half-dead

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Definitions of half-dead word

adjective half-dead no longer living; deprived of life: dead people; dead flowers; dead animals. 1
adjective half-dead brain-dead. 1
adjective half-dead not endowed with life; inanimate: dead stones. 1
adjective half-dead resembling death; deathlike: a dead sleep; a dead faint. 1
adjective half-dead bereft of sensation; numb: He was half dead with fright. My leg feels dead. 1
adjective half-dead lacking sensitivity of feeling; insensitive: dead to the needs of others. 1

before 950

One of the 4% oldest English words

before 950; Middle English deed, Old English dēad; cognate with Gothic dauths, German tot, Old Norse daudhr; orig. past participle See die1

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 100% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".