dead

Pronúncia: dɛd
    adjective
  1. mort.
  2. he is dead és mort.
  3. the dead man, the dead woman el mort, la morta.
  4. the dead king el rei difunt.
  5. as dead as (the dodo \ a doornail \ mutton) mort i ben mort.
  6. dead and (gone \ buried) mort i enterrat.
  7. to (strike \ kill) someone (stone) dead matar algú a l'acte.
  8. to drop down dead caure (mort) en rodó, morir de sobte.
  9. dead to reason desenraonat, irracional.
  10. dead to the world mort per al món, mort per a les coses del món.
  11. dead with fright mort de por.
  12. my fingers feel dead owing to the cold tinc les mans balbes del fred que fa.
  13. to go dead [of limb] adormir-se.
  14. drop dead! colloquial ves a fer punyetes!

  15. [town] desert, mort.
  16. [language] mort.
  17. [leaf] marcit, sec, mort.
  18. [well] sec, mort.
  19. [coal] apagat.

  20. [obsolete] antiquat, passat de moda.
  21. all that stuff's pretty dead now tot això ja és molt passat de moda.
  22. figurative [ball] mort.
  23. [calm] calma, albaïna.
  24. [certainty] absolut.
  25. [colour] apagat, descolorit.
  26. [fire] esmorteït.
  27. [letters] cartes no repartides.
  28. [level] exacte.
  29. [loss] total.
  30. [secret] profund.
  31. [silence] de mort, profund.
  32. [sleep] profund.
  33. [sound] apagat.
  34. [stop] brusc, en sec.
  35. [voice] monòton.
  36. Electricity [wire] descarregat, sense corrent.
  37. dead season mala temporada (en un negoci).
  38. dead period període d'inactivitat.
  39. the dead hours la nit.
  40. (idem) Commerce etc. les hores de poca activitat.
  41. dead market Commerce mercat (mort \ exhaurit).
  42. to be dead on time anar al minut.
  43. to be in dead earnest ser terriblement seriós.
  44. to come to a dead stop aturar-se bruscament, parar-se en sec.
  45. he's a dead shot no falla mai (en el tir).

  46. a dead loss un perdulari, un home sense ofici ni benefici.
  47. adverb
  48. absolutament, completament, totalment.
  49. dead drunk completament begut.
  50. dead tired mort de cansament, rebentat.
  51. dead sure absolutament cert.
  52. dead broke colloquial [ruined] escurat, eixut, pelat.
  53. to go dead slow anar molt a poc a poc.
  54. to stop dead aturar-se, parar-se en sec.
  55. to be dead against something oposar-se radicalment a alguna cosa.
  56. to be dead certain estar completament segur.
  57. dead on time a l'hora (en punt \ exacta).
  58. noun
  59. the dead els morts.
  60. to rise from the dead ressuscitar.

  61. at dead of night, in the dead of night al cor de la nit.
  62. in the dead of winter al ple de l'hivern.