different between undead vs unlead

English

Etymology

From Middle English undede, equivalent to un- +? dead. The first attestation is from around 1400. Usage as a noun is attested from the early 20th century onwards.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?d?d/
• Rhymes: -?d

Adjective

undead (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to a corpse, though having qualities of life.
2. (horror fiction) Being animate, though non-living.

Translations

Noun

the undead pl (plural only)

1. (horror fiction) Those creatures which are undead; that is, dead yet still animate.

   In the zombie movie, an army of the undead accosted some nubile skinny-dipping teenagers.

Translations

Noun

undead (plural undeads)

1. (horror fiction) A creature that is undead; that is, dead but still animate.
   • 1983, Tanith Lee, The Wars of Vis

     "You will do me a service," the undead said to him.

   • 1997, Carol Margaret Davison, Paul Simpson-Housley, Bram Stoker's Dracula: sucking through the century, 1897-1997

     Innocent VIII lent credibility to the actual existence of undeads, an action that perpetuated, and even stimulated, vampire hysteria.

See also

• Frankenstein's monster
• living dead
• mummy
• revenant
• vampire
• zombie

English

Etymology

un- +? lead

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?l?d/

Verb

unlead (third-person singular simple present unleads, present participle unleading, simple past and past participle unleaded)

1. (transitive) To take away the leaden seals from (the bales of transit goods).
2. (transitive, printing, historical) To take out the leads from (printed matter that has been set up).

Anagrams

• Deluna, unlade