dead
- noun
- /dɛd/
- Many people visit the cemetery to pay their respects to the dead and remember their loved ones.
- bring out the dead
They can't even respect the dead for two minutes.
- They can't even respect the dead for two minutes.
- I write them to the dead often, or to the poem.
Examples
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They can't even respect the dead for two minutes.
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The Day of the Dead's coming up.
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"Perhaps you should join us next month for the Day of the Dead," she says.
Fiction book (1999) -
So what this means is that the souls of the dead still do exist.
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The professor who denigrates the dead puffs himself up among his students.
Academic text (1991) -
Historically, cultures have found various ways to honor the dead through rituals and memorials.
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The recent commemoration was a tribute to the dead who fought bravely for their country.
Synonyms
A person who has died
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
Continuing to talk about something already decided and pointless
Compounds
- Specialized
A person with no brain activity and no chance to get better, though the body may still work
- Jargon
A secret place where people leave messages or items for others to collect without meeting
A group of ancient Hebrew and Aramaic writings found in caves near the Dead Sea
- Specialized
To estimate your position using direction, distance, and past information without tools
- Specialized
A position where the piston and rod are straight so the engine cannot turn
- Literature
A phrase that once made a clear picture but now feels literal like 'leg of a table'
A small plant with leaves like stinging nettles that does not sting when touched, often in gardens
- Specialized
A space with no air movement between layers that helps keep heat in or out
- Specialized
Material made by heating limestone until it stops reacting and does not bind well
- UK
A cold room in hospitals and funeral homes that holds dead bodies before burial or cremation
A phrase used to describe famous white European men from history who stand for traditional ideas
A position for floating face down in the water with arms stretched forward to rest and breathe
- Specialized
A species or group that cannot have young and so ends its family line
A European plant from the mint family with white flowers that looks like stinging nettles but does not sting
Surface Forms
Etymology
The noun dead comes from the same old root meaning 'not alive' and simply names the people who are no longer living. So we say 'the dead' to mean those who have died.