Dead (Noun)
Meaning 1
A time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense; "the dead of winter".
Classification
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations.
Examples
- The dead of night was particularly harsh in the remote village, with temperatures plummeting to record lows.
- The team huddled together during the dead of winter, trying to stay warm as the polar storm passed.
- It was in the dead of space, where the temperatures were at an eternal extreme, that they discovered the abandoned satellite.
- Their campfire struggled to stay lit in the dead of December, the intense cold slowing the flames to a mere flicker.
- As they waited for rescue, the crew members of the ship drifted off in the dead of the frozen wilderness.
Meaning 2
People who are no longer living; "they buried the dead".
Classification
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
Examples
- The cemetery was a solemn place where the dead rested in eternal silence.
- Flags flew at half-staff as the city mourned the loss of the dead.
- Rescue teams worked tirelessly to locate and free the dead from under the rubble.
- Their ancestors had a history of honoring and respecting the dead.
- A moment of silence was observed to pay tribute to the dead and their families.