(of people, animals, plants) no longer living
no longer alive
Cases of word usage
1) a ghost or the spirit of a dead person being seen (apparition)
2) (kinds of) very small living things, many of which cause disease or help dead animals and plants to decay (bacteria)
3) a moveable stand for a coffin or a dead body (bier)
4) to place (a dead body) in the ground, in a grave or in the sea (bury)
5) to make (a dead person) a saint (canonize)
6) a dead body of an animal (especially one prepared for cutting up as meat) (carcass)
7) dead and decaying flesh (carrion)
8) a series of underground galleries for the burial of the dead (as in ancient Rome) (catacombs)
9) a box for a dead person (coffin)
10) a dead human body (corpse)