corpse

«corpse» in Mova's school dictionary: The dead body of a person, and sometimes of an animal — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a corpse, corpses)

meaning for a pupil

1) The dead body of a person, and sometimes of an animal. tree →

2) (UK, slang, theatre) To «corpse» is to burst out laughing by accident while acting, when you should be serious. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories, especially mysteries, ghost stories and history (wars, plagues), «corpse» tells the reader someone has died; it is a stark, grim word. Gentler words are «body» or «remains». In science it may come up with decomposers and fossils. Phrase: «as pale as a corpse».

examples

• The detective found a corpse in the library. tree →
• The old story tells of a corpse that walked at night. tree →
• Flies laid their eggs on the bird's corpse. tree →
• Egyptians wrapped a corpse in cloth to make a mummy. tree →
• He looked as pale as a corpse after the roller coaster. tree →
• The actor corpsed and couldn't stop giggling on stage. tree →
• They both bent over the corpse. tree →

note

Countable: one corpse, two corpses. Do not confuse with «corps» (said «core», a group of soldiers or workers, as in «Marine Corps»). «Corpse» is a strong word; for a family member people say «body» or «passed away».

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «corpse» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.