Look up: dead

1. Dead
   1) The plotted height of a piece of suspended scenery or masking. (UK) 2) Props or pieces of set which are no longer required. (UK)
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2. dead
   [adj] - devoid of physical sensation 2. [adj] - lacking acoustic resonance 3. [adj] - not yielding a return 4. [adj] - unerringly accurate 5. [adj] - out of use or operation because of a fault or breakdown 6. [adj] - not surviving in active use 7. [adj] - lacking resil...
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3. Dead
   The predetermined level to which a suspended scenic piece is raised or lowered to take up its correct position in the setting.
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4. Dead
   Pins which fall but stay on the frame after the opening shot. These are not removed and in subsequent shots may be a help (see Lovely dead) or a hindrance (see Robbing dead).
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5. dead
   applying to a device or circuit to indicate that a voltage is not applied Category: Electrical engineering and energy
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6. Dead
   Dead (dĕd) adjective [ Middle English ded , dead , deed , Anglo-Saxon deád ; akin to Old Saxon dōd , Dutch dood , German todt , tot , Icelandic dauðr , Swedish & Danish <...
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7. Dead
   Dead adverb To a degree resembling death; to the last degree; completely; wholly. [ Colloq.] « I was tired of reading, and dead sleepy.» Dickens. Dead drunk , so drunk as to be unconscious.
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8. Dead
   Dead (dĕd) noun 1. The most quiet or deathlike time; the period of profoundest repose, inertness, or gloom; as, the dead of winter. « When the drum beat at dead of night.» Campbell. 2. One who ...
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9. Dead
   Dead transitive verb To make dead; to deaden; to deprive of life, force, or vigor. [ Obsolete] « Heaven's stern decree, With many an ill, hath numbed and deaded me.» Chapman.
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10. Dead
    Dead intransitive verb To die; to lose life or force. [ Obsolete] « So iron, as soon as it is out of the fire, deadeth straightway.» Bacon.
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11. Dead
    Dead adjective 1. (Electricity) Carrying no current, or producing no useful effect; -- said of a conductor in a dynamo or motor, also of a telegraph wire which has no instrument attached and, therefore, is not in use. 2. Out of pla...
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12. dead
    1. Deprived of life; opposed to alive and living; reduced to that state of a being in which the organs of motion and life have irrevocably ceased to perform their functions; as, a dead tree; a dead man. 'The queen, my lord, is dead.' 'The crew, all except himself, were dead of hunger.' (Arbuthnot) '...
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13. dead
    deadened adjective 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`
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14. dead
    defunct adjective no longer in force or use; inactive; `a defunct (or dead) law`; `a defunct organization`
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15. dead
    drained adjective drained of electric charge; discharged; `a dead battery`; `left the lights on and came back to find the battery drained`
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16. dead
    idle adjective not yielding a return; `dead capital`; `idle funds`
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17. dead
    lifeless adjective lacking animation or excitement or activity; `the party being dead we left early`; `it was a lifeless party until she arrived`
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18. dead
    adjective devoid of activity; `this is a dead town; nothing ever happens here`
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19. dead
    adjective no longer having force or relevance; `a dead issue`
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20. dead
    adjective unerringly accurate; `a dead shot`; `took dead aim`
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21. dead
    adjective lacking acoustic resonance; `dead sounds characteristic of some compact discs`; `the dead wall surfaces of a recording studio`
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22. dead
    adjective physically inactive; `Crater Lake is in the crater of a dead volcano of the Cascade Range`
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23. dead
    adjective lacking resilience or bounce; `a dead tennis ball`
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24. dead
    adjective not surviving in active use; `Latin is a dead language`
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25. dead
    adjective out of use or operation because of a fault or breakdown; `a dead telephone line`; `the motor is dead`
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