stone dead: meaning & examples

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Language: English

Meanings:

  • 1.

    British EnglishAmerican Englishneutral
    • Completely and unequivocally dead; without life.

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    • When the hunters found the deer, it was stone dead from the fall.

      When the hunters found the deer, it was stone dead from the fall.

    • The coroner confirmed that the victim was stone dead at the scene, with no chance of resuscitation.

      The coroner confirmed that the victim was stone dead at the scene, with no chance of resuscitation.

    • After the accident, the driver was declared stone dead by the emergency responders.

      After the accident, the driver was declared stone dead by the emergency responders.

    • Nothing could revive the stone dead fish once it had been out of water for hours.

      Nothing could revive the stone dead fish once it had been out of water for hours.

  • 2.

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    • Completely stopped or immobilized; not functioning at all (used of machines, engines, or processes).

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    • The old car’s engine went stone dead right in the middle of the highway.

      The old car’s engine went stone dead right in the middle of the highway.

    • When the power outage hit, the factory machines were stone dead until the electricity was restored.

      When the power outage hit, the factory machines were stone dead until the electricity was restored.

    • You can’t start the computer if the battery is stone dead; it needs to be charged first.

      You can’t start the computer if the battery is stone dead; it needs to be charged first.

Examples:

  • EN: I've known for some time that they were... stone dead.
    ES: Hace bastante tiempo que sé que no tiene solución.
  • EN: - This man's stone dead.
    ES: - Está muerto como una piedra.
  • EN: Mr. Stanton was stone dead, and there was that guy with that there gun in his hands sayin' nothin', and Mr. Stanton was so liberal too.
    ES: El señor Stanton había muerto, y allí estaba ese tipo... con esa arma en mano, sin decir nada, y el señor Stanton también era muy liberal.
  • EN: The man was stone dead.
    ES: El hombre estaba muerto.
  • EN: Killed him stone dead.
    ES: ¡Lo mató al instante!
  • EN: Without a blow being struck, in the third round he dropped stone dead.
    ES: Sin recibir un solo golpe, en el tercer asalto se desplomó muerto.
  • EN: A damaged oil feed can stop the engines stone dead, and you know it.
    ES: Una fuente de alimentación dañada puede parar los motores y tú lo sabes.
  • EN: You'll find me here stone dead.
    ES: Me encontrará usted aquí cadáver.
  • EN: Last month, the mayor's wife started running around... with a young stud like him... and the mayor shot him stone dead.
    ES: Hace un mes, la mujer del alcalde empezó a salir... con un joven semental como él, y el alcalde lo mató de un disparo.
  • EN: And when they finally dug him out, to everybody's amazement, he was stone dead.
    ES: Y cuando por fin lo desenterraron, para asombro de todos, estaba completamente muerto.
  • EN: It's a wonder I'm not stone dead.
    ES: Es un milagro que no esté muerta.
  • EN: If you don't get off this farm this minute, I'm gonna shoot you stone dead.
    ES: Si no se marchan de esta granja ya mismo, los dejo secos de un tiro.
  • EN: You think that life is nothing but not being stone dead!
    ES: Creéis que la vida no es más que no estar muerto..."
  • EN: It's stone dead.
    ES: - Está muerto.
  • EN: Yes, he was stone, stone dead.
    ES: Sí, estaba rígido, muerto como una piedra.
  • EN: I've known for some time that they were... stone dead.
    ES: Hace bastante tiempo que sé que no tiene solución.
  • EN: - This man's stone dead.
    ES: - Está muerto como una piedra.
  • EN: Mr. Stanton was stone dead, and there was that guy with that there gun in his hands sayin' nothin', and Mr. Stanton was so liberal too.
    ES: El señor Stanton había muerto, y allí estaba ese tipo... con esa arma en mano, sin decir nada, y el señor Stanton también era muy liberal.
  • EN: The man was stone dead.
    ES: El hombre estaba muerto.
  • EN: Killed him stone dead.
    ES: ¡Lo mató al instante!

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