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dead person — noun someone who is no longer alive (Freq. 1) I wonder what the dead person would have done • Syn: ↑dead soul, ↑deceased person, ↑deceased, ↑decedent, ↑departed • Derivationally related forms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
dead — adj Dead, defunct, deceased, departed, late, lifeless, inanimate all mean devoid of life. Dead applies strictly to anyone or to anything that has been deprived of life and has therefore ceased to grow or to function {a dead person} {a dead… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
dead|er — «DEHD uhr», noun. Slang. a dead person; corpse … Useful english dictionary
Dead Like Me — This article is about the television series. For the film, see Dead Like Me: Life After Death. Dead Like Me Genre Comedy drama Fantasy Created by … Wikipedia
dead — [[t]de̱d[/t]] ♦♦ 1) ADJ A person, animal, or plant that is dead is no longer living. You re a widow? Yes. My husband s been dead a year now. ... The group had shot dead another hostage. ...their dead brother. ...old newspapers and dead flowers.… … English dictionary
Dead bell — The 1641 Glasgow Deid bell , now on display in Glasgow s People s Palace on Glasgow Green. A Dead bell or deid bell (Scots), also a death , mort , lych , passing bell or skellet bell [1] was a form of hand bell used in Scotland and northern… … Wikipedia
dead soul — noun someone who is no longer alive I wonder what the dead person would have done • Syn: ↑dead person, ↑deceased person, ↑deceased, ↑decedent, ↑departed • Derivationally related forms: ↑departed … Useful english dictionary
dead — Synonyms and related words: SOL, a outrance, abeyant, abrupt, abruptly, absolute, absolutely, accurate, achromatic, achromic, ago, all bets off, all gone, all in, all off, all out, all over, all up, all out, anechoic, anemic, anesthetized,… … Moby Thesaurus
dead man's statute — An evidential disqualification which renders inadmissible oral promises or declarations of a dead person when offered in support of their claims by those who bring claims against the estate of the dead person. The last vestige of the… … Black's law dictionary
dead man's statute — An evidential disqualification which renders inadmissible oral promises or declarations of a dead person when offered in support of their claims by those who bring claims against the estate of the dead person. The last vestige of the… … Black's law dictionary
