He was dead as a kipper when they found him.

The lathe operator used the dead centres to support the workpiece.

The lathe operator used the dead centers to support the workpiece.

I like to do dead hangs to improve my grip strength.

I threw away the dead cakes that were left over from the party.

The sailors on the ship had dead-eyes to secure the rigging.

The candle melted and died out.

The candle was dead-melting slowly.

I found several dead-melts washed up on the beach.

The heat caused the ice to dead-melts.