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DEAD MAN

Specialty Definition: DEAD MAN

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Building & Civil Engineering

A buried plate, wall or block, some distance from a sheet pile or other retaining wall, which serves to anchor back the wall through a tie between the two. The dead man is held in place by its own weight and by passive pressure from the soil. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Dead Man

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Dead Man was a film written and directed by Jim Jarmusch that was released in 1995. It starred Johnny Depp, Gary Farmer, and Robert Mitchum. The musical score was written and performed by Neil Young.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Dead Man."

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Crosswords: DEAD MAN

English words defined with "DEAD MAN": bear away, bear offcarry away, carry offdeadtake away. (references)
Specialty definitions using "DEAD MAN": anchor block, anchor wallcurtain of sheet piling, cut off sheet piling, cut off wall of sheetpilesDying SayingsEmbalmGlory Handrefugesheet pile wall. (references)

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Modern Usage: DEAD MAN

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Screenplays

It was the walk of a dead man. (Double Indemnity; writing credit: James M. Cain; Billy Wilder)

You gonna line up with a dead man Jimbo? (JFK; writing credit: Jim Marrs; Jim Garrison)

I'm a dead man and buggered to boot! (Shakespeare in Love; writing credit: Marc Norman; Tom Stoppard)

The American is a dead man, First Secretary. (Firefox; writing credit: Craig Thomas; Alex Lasker)

I'm a dead man anyway. (Galaxy Quest; writing credit: David Howard)

Lyrics

Why he's the kind o' cat that'll make a dead man cry (THAT'S KILLER JOE; performing artist: Manhattan Transfer)

You, you make a dead man cum (START ME UP; performing artist: Rolling Stones)

Movie/TV Titles

In the Steps of a Dead Man (1974)

Once Upon a Dead Man (1971)

Columbo: Ransom for a Dead Man (1971)

Ties to a Dead Man (2003)

Interview with a Dead Man (1999)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: DEAD MAN

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Books

  • Dante to Dead Man Walking: One Reader's Journey Through the Christian Classics (reference)

  • Crime Novels : American Noir of the 1930s and 40s : The Postman Always Rings Twice / They Shoot Horses, Don't They? / Thieves Like Us / The Big Clock / Nightmare Alley / I Married a Dead Man (Library of America) (reference)

  • The Cornell Woolrich Omnibus: Rear Window and Other Stories I Married a Dead Man Waltz into Darkness (reference)

  • Dead man coming : the grim, true stories and photographs of some of the most famous and infamous men and women currently on Florida's death row (reference)

  • Dead Man Blues: Jelly Roll Morton Way Out West (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  

Music

  • Dead Man On Campus (Soundtrack) [SOUNDTRACK] (reference)

  • Dead Man Walking (Live recording of 2000 world premiere production) (reference)

  • Dead Man Walking: Music From And Inspired By The Motion Picture [SOUNDTRACK] (reference)

  • Theory of a Dead Man (Clean) (reference)

    (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: DEAD MAN

Illustrations:
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Photo Album: DEAD MAN

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Photograph shows a dead man lying inside the door of a barber shop. Credit: Library of Congress.

Dead man lying on ground next to rifle--U.S. Army expeditions in Central Arizona. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Familiar Quotations: DEAD MAN

AuthorQuotation

Homer

By the ships there lies a dead man, unwept, unburied: Patroclus.

Pompey

A dead man cannot bite.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: DEAD MAN

TitleAuthorQuote

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

To gather laurels and to steal the shoes from a dead man, seems to us impossible to the same hand.

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

Any prospect of awakening or coming to life to a dead man makes indifferent all times and places.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: DEAD MAN

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Human Rights

Turkey

Two relatives of the dead man also were being tried on the charge of resisting an officer. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

EMBALM, v.i. To cheat vegetation by locking up the gases upon which it feeds. By embalming their dead and thereby deranging the natural balance between animal and vegetable life, the Egyptians made their once fertile and populous country barren and incapable of supporting more than a meagre crew. The modern metallic burial casket is a step in the same direction, and many a dead man who ought now to be ornamenting his neighbor's lawn as a tree, or enriching his table as a bunch of radishes, is doomed to a long inutility. We shall get him after awhile if we are spared, but in the meantime the violet and rose are languishing for a nibble at his glutoeus maximus.

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Expression: DEAD MAN

Expression using "DEAD MAN": the dead man. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: DEAD MAN

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
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Modern Translation: DEAD MAN

Language Translations for "DEAD MAN"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Czech

  

mrtvý (dead, dull, lifeless, unemployed). (various references)

   

Danish

  

forankring (anchor block, anchor strap, anchor wall, anchorage, anchorage(for sheetpiling), buckstave, precision attachment, stay, tie rod), anker (anchor). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

verankering (anchor, anchor block, anchor strap, anchor wall, anchorage, anchorage(for sheetpiling), anchoring, mooring, pinning, shoe, spud), trekanker (anchor block, anchor wall, anchorage), anker (anchor, anker, armature, brace, cramp-iron). (various references)

   

French

  

tirant, homme-mort (dead-man), auto-ancrage (dead anchor block, dead anchorage), ancrage mort (dead anchor block, dead anchorage), ancrage. (various references)

   

German

  

toter Mann, Ankertafel (anchor block, anchor wall, anchorage), Ankerplatte (anchor block, anchor wall, anchorage), Ankerkörper (anchor block, anchor wall, anchorage). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

dummy, halott (casualty, dead, dead woman, deceased, gone, goner, stone-dead), asztal (board, desk, table). (various references)

   

Italian

  

tirante (tie beam), ancoraggio (anchorage, berth, harborage, harbourage). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eadday anmay

   

Spanish

  

tirante (binder, brace, bridle, gunning, nail biting, shoulder strap, straining, strap, stringent, taut, tense, tie, tight, tighten, trace), muerto (casualty, dead, deceased, died, doornail, dull, dummy, expired, fatality, late, lifeless, lost, quiescent), botella vacía (empty bottle), anclaje (anchorage). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

död kropp, påle (pale, pile, pole, post, stake, stanchion, upright), lik (after the fashion of, cadaver, carcase, corpse, corpus, equal, even, level, like, out, similar, stiff). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Bible Trace: DEAD MAN

LanguageDateSourceLuke Chapter 7, Verse 15
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintKai anekaqisen o nekroV kai hrxato lalein kai edwken auton th mhtri autou
Latin405VulgateEt resedit qui erat mortuus et coepit loqui et dedit illum matri suae
Old English990West Saxonþa aras se þe dead wæs. and ongan sprecan: þa agef he hine hys meder;
Middle English1395WyclifAnd he that was deed sat vp ayen, and bigan to speke; and he yaf hym to his modir.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleAnd ye deed sate vp and beganne to speake. And he delyvered him to his mother.
Jacobean English1611King JamesAnd he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he delivered him to his mother.
Victorian English1833WebsterAnd he that was dead sat up, and began to speak, and he delivered him to his mother.
Basic English1964OgdenAnd the dead man got up, and words came from his lips. And he gave him to his mother.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: DEAD MAN

LanguageLuke Chapter 7, Verse 15
CebuanoUg ang namatay milingkod ug misugod sa pagsulti. Ug gihatag niya siya ngadto sa iyang inahan.
Chinese那 死 人 就 坐 起 、 並 " 說 話 . 耶 穌 便 把 他 交 給 他 母 親 。
CroatianI mrtvac se podiže i progovori, a on ga dade njegovoj majci.
DanishOg den døde rejste sig op og begyndte at tale; og han gav ham til hans Moder.
DutchEn de dode zat overeind, en begon te spreken. En Hij gaf hem aan zijn moeder.
FinnishNiin kuollut nousi istualleen ja rupesi puhumaan. Ja hän antoi hänet hänen äidillensä.
FrenchEt le mort s`assit, et se mit parler. Jésus le rendit sa mère.
GermanUnd der Tote richtete sich auf und fing an zu reden; und er gab ihn seiner Mutter.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariPemuda yang sudah mati itu, bangun duduk dan mulai berbicara. Maka Yesus menyerahkannya kepada ibunya.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaMaka orang yang mati itu pun bangkitlah duduk, lalu mulai berkata-kata; kemudian diserahkannya kepada maknya.
MaoriNa ka noho te tupapaku ki runga, ka anga ka korero. A hoatu ana ia e ia ki tona whaea.
NorwegianOg den døde reiste sig op og begynte å tale; og han gav ham til hans mor.
PortugueseO que estivera morto sentou-se e começou a falar. Então Jesus o entregou sua mãe.   
RumanianMortul a wezut kn capul oaselor, wi a knceput sq vorbeascq. Isus l -a dat knapoi maicii lui.
ShuarTutai niisha nantaki pujus chichaamiayi. Tura Jesus ni nukurin "Jujú uchiram" Tímiayi.
SwahiliYule aliyekufa akaketi, akaanza kuongea. Na Yesu akamkabidhi kwa mama yake.
SwedishDå satte sig den döde upp och begynte tala. Och han gav honom åt hans moder.
UmaKabilasa to mate toei we'i, kaliliu mohura-imi pai' -i mololita. Na'uli' Yesus mpo'uli' -ki tina-na: "Oi-mi ana' -nu, totina."

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Misspellings: DEAD MAN

Misspellings

"DEAD MAN" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: deadman. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: DEAD MAN

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-d-d-e-m-n"

-1 letter: anadem, damned, demand, madden, maenad.

-2 letters: adman, admen, amend, daman, maned, menad, named.

-3 letters: amen, dada, dame, damn, dead, dean, made, mana, mane, mead, mean, mend, nada, name, nema.

-4 letters: add, ama, ana, and, ane, dad, dam, den, end, mad, mae, man, med, men, nae, nam.

-5 letters: aa, ad, ae, am, an, de, ed, em.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-d-d-e-m-n"
 

+1 letter: handmade, mandated.

 

+2 letters: andromeda, demandant, dreamland, endamaged, mansarded, marinaded, undamaged.

 

+3 letters: andromedas, damascened, deaminated, demandable, demandants, dreamlands, handmaiden, maidenhead, mandamused, manhandled, meadowland.

 

+4 letters: daydreaming, delaminated, handmaidens, maidenheads, meadowlands.

 

+5 letters: animadverted, undramatized.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Usage: Modern
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Images: Slideshow
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Quotations: Familiar
7. Quotations: Fiction
8. Quotations: Non-fiction
9. Expressions
10. Expressions: Internet
11. Translations: Modern
12. Bible Trace
13. Derivations
14. Anagrams
15. Bibliography


  

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