Usually means: Partially alive, not fully functional.
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We found 7 dictionaries that define the word half-dead:

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  1. half-dead, half-dead: Collins English Dictionary
  2. half-dead: Wordnik
  3. half-dead: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  4. half-dead: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  5. half-dead: TheFreeDictionary.com
  6. half-dead: Wiktionary

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  1. Half-dead: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (Half-dead)

adjective:  Alternative form of halfdead [Halfway dead; only partially alive.]

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