corpse

Definitions

1. A dead body, especially that of a human as opposed to an animal
2. A dead body, especially that of a human as opposed to an animal.
3. The dead body of any animal with flesh; the dead body of a vertebrate; a carcass
4. A dead body, especially the dead body of a human.
5. The dead body of any animal with flesh; the dead body of a vertebrate; a carcass.
6. A human body in general, whether living or dead
7. The physical frame of a dead person or animal:body, cadaver, carcass, remains.
8. A human body in general, whether living or dead.
   archaic, derogatory, sometimes
9. To laugh uncontrollably during a performance
10. a dead body, especially of a human being. Don't move the corpse before you send for the police. lyk جُثَّـه، جُثـمـان труп cadáver mrtvola die Leiche lig πτώμαcadáver surnukeha جنازه ruumis cadavreגופה शव leš, truplo hulla mayat lík cadavere 死体 시체 lavonas līķis mayat lijk likzwłoki جنازه cadáver cadavru труп mŕtvola truplo leš lik ซากศพ ceset 屍體 труп لاش، نعش tử thi 尸体
    especially
11. To cause another actor to do this
12. cadáver, muerto-a.
13. a dead body, esp of a human being; cadaver
14. (Theatre) theatre slang to laugh or cause to laugh involuntarily or inopportunely while on stage
    theatre
15. a dead body, usu. of a human being.
16. Obs. a human or animal body, whether alive or dead.
17. n → Leiche f, → Leichnam m (geh)
    n
18. vi (Theat sl) → einen Lachanfall bekommen
    vi

Equivalents

Examples

“I saw⟳ battle-corpses, myriads of them, / And the white skeletons of young men, I saw⟳ them, / I saw⟳ the debris and debris of all the slain soldiers of the war, […]”

“Cantharidin, although readily decomposed by chemical agents, is so permanent in the body that it has been detected in the corpse of a cat eighty-four days after death.”

“Near Smeinogorsk an octagonal tumulus has been found containing the corpse of a horse near a rectangular one with a human corpse, both within stone circles.”

“Nelson and I landed next to the half rotted corpse of a horse full of maggots.”

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