dead end (noun)
21dead-end street — noun a street with only one way in or out • Syn: ↑blind alley, ↑cul de sac, ↑impasse • Hypernyms: ↑thoroughfare …
22dead end — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. impasse, cul de sac. See passage, difficulty. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. cul de sac, impasse. III (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A course leading nowhere: blind alley, cul de sac. See OPEN …
23end — [end] noun 1. STATISTICS MARKETING top/bottom end a figure that is at the top or bottom end of a range is high or low in the range of possible figures that were expected: • The results were at the top end of previous market forecasts. 2.… …
24dead wood — or deadˈ wood noun 1. Pieces of timber laid on the upper side of the keel at either end 2. Useless material or personnel • • • Main Entry: ↑dead …
25dead-wood — or deadˈ wood noun 1. Pieces of timber laid on the upper side of the keel at either end 2. Useless material or personnel • • • Main Entry: ↑dead …
26dead-endedness — noun see dead end I …
27end — 1 /end/ noun (C) 1 LAST PART the last part of something such as a period of time, activity, book, or film: He s leaving at the end of October. | I found the end of the movie very disappointing. | from beginning to end: Her story was a pack of… …
28dead-ball line — noun : either of two lines drawn parallel to and not more than 25 yards behind the goal lines to mark the extreme limits of a rugby playing field see rugby illustration * * * /ded bawl /, Rugby. the line at each end of the field parallel to and… …
29dead´-heat´er — dead heat, a race that ends in a tie: »The dead heat in the first race, naturally, made for two daily doubles (New York Times). dead heat «DEHD HEET», intransitive verb. to end a race in a tie: »After a lapse of about 10 minutes the judge… …
30dead donkey — noun In journalistic jargon, a news item of no real significance, usually of whimsical or sentimental nature, placed at the end of a news bulletin or in a newspaper as filler. A dead donkey can often be removed from the programme or publication… …
