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| dead end |
| 1. n. A street or path that goes nowhere or is blocked on one end. |
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| That road comes to a dead end at the lake. |
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| 2. n. A position that offers no hope of progress. |
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| Her father suggested that she decline the job because it was a dead end. |
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| 3. n. A split end in the hair. |
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| Analysis |
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| dead |
| 1. adj. (not comparable) No longer living. |
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| All of my grandparents are dead. |
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| 2. adj. (hyperbole) Figuratively, not alive; lacking life. |
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| 3. adj. (of another person) So hated that they are absolutely ignored. |
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| He is dead to me. |
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| End |
| 1. n. A key that when pressed causes the cursor to go to the last character of the current line. |
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| 2. n. The terminal point of something in space or time. |
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| At the end of the road, turn left. |
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| At the end of the story, the main characters fall in love. |
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| 3. n. (by extension) (euphemistic) The cessation of an effort, activity, state, or motion. |
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