Kilo Lingo

/ded/

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Translation

No longer living.

Word origin

From Old English dead, from the same old Germanic root that gave die and death.

Origin
Old English
Root
dead
English cognates
die, death

Examples

watered .

"Dead" means it is no longer living.

.

About a machine, "dead" means it has no power left.

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Here "dead" means very quiet, with nobody about.

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