the dead

noun

: the state of being dead

—usually used in the phrases rise from the dead or come back from the dead or return from the dead to mean to become alive again after dying

For a moment, I thought that my grandfather had come back from the dead.

They believe that Jesus Christ rose from the dead.

Examples of the dead in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Thomas has seven points during a four-game scoring streak for the surging Blues, who have risen from the dead after the Olympic break. —Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 4 Apr. 2026

People walking on a path near Black’s Beach in late March saw the dead sharks lined up along the trail far from the shoreline, some covered in sand and others laid out on rocks. —Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026

Ever since Sydney had brought Victor back from the dead, his power had been glitching, his body reenacting the same electrical surge that had stopped his heart back at Lockland, fifteen years before. —Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Apr. 2026

And among the dead are at least 53 paramedics. —Greg Dixon, NPR, 2 Apr. 2026

Rhymes for the dead

• abed
• ahead
• beachhead
• bedspread
• bedstead
• behead
• blackhead
• blockhead
• bloodshed
• bowhead
• breastfed
• bridgehead