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1 corpse
n. lik* * *[ko:ps](a dead body, especially of a human being: Don't move the corpse before you send for the police.) lik -
2 debris
n. skräp, soptipp; spillror* * *['deibri:, ]( American[) də'bri:]1) (the remains of something broken, destroyed etc: The fireman found a corpse among the debris.) spillror2) (rubbish: There was a lot of debris in the house after the builder had left.) skräp -
3 lie in state
((of a corpse) to be laid in a place of honour for the public to see, before burial.) stå lik, ligga på lit de parade -
4 slang
n. slang, folkmun, gatuspråk--------v. skälla ut; säga skällsord, skälla på; tala slang* * *[slæŋ] 1. noun(words and phrases (often in use for only a short time) used very informally, eg words used mainly by, and typical of, a particular group: army slang; teenage slang; `stiff' is slang for `a corpse'.) slang2. verb(to speak rudely and angrily to or about (someone); to abuse: I got furious when he started slanging my mother.) skälla ut (på), okväda
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Corpse — (k[^o]rps), n. [OF. cors (sometimes written corps), F. corps, L. corpus; akin to AS. hrif womb. See {Midriff}, and cf. {Corse}, {Corselet}, {Corps}, {Cuerpo}.] 1. A human body in general, whether living or dead; sometimes contemptuously. [Obs.]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
corpse — I noun body, cadaver, carcass, carrion, casualty, corpus, dead body, dead person, deceased, departed, individual, lifeless body, mortal remains, murder victim, organic remains, remains, victim associated concepts: corpus delicti II index body … Law dictionary
corpse — [ko:ps US ko:rps] n [Date: 1300 1400; : French; Origin: corps; CORPS] the dead body of a person = ↑body ▪ The corpse was found by children playing in the woods … Dictionary of contemporary English
corpse — [ kɔrps ] noun count * the body of a dead person: They found his corpse a week later, washed up on the shore … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
corpse — 1540s, variant spelling of CORPS (Cf. corps) (q.v.). The p originally was silent, as in French, and with some speakers still is. The terminal e was rare before 19c. Corpse candle is attested from 1690s … Etymology dictionary
corpse — carcass, cadaver, *body Analogous words: remains (see REMAINDER) … New Dictionary of Synonyms
corpse — [n] dead body body, bones*, cadaver, carcass, carrion, deceased, departed, mort*, remains, stiff*; concepts 390,417 … New thesaurus
corpse — ► NOUN ▪ a dead body, especially of a human. ► VERB theatrical slang ▪ spoil a piece of acting by forgetting one s lines or laughing uncontrollably. ORIGIN Latin corpus … English terms dictionary
corpse — [kôrps] n. [var. of CORPS] 1. a dead body, esp. of a person 2. something once vigorous but now lifeless and of no use 3. Obs. a living body SYN. BODY … English World dictionary
corpse — n. 1) to bury; lay out a corpse 2) to dig up, exhume a corpse 3) a corpse decays, decomposes, rots * * * [kɔːps] decomposes exhume a corpse lay out a corpse rots a corpse decays to bury to dig up … Combinatory dictionary
corpse — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ human ▪ naked ▪ bloody, charred, headless, mangled, mutilated ▪ decaying … Collocations dictionary