DEAD Crossword Clue & Answer

Definition of dead

• a time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense; "the dead of winter"; devoid of activity; "this is a dead town; nothing ever happens here"; devoid of physical sensation; numb; "his gums were dead from the novocain"; "she felt no discomfort as the dentist drilled her deadened tooth"; "a public desensitized by continuous television coverage of atrocities"; drained of electric charge; discharged; "a dead battery"; "left the lights on and came back to find the battery drained"; lacking acoustic resonance; "dead sounds characteristic of some compact discs"; "the dead wall surfaces of a recording studio"; lacking resilience or bounce; "a dead tennis ball"; no longer having force or relevance; "a dead issue"; not surviving in active use; "Latin is a dead language"; not yielding a return; "dead capital"; "idle funds"; out of use or operation because of a fault or breakdown; "a dead telephone line"; "the motor is dead"; people who are no longer living; "they buried the dead"; physically