You’re dead wrong, so let me handle this.
dead straight/flat
• The countryside around here is dead flat all the way to the sea.
dead quiet/calm/still
• The room was dead quiet while we waited for Ted to reply.
dead drunk
• He came home dead drunk in the middle of the night.
phrases
be dead (set) against something
(= completely disapprove of or disagree with something )
• I’d like to be an actress but Mum and Dad are dead set against it.
be dead set on something
(= be determined to do something )
• At the moment, Steve’s just dead set on winning the gold medal.
stop dead (in your tracks)
(= suddenly stop moving completely )
• She was so shocked that she stopped dead in her tracks.
transnet.ir
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adj. VERBS be, lie His wife lay dead beside him. | look | sham The animal will sometimes escape danger by shamming dead. | drop He just dropped dead one day in his garden. | shoot sb, strike sb Gunmen shot dead a policeman. She had been struck dead by lightning. | find sb The woman was found dead with a rope round her neck. | declare sb, pronounce sb She was declared dead on arrival at the hospital. ADV. quite I'm afraid he's quite dead. PHRASES dead and buried (figurative) In ten years he'll be dead and buried as a politician. | dead and gone That won't happen until long after I'm dead and gone. | dead or alive We didn't know whether the fish was dead or alive. | more dead than alive Poor child, she looks more dead than alive.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary