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UK
/dˈɛdhɛd/
]
[ US /ˈdɛdˌhɛd/ ]
[ US /ˈdɛdˌhɛd/ ]
NOUN
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a nonenterprising person who is not paying his way
the deadheads on the payroll should be eased out as fast as possible - a train or bus or taxi traveling empty
How To Use deadhead In A Sentence
- There was an especially loud contingent of people down front, who apparently follow him from concert to concert, a la the Grateful Dead's Deadheads.
- You'll also want to deadhead all your begonias regularly; removing wilted leaves and flowers encourages them to produce more blooms.
- Research from the Royal National Rose Society has shown that just pulling off the deadheads of roses rather than cutting back leads to more repeat flowering.
- One of the fun bits of being a deadhead is the links it brings.deadsongs. vue.21 The WELL: Bird Song
- In the annual and perennial border it is often enough to just deadhead plants, trim back spent foliage and remove the odd weed to free up your favourites.
- The train was unique in that Ashland was the last stop, following which the train deadheaded back to Camden.
- Jacksonville to Oceana was a deadhead leg (no pax or cargo).
- Many "deadheads" can be seen sticking out of the water, and some caution needs to be taken to avoid submerged ones if you are paddling close to the shore.
- Anything that blooms now gets immediately deadheaded.
- In addition, deadheading spent blossoms regularly will encourage further blooming.