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1.
dēd
adj.
291 quotations in 16 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) Of persons, animals, bodies, parts of bodies: dead, no longer alive; also
fig.
;
ben ded
, to be dead; (b) of trees, flowers, etc.: dead.
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