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

Even hundreds of years ago, there were people who didn’t believe in the anxious accounts of what the dead were doing. —Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 7 Jan. 2026

Among the dead are four children and at least two members of Iran’s security forces, according to rights groups. —Connor Greene, Time, 7 Jan. 2026

This solid resin, used to embalm the dead and as a painkiller (mixed with wine), poignantly foreshadowed Jesus' sacrificial destiny. —Nadia Cantú, AZCentral.com, 6 Jan. 2026

The 14,690-foot Matterhorn towers above Zermatt, a tiny-but-touristy town of roughly 6,000 people nestled at the dead-end of a long valley in Switzerland’s remote southwest. —Rick Steves, Chicago Tribune, 6 Jan. 2026

Rhymes for the dead

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