dead in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for dead in the English»French Dictionary

I.dead [Brit dɛd, Am dɛd] N

II.dead [Brit dɛd, Am dɛd] ADJ

1. dead (no longer living):

dead person
a dead body
to drop (down) dead
to play dead
drop dead inf!
to shoot sb dead
dead and buried lit, fig
to leave sb for dead
to give sb up for dead

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

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

brain-dead [Brit ˈbreɪndɛd, Am ˈbreɪnˌdɛd] ADJ

dead men N npl Brit (empty bottles)

dead in the PONS Dictionary

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

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to stop dead

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

dead Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to be (as) dead as a doornail
to fall (down) in a (dead) faint Brit
it was as if he was dead

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Translations for dead in the French»English Dictionary

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dead
dead space
American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
Some open tall shrubbery and dead, scraggly branches should be provided for roosting.
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His death is watered down in the dub: although they don't explicitly say he is dead, they do not say he is alive, either.
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Trickle was found dead beside his pickup truck.
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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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The pedicure involves soaking feet in hot water and using scalpels to remove dead skin, calluses, corns, and ingrown nails from the feet.
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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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The nation that gave the world the Magna Carta is dead.
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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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The wounded men were carefully carried there for more healthy air and the dead men were buried to reduce the stench and possibility of disease.
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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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