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Haniel Long

Meaning of "dead men" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DEAD MEN

dead men  [ded men] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DEAD MEN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Dead men is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DEAD MEN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of dead men in the English dictionary

The definition of dead men in the dictionary is empty bottles.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DEAD MEN


cavemen
ˈkeɪvˈmen
coachmen
ˈkəʊtʃˌmen
congressmen
ˈkɒŋɡrɪsˌmen
countrymen
ˈkʌntrɪˌmen
craftsmen
ˈkrɑːftsˌmen
dogmen
ˈdɒɡˌmen
doormen
ˈdɔːˌmen
Dutchmen
ˈdʌtʃˌmen
firemen
ˈfaɪəˌmen
henchmen
ˈhentʃmen
madmen
ˈmædmen
servicemen
ˈsɜːvɪsmen
showmen
ˈʃəʊmen
snowmen
ˈsnəʊmen
sportsmen
ˈspɔːtsmen
tradesmen
ˈtreɪdzmen
upperclassmen
ˌʌpəˈklɑːsmen
warehousemen
ˈweəhaʊsmen
watchmen
ˈwɒtʃmen
yachtsmen
ˈjɒtsmen

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DEAD MEN

dead letter drop
dead load
dead loss
dead man walking
dead man´s fingers
dead man´s handle
dead man´s pedal
dead march
dead marine
dead matter
dead on
dead point
dead president
dead reckoning
dead ringer
Dead Sea
Dead Sea Scrolls
dead season
dead set
dead soldier

WORDS THAT END LIKE DEAD MEN

family men
fancy men
fellow men
fisher of men
holy men
little green men
maintenance men
make-up men
media men
medicine men
merry men
morris men
oil men
red men
removal men
repair men
repo men
straight men
straw men
yes men

Synonyms and antonyms of dead men in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «dead men» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DEAD MEN

Find out the translation of dead men to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of dead men from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dead men» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

死人
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hombres muertos
570 millions of speakers

English

dead men
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मृत पुरुषों
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

القتيلين
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

мертвецы
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mortos
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মৃত মানুষ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

morts
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lelaki mati
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Toten
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

死人
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

죽은 사람
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Wong mati
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

người chết
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இறந்த ஆண்கள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मृत पुरुष
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ölen insanlar
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

morti
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dead Men
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

мерці
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

oameni morți
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

νεκροί
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

manne wat die dood
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

döda män
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

døde menn
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dead men

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DEAD MEN»

The term «dead men» is quite widely used and occupies the 53.857 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DEAD MEN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «dead men» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «dead men» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about dead men

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6 QUOTES WITH «DEAD MEN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word dead men.
1
Michael Feldman
It's not just dead men who tell no tales. Live ones don't have much to say for themselves, either.
2
Haniel Long
Dead men tell no tales.
3
Vita Sackville-West
I worshipped dead men for their strength, forgetting I was strong.
4
Algernon Charles Swinburne
From too much love of living, From hope and fear set free, We thank with brief thanksgiving Whatever gods may be That no life lives for ever; That dead men rise up never; That even the weariest river Winds somewhere safe to sea.
5
Ernst Toller
At that moment of realization I knew that I had been blind because I had wished not to see; it was only then that I realised, at last, that all these dead men, French and Germans, were brothers, and I was the brother of them all.
6
Aiden Wilson Tozer
One hundred religious persons knit into a unity by careful organizations do not constitute a church any more than eleven dead men make a football team. The first requisite is life, always.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DEAD MEN»

Discover the use of dead men in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dead men and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Dead Men Do Tell Tales: The Strange and Fascinating Cases of ...
In Dead Men Do Tell Tales, Dr. Maples revisits his strangest, most interesting, and most horrific investigations, from the baffling cases of conquistador Francisco Pizarro and Vietnam MIAs to the mysterious deaths of President Zachary ...
William R. Maples, Michael Browning, 2010
2
Dead Men Tapping
The dramatic saga of the Heather Lynne II retraces the tragedy that befell three fishermen trapped in the boat when it was capsized by a barge, the subsequent failed rescue attempt, and the wrenching courtroom drama that followed, taking ...
Kate Yeomans, 2004
3
Ten Men Dead: The Story of the 1981 Irish Hunger Strike
A portrait of strife-torn Northern Ireland chronicles the events that occurred when jailed IRA members demanded to be recognized as political prisoners in 1981, events that saw ten men starve themselves to death.
David Beresford, 1997
4
Dead Men Don't Talk
In this story Tembo - an African James Bond - enjoys danger, and his life is now under threat. Who is trying to kill him, and why?
John Tembo, 1991
5
Secret Dead Men
"Believe in nothing, believe in Hell, believe in the Brain Hotel... Secret Dead Men is the most inventive, uplifting, hilarious, moving novel since Catcher in the Rye" -- Ken Bruen Del Farmer isn't your ordinary hardboiled private eye.
Duane Swierczynski, 2005
6
Dead Men Risen: The Welsh Guards and the Real Story of ...
WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE 2012. This is the tale of the Welsh Guards in Helmand in 2009.
Toby Harnden, 2011
7
Last Stand of Dead Men (Skulduggery Pleasant, Book 8)
The eighth instalment in the biggest, funniest, most thrilling comedy-horror-adventure series in the universe - and the follow-up to 2012’s number-one bestseller, Kingdom of the Wicked...
Derek Landy, 2013
8
Nice Girls Don't Date Dead Men
Combining Mary Janice Davidson’s sass and the charm of Charlaine Harris’s Sookie Stackhouse novels, this is an incredibly satisfying read for fans of paranormal romantic comedy.
Molly Harper, 2009
9
Dead Men Living
When investigating the bodies of two Allied officers that have been frozen in the Siberian snow for fifty years, Charles Muffin, a British agent, finds himself caught up in a vast conspiracy of silence spanning three governments. 15,000 ...
Brian Freemantle, 2000
10
Dead Men's Boots
You might think that helping a friend's widow to stop a lawyer from stealing her husband's corpse would be the strangest thing on your To Do list.
Mike Carey, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DEAD MEN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term dead men is used in the context of the following news items.
1
'Pirates Of The Caribbean 5' News: Has Filming Ended For 'Dead
(Photo : Facebook/"Pirates of the Caribbean" Official Page) Has filming ended for "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales"? Recent ... «Fashion & Style, Jul 15»
2
What ISIS Learned From the Cartels
... then wrote a letter-to-the-editor with the sanctimonious statement that he, unlike the dead men in the video, didn't harm women and children. «Daily Beast, Jul 15»
3
England's women are big enough to laugh off FA's 'wives and …
That position in the late Osama bin Laden's organisation was long judged to be dead men's shoes, what with America's habit of killing its ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
4
Like Charles Finney Said, the Pulpit is to Blame for America's Fall
Dead men give out dead sermons, and dead sermons kill. Everything depends on the spiritual character of the preacher" (E.M. Bounds). «Charisma News, Jul 15»
5
These Stars Worked Even Harder to Play Superheroes Than We …
... Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies · The Spectacular Spider-Man · The Flash (Movie) · Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales ... «moviepilot.com, Jul 15»
6
Johnny Depp and Amber Heard Too Pre-Occupied with Respective …
... upcoming movie with Disney Pictures and Jerry Bruckheimer Productions, “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales” in Australia. «Master Herald, Jul 15»
7
New Long Cloud Director Launches with Greek Myth Reimagined
Called Dead Men's Wars, it is a new play written by Bruce Mason award-winner Ralph McCubbin Howell that deals with the ANZAC war ... «Scoop.co.nz, Jul 15»
8
Copenhagen Opens This Week at Manatee Performing Arts Center
Accompanied by Niels' wife Margrethe (Caroline Cox), the dead men try to recall why Heisenberg had come to Copenhagen to visit Bohr, what ... «The Bradenton Times, Jul 15»
9
Man who was struck and killed by lightning in Brecon Beacons 'was …
The Telegraph reports that sources close to the rescue teams claim one of the dead men may have been struck because he was carrying a ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
10
TV Review: 'The Spoils Before Dying'
... or Web-video length to something more substantial — think Mel Brooks' genre-spoofing movies, or “Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid” — and how ... «Variety, Jul 15»

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