- no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life; "the nerve is dead"; "a dead pallor"; "he was marked as a dead man by the assassin"
For this definition, no - it must have had life.
- not showing characteristics of life especially the capacity to sustain life; no longer exerting force or having energy or heat; "Mars is a dead planet"; "dead soil"; "dead coals"; "the fire is dead"
For this definiton, yes, rocks are dead.
- physically inactive; "Crater Lake is in the crater of a dead volcano of the Cascade Range"
For this definition, yes, rocks are dead.
- dead(p): (followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive; "passersby were dead to our plea for help"; "numb to the cries for mercy"
For this defintion, yes, rocks are dead.
- devoid of physical sensation; numb; "his gums were dead from the novocain"
For this definition, I suppose rocks are dead.
- dead(a): not circulating or flowing; "dead air"; "dead water"; "stagnant water"
Again, probably dead.
- lacking resilience or bounce; "a dead tennis ball"
No, it is inanimate. You can't have death without life. Unless it's a battery... which still was never alive and thus can't be "dead." It's just no longer a functioning battery. No good without evil, no light without dark...
No. Something is dead if it has died, and it cannot have died unless it was alive. So a clock like myself, for example, is not dead. I would be better described as 'nonliving'.
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Define Dead. There's your answer.
- no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life; "the nerve is dead"; "a dead pallor"; "he was marked as a dead man by the assassin"
For this definition, no - it must have had life.
- not showing characteristics of life especially the capacity to sustain life; no longer exerting force or having energy or heat; "Mars is a dead planet"; "dead soil"; "dead coals"; "the fire is dead"
For this definiton, yes, rocks are dead.
- physically inactive; "Crater Lake is in the crater of a dead volcano of the Cascade Range"
For this definition, yes, rocks are dead.
- dead(p): (followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive; "passersby were dead to our plea for help"; "numb to the cries for mercy"
For this defintion, yes, rocks are dead.
- devoid of physical sensation; numb; "his gums were dead from the novocain"
For this definition, I suppose rocks are dead.
- dead(a): not circulating or flowing; "dead air"; "dead water"; "stagnant water"
Again, probably dead.
- lacking resilience or bounce; "a dead tennis ball"
Rocks fit this definition of dead.
No. Death is the end of life. A rock was never alive so it's not technically dead.
No, it is inanimate. You can't have death without life. Unless it's a battery... which still was never alive and thus can't be "dead." It's just no longer a functioning battery. No good without evil, no light without dark...
No. Something is dead if it has died, and it cannot have died unless it was alive. So a clock like myself, for example, is not dead. I would be better described as 'nonliving'.
No. Death is a state of something that was alive but no longer is.
However, sometimes people (I think inappropriately) talk about life and death in terms of concepts, etc. i.e. - "that idea has died".
If it has life inside of it, it could hardly be dead, regardless of how small the remains of life may be.
It depends.
Is it capable of sentient thought?
If yes, then it's alive.
By some definitions, yes.
No, it is inorganic.
no its inanimate