Corpse

Quick meaning: Corpse is a noun meaning A dead body, especially that of a human as opposed to an animal.

Meaning

A dead body, especially that of a human as opposed to an animal.

More Meanings

1. The dead body of any animal with flesh; the dead body of a vertebrate; a carcass.
2. (intransitive, slang, of an actor) To laugh uncontrollably during a performance.
3. (transitive, slang, of an actor) To cause another actor to do this.
4. (archaic, sometimes derogatory) A human body in general, whether living or dead.

Example Sentences

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

Poor Damian corpsed and almost forgot his next lines. The director gave him a terrific lecture, and Alan caught hell from stage management.

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.

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, […]

Word Forms

• corpses
• corps
• corse
• corpsing
• corpsed

Synonyms for corpse

Depending on context, synonyms include anatomy, body, cadaver, carcass, carrion, corse.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include cadaver, clay, remains, stiff, carcass, carcase.

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