| dead | the fruiting bodies of the fungi of the genus Xylaria |
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| dead | (informal) accurate and to the point |
| dead | someone who fails to meet a financial obligation |
| dead | a father who defaults on his obligation to provide financial support for his offspring |
| dead | the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key |
| dead | convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil |
| dead | make less lively, intense, or vigorous |
| dead | become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active |
| dead | make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible |
| dead | lessen the momentum or velocity of |
| dead | make vapid or deprive of spirit |
| dead | cut a girdle around (a plant) so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients |