corpse
dead body
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corpse
(kôrps)n.
A dead body, especially the dead body of a human.
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corpse
(kɔːps)n
a dead body, esp of a human being; cadaver
vb
(Theatre) theatre slang to laugh or cause to laugh involuntarily or inopportunely while on stage
[C14: from Old French corps body, from Latin corpus body]
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corpse
(kɔrps)n.
1. a dead body, usu. of a human being.
2. Obs. a human or animal body, whether alive or dead.
[1225–75; Middle English corps; orig. sp. variant of cors corse but the p is now sounded]
syn: See body.
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corpse
Past participle: corpsed
Gerund: corpsing
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
| Noun | 1. |  corpse - the dead body of a human being; "the cadaver was intended for dissection"; "the end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse"; "the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river"; "honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay"dead body, body - a natural object consisting of a dead animal or person; "they found the body in the lake" cremains - the remains of a dead body after cremation |
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corpse
noun body, remains, carcass, cadaver, stiff (slang) The victim's corpse was pulled out of the river.
Related words
fear necrophobia
fear necrophobia
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corpse
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Translations
جُثَّةجُثَّـه، جُثـمـان
cadàver
mrtvola
lig
laip
ruumisraato
leš
hulla
lík
死体
시체
lavonas
līķis
cadavru
truplo
lik
ซากศพ
xác chết
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corpse
(koːps) noun a dead body, especially of a human being. Don't move the corpse before you send for the police.
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corpse
→ جُثَّة mrtvola lig Leiche πτώμα cadáver ruumis cadavre leš salma 死体 시체 lijk lik trup cadáver труп lik ซากศพ ceset xác chết 尸体Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
corpse
n. cadáver, muerto-a.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
corpse
n cadáver mEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.