Lexic.us

Definition of Dead end

1. Noun. A passage with access only at one end.

2. Noun. A situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible. "Reached an impasse on the negotiations"

Definition of Dead end

1. Noun. (idiomatic) A path or strategy that goes nowhere or is blocked on one end. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dead End

dead bat dead beat dead bird dead body dead calm dead cat bounce dead center dead centre dead cert dead code

dead donkey dead donkeys dead drop dead duck dead ducks dead end (current term) dead ends dead fingers dead first dead foetus syndrome

dead furrow dead giveaway dead hand dead hand of the past dead heat dead heats dead horse dead ice dead in the water dead key

Literary usage of Dead end

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. On English Poetry: Being an Irregular Approach to the Psychology of this Art by Robert Graves (1922)
"... fantastic jokes and original swearing— THE dead end AND THE MAN OF ONE POEM THE question of why Poets suddenly seem to come to a dead end and stop ..."

2. Bulletin by Montana Historical Society, Library (1920)
"The before mentioned 2700 dead end jobs are going to be filled with 2700 boys and girls, some of whom cannot be made "dead end" boys and girls, ..."

3. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1917)
"The method has in some installations been applied to a structure which forms the dead end of an underground metallic system and where the structure is ..."

4. Millwrighting by James Francis Hobart (1909)
"No matter where placed, a dead-end always fills with water. If the pipe be a large one and the dead-end projects vertically upward, the water may run out as ..."

5. Secretary Baker at the Front by Ralph A. Hayes (1918)
"The first glimpse over the dead end of the trench farthest to the front is a rather disappointing experience. It is disappointing, perhaps, ..."

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