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dead
Adjective
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Not alive.
My brother is dead. His funeral was last week.
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Without power.
The problem is a dead battery.
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Without feeling, numb.
My arm is dead. I cannot feel it.
dead
Adverb
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Exactly, completely.
He thinks you are a woman, but you are a man. He is dead wrong.
stroke
Noun
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A stroke is when blood stops coming into your brain.
I had a stroke after running so hard.
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A stroke is an action of hitting something lightly.
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A stroke is the person who sets the speed in a rowing crew.
After years of training he was made stroke in the Oxford University crew.
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A stroke is something that happens without warning.
She had a stroke of good luck playing cards and won 20 dollars.
stroke
Verb
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If you stroke something, you touch something with the hand, and move your hand gently up it.
She stroked his hair lovingly.