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dead [deader, deadest] (experiencing pins and needles)
adjective
[UK: ded]
[US: ˈded]

(Bokmål) død, som soveradjective

dead [deader, deadest] (no longer alive)
adjective
[UK: ded]
[US: ˈded]

(Bokmål) dødadjective

(Nynorsk) dødadjective

dead as a doorknob (unquestionably dead (see here))
adjective

(Bokmål) død som en sild (dead as a herring)adjective

dead as a doornail (unquestionably dead)
adjective
[UK: ded əz ə ˈdɔː.neɪl]
[US: ˈded ˈæz ə ˈdɔːr.ˌnel]

(Bokmål) død som en sildadjective

dead ball (the ball when dead and out of play)
noun
[UK: ded bɔːl]
[US: ˈded ˈbɒl]

(Bokmål) dødballnoun
{m}

(Nynorsk) dødballnoun
{m}

dead end (street or path that goes nowhere)
noun
[UK: ded end]
[US: ˈded ˈend]

(Bokmål) blindveinoun
{m}, blindveg {m}, blindgate {m} {f}

(Nynorsk) blindvegnoun
{m}, blindgate {f}

dead ice (former glacier ice that is no longer connected to the active glacier)
noun

dødisnoun

dead language (language with no native speakers)
noun
[UK: ded ˈlæŋ.ɡwɪdʒ]
[US: ˈded ˈlæŋ.ɡwɪdʒ]

dødt språknoun
{n}

dead load (the weight of a structure itself)
noun
[UK: ˈded.ˈləʊd]
[US: ˈded.ˈləʊd]

(Bokmål) egenvektnoun
{m} {f}

(Nynorsk) eigenvektnoun
{f}

Dead Sea (lake in the Middle East)
proper noun
[UK: ded siː]
[US: ˈded ˈsiː]

Dødehavetproper noun

dead weight [dead weights] noun
[UK: ˈde.dweɪt]
[US: ˈde.dweɪt]

(Bokmål) dødvektnoun
{m} {f}, daudvekt {m} {f}

(Nynorsk) dødvektnoun
{f}, daudvekt {f}

deadly [deadlier, deadliest] (lethal)
adjective
[UK: ˈded.li]
[US: ˈded.li]

(Bokmål) dødeligadjective

(Nynorsk) dødelegadjective

deadline [deadlines] (date on or before which something must be completed)
noun
[UK: ˈded.laɪn]
[US: ˈded.ˌlaɪn]

(Bokmål) tidsfristnoun
{m}

(Nynorsk) tidsfristnoun
{m}

deadly nightshade (deadly nightshade; Atropa belladonna)
noun
[UK: ˈded.li ˈnaɪ.tʃeɪd]
[US: ˈded.li ˈnaɪ.ˌtʃed]

belladonnaurtnoun
{c}

deadly sin (any of the seven deadly sins)
noun
[UK: ˈded.li sɪn]
[US: ˈded.li ˈsɪn]

(Bokmål) dødssyndnoun

(Nynorsk) dødssyndnoun
{f}

deadnettle (plant of the genus Lamium)
noun
[UK: ˈdɛdˈnɛtl]
[US: ˈdɛdˈnɛtl]

(Bokmål) tvetannnoun
{m} {f}, tvitann {m} {f}

(Nynorsk) tvitannnoun
{f}

deadpan (deliberately impassive or expressionless (as a face or look))
adjective
[UK: ˈded.pæn]
[US: ˈded.ˌpæn]

(Bokmål) uttrykksløs, gravalvorligadjective

better dead than red (anti-Communist slogan)
phrase

heller død enn rød, bedre død enn rødphrase

brain-dead (in medicine: having irreversible cessation of brain activity)
adjective

(Bokmål) hjernedødadjective

(Nynorsk) hjernedød, hjernedaudadjective

over my dead body (absolutely not)
preposition
[UK: ˈəʊv.ə(r) maɪ ded ˈbɒ.di]
[US: ˈoʊv.r̩ ˈmaɪ ˈded ˈbɑː.di]

(Bokmål) over mitt likpreposition

(Nynorsk) over mitt likpreposition

play dead (to act as though defeated)
verb
[UK: ˈpleɪ ded]
[US: ˈpleɪ ˈded]

spille dødverb

seven deadly sins (the cardinal sins)
noun
[UK: ˈsev.n̩ ˈded.li sɪnz]
[US: ˈsev.n̩ ˈded.li ˈsɪnz]

syv dødssyndernoun
{Pl}

stone dead (unquestionably dead)
adjective

(Bokmål) steindødadjective

undead (being animate, though non-living)
adjective

vandødadjective