What does corpse mean?
Definitions for corpse
kɔrpscorpse
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word corpse.
Princeton's WordNet
cadaver, corpse, stiff, clay, remainsnoun
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"
Wiktionary
corpsenoun
a dead body
corpseverb
to lose control during a performance and laugh uncontrollably
Etymology: From corpus
Webster Dictionary
Corpsenoun
a human body in general, whether living or dead; -- sometimes contemptuously
Corpsenoun
the dead body of a human being; -- used also Fig
Etymology: [OF. cors (sometimes written corps), F. corps, L. corpus; akin to AS. hrif womb. See Midriff, and cf. Corse, Corselet, Corps, Cuerpo.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Corpse
korps, or kors, n. the dead body of a human being.—ns. Corpse′-can′dle, a light seen hovering over a grave—an omen of death; Corpse′-gate, the lichgate (see Lichgate). [M. E. corps, earlier cors—O. Fr. cors, the body—L. corpus.]
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
corpse
Jack's term for the party of marines embarked; the corps.
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Rank popularity for the word 'corpse' in Nouns Frequency: #2709
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of corpse in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of corpse in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of corpse in a Sentence
Boys had crazy ideas that after a robbery, when they sleep with an old woman, it's like they are cleansed, the young boys would strangle the cucus ... Every time we went to pick up the corpse of an old woman, my heart used to bleed.
He's the most battered corpse on the site, he had the largest number of broken bones.
People who talk about revolution and class struggle without referring explicitly to everyday life, without understanding what is subversive about love and what is positive in the refusal of constraints, such people have a corpse in their mouth.
The defendant deserves a heavy jail term considering the pain the victim must have gone through, the bitter emotion that the victim had to end her life in a foreign country this way, and sadness for the victim's bereaved family who lost their beloved family member, the victim is now returning to her homeland as a corpse.
Alexis Charles Henri Clrel de Tocqueville:
Nothing is quite so wretchedly corrupt as an aristocracy which has lost its power but kept its wealth and which still has endless leisure to devote to nothing but banal enjoyments. All its great thoughts and passionate energy are things of the past, and nothing but a host of petty, gnawing vices now cling to it like worms to a corpse.
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- lykAfrikaans
- جيفة, جثمان, جَسَد, جثة, مَيِّتArabic
- cəsəd, meyit, leşAzerbaijani
- мәйетBashkir
- мярцвя́к, трупBelarusian
- трупBulgarian
- cadàverCatalan, Valencian
- mrtvolaCzech
- вилеChuvash
- celainWelsh
- ligDanish
- Leichnam, LeicheGerman
- πτώμα, κουφάριGreek
- kadavroEsperanto
- cadáverSpanish
- laipEstonian
- جسد, لاشه, کالبدPersian
- ruumis, kalmo, raatoFinnish
- cadavreFrench
- lykWestern Frisian
- corpScottish Gaelic
- גופהHebrew
- लाश, लाHindi
- kadavHaitian Creole
- hulla, holttestHungarian
- դիակ, դի, աճյունArmenian
- mayatIndonesian
- líkIcelandic
- cadavereItalian
- 死体, 屍体Japanese
- გვამიGeorgian
- өлік, мәйітKazakh
- សាកសពKhmer
- 시체Korean
- kelex, cenaze, termKurdish
- өлүкKyrgyz
- ຄາບ, ຂອນຜີ, ກະເລວະຣາLao
- lavonasLithuanian
- līķisLatvian
- tūpāpakuMāori
- труп, лешMacedonian
- хүүрMongolian
- jasad, mayat, jenazahMalay
- အသေBurmese
- lijkDutch
- likNorwegian
- gnijąca, zwłoki, trupPolish
- cadáverPortuguese
- cadavru, corp mortRomanian
- труп, [[мёртвый, мертве́ц, мёртвый, мертвя́кRussian
- शवSanskrit
- leš, лешSerbo-Croatian
- mŕtvolaSlovak
- truploSlovene
- kufomëAlbanian
- lik, kadaverSwedish
- mfu, maitiSwahili
- శవంTelugu
- майитTajik
- ศพ, อสุภThai
- jeset, läsh, meýitTurkmen
- cesetTurkish
- мәетTatar
- جەسەت, مۇرداUyghur, Uighur
- труп, мертве́ць, мрецьUkrainian
- جسد, لاشUrdu
- murda, oʻlik, jasadUzbek
- thi thể, xác chết, tử thiVietnamese
- fun, menafunVolapük
- 屍體Chinese
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