dead in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for dead in the English»Italian Dictionary

I.dead [Brit dɛd, Am dɛd] ADJ

1. dead (no longer living):

the dead man, woman
a dead body
to drop (down) dead
to play dead
drop dead! inf
to shoot sb dead
dead and buried
to leave sb for dead
to give sb up for dead

II.dead [Brit dɛd, Am dɛd] N

III.dead [Brit dɛd, Am dɛd] ADV (absolutely, completely)

dead
sail dead ahead!
to be dead level
to be dead on time
I left (at) dead on six o'clock
it's dead easy! inf
dead drunk inf
dead tired inf
I was dead scared! inf
you're dead right! inf
dead good!
“dead slow” MOTOR
dead straight
he's dead on for that job Am inf
you're dead on! Am inf
to stop dead
to cut sb dead

stone dead [Brit, Am ˌstoʊn ˈdɛd] ADJ

dead duck [Am ˈdɛd ˌdək] N Brit inf

dead weight [Brit dɛdˈweɪt, Am ˈdɛd ˈˌweɪt] N

dead beat [Brit ˈdɛdbiːt, Am ˈdɛdˌbit] ADJ inf

dead centre [Am dɛd ˈsɛn(t)ər] N TECH

dead wood [Brit, Am ˈdɛdwʊd] N

dead in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for dead in the English»Italian Dictionary (Go to Italian»English)

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dead as a doornail

Translations for dead in the Italian»English Dictionary (Go to English»Italian)

dead Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to come to a dead stop
to be a dead ringer (for sb) inf

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
In 1794, after an earthquake, the numerous dead were buried in the less used leap year vault.
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Everywhere the decks were strewn with dead men, lying beneath the debris.
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I think the only guidelines we were given was that she be drop-dead gorgeous, which of course she is.
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Whilst at the crime scene, her children play with a dead body, on which they paint cat whiskers and poke it with sticks.
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Some open tall shrubbery and dead, scraggly branches should be provided for roosting.
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What followed was a fierce battle with the resistance forces who were forced to withdraw leaving behind 68 dead.
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For the second goal, one dead PLO operative was as good as another.
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Acridine orange binding with the nucleic acid occurs in both living and dead bacteria, also other microorganisms.
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He states flatly that the clause is invulnerable and that without it the constitution would be a dead letter.
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She is showing him a photograph album, containing images of several dead relatives, sometimes in their coffins.
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