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halfdead

halfdead adjective: halfway dead; only partially alive.

Adjective

halfdead (not comparable)

  1. Halfway dead; only partially alive.
    • But even after he was beyond the danger zone, he still felt halfdead.1999, Patti Massman, Susan Rosser, A Matter of Betrayal
    • Until the day King Nax had seized him and shattered his legs—not broken them, but shattered them, eight men taking turns with a mallet—and then sent him home, halfdead, to his wife, Aliss, in the northern Dells.2009, Kristin Cashore, Fire

halfdead meaning in Bengali and Gujarati

halfdead in Bengali

halfway dead; partially alive
অর্ধমৃত ordhomrito, আধমরা adhmora

halfdead in Gujarati

halfway dead; partially alive
અધમૂઉં adhamūũ

Examples of halfdead in a sentence

  • Some may be halfdead physically; they need people to visit them in the hospital or in their homes.2010, Wayne Gordon, Who Is My Neighbor?:
  • [...] from a vantage point of security, the lawyer is taught to ask the question from the vantage point of one lying halfdead by the side of the road.2010, Robert A Gagnon, The Bible and Homosexual Practice:

Forms of halfdead

alternative formhalf dead
alternative formhalf-dead

Origin of halfdead

From Middle English halfdede, from Old English healfdēad (“half-dead”), from Proto-Germanic *halbadaudaz (“halfdead”), equivalent to half- + dead. Cognate with West Frisian healdea (“halfdead”), Dutch halfdood (“halfdead”), German Low German halvdood (“halfdead”), German halbtot (“halfdead”), Swedish halvdöd (“halfdead”).

Questions about halfdead

What does halfdead mean?
Halfdead means halfway dead; only partially alive.
What is halfdead in Bengali?
Halfdead in Bengali is অর্ধমৃত (ordhomrito), আধমরা (adhmora). See Halfdead meaning in Bengali.
How do you use halfdead in a sentence?
Some may be halfdead physically; they need people to visit them in the hospital or in their homes.
What part of speech is halfdead?
Halfdead is an adjective.

Words near halfdead in the dictionary

  1. halfcocked
  2. halfcocking
  3. halfcocks
  4. halfcourt
  5. halfcourts
  6. halfdead
  7. halfdeck
  8. halfdecks
  9. halfdemon
  10. halfdemons
  11. halfdressed

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