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in the PONS Dictionary

I. dead [ded] ADJ

1. dead (not alive):

dead
dead body
dead body
to drop dead
to shoot sb dead

2. dead (not active):

dead custom
dead feelings
dead feelings
dead fire, match, volcano
dead language

3. dead (numb):

dead limbs

4. dead:

dead (with no emotion) voice
dead (with no emotion) voice
dead (flat) sound

5. dead (not bright):

dead colour
dead colour

6. dead (boring, deserted):

dead city
dead party
dead season

7. dead fig inf (exhausted):

8. dead (not functioning):

dead phone

9. dead fig (used up):

dead
dead battery

10. dead (totally):

dead
dead calm METEO
dead silence

11. dead (asleep):

dead to the world

12. dead FIN, SPORTS:

dead

Phrases:

dead men tell no tales prov

II. dead [ded] ADV

1. dead inf (totally):

dead
dead
“dead slow”
dead certain
dead drunk
dead easy
dead good Brit inf
dead silent
dead still
dead tired
to be dead set against sth
to be dead set on sth

2. dead (exactly):

dead
dead on target
dead on time

Phrases:

to stop sth dead in its tracks

III. dead [ded] N

1. dead (people):

the dead pl

2. dead (in the middle):

in the dead of night

'brain dead ADJ

brain dead

dead 'wood N no pl

1. dead wood BOT:

dead wood
dead wood (firewood)

2. dead wood fig:

dead wood
dead wood

dead 'cen·tre N, Am dead 'cen·ter N

dead centre

I. dead-'end N

dead-end
ćorsokak m a. fig
dead-end

II. dead-'end ADJ

dead-end
dead-end street
dead-end street

dead 'heat N

dead heat

Dead 'Sea N

the Dead Sea
dead cert