Corpse

Word CORPSE
Character 6
Hyphenation corpse
Pronunciations /ˈkoːps/

Definitions and meanings of "Corpse"

What do we mean by corpse?

A dead body, especially the dead body of a human. noun

To make a corpse of; murder.

To ‘put out’ or confuse (an actor) in speaking his lines or to spoil (his ‘business’) by some blunder or mistake.

A living body; the physical frame of an animal, especially of a human being. noun

A dead body, especially, and usually, of a human being: originally with the epithet dead expressed or implied in the context. noun

Eccles., the land with which a prebend or other ecclesiastical office in England is endowed. noun

Synonyms Remains, corse (poetic). noun

A human body in general, whether living or dead; -- sometimes contemptuously. noun

The dead body of a human being; -- used also Fig. noun

A thick candle formerly used at a lich wake, or the customary watching with a corpse on the night before its interment. (b) A luminous appearance, resembling the flame of a candle, sometimes seen in churchyards and other damp places, superstitiously regarded as portending death. noun

The gate of a burial place through which the dead are carried, often having a covered porch; -- called also lich gate. noun

A dead body noun

To lose control during a performance and laugh uncontrollably verb

The dead body of a human being noun

A dead body.

(sometimes derogatory) A human body in general, whether living or dead.

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The word "corpse" in example sentences

The term corpse-run does sounds like a penalty while, IMO, item-recovery sounds a gameplay that is an added dimesion of a particular MMORPG. ❋ Unknown (2004)

All the Windwracked Stars started with Muire finding a corpse is an alley, which is now the start of chapter two, while chapter one is a different time and place alltogether -- well, you'll see soon enough. ❋ Hawkwing_lb (2007)

That was a dead man sprawling there -- what you call a corpse, a bleeding carcass. ❋ W. B. Maxwell (1902)

I'm not sure I can make a connection between dragging a corpse, any corpse (and I think you'll find that "corpse" is fairly universally accepted as the body of a human, with "carcass" referring to the body of an animal) and tossing a fish. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Now everyone with an online account has the potential to become his or her own news and information procurer and disseminator, the corporate press corpse is panicking, trying to figure out a way to stay relevant. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In captivity, the newborn's corpse is taken away from the mother. ❋ Brenda Peterson (2010)

PS - I don't know what "Exquisite corpse" is and refuse to take time to even Google it. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Mainstream media: killing the past p2pnet news view Freedom | P2P: - Because everyone with an online account has the potential to become his or her own news and information procurer and disseminator, “the corporate press corpse is panicking, trying to figure out a way to stay relevant,” I said in a post on Saturday. ❋ Unknown (2009)

A story about a determined boy (an abacus champion, of all things, and thalidomide baby) given new hands from a corpse is similarly full of contradictory points. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Fresh from blissing out in corpse pose, I blurted, It's August. ❋ Susan Adams (2010)

She is a beautiful maiden seen from one side and a rotten corpse from the other, may we all get to face the good side of Her Face. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The audience finds out that a burnt corpse is in the black Chevy with a hole blow in his head. ❋ Unknown (2008)

And, asked about whether he would back Sarah Palin should she run for president, Mr. McCain was silimarly noncommittal, saying “my corpse is still warm.” ❋ Unknown (2008)

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