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# corpse

noun (a corpse, corpses)

«corpse» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. The dead body of a person, and sometimes of an animal. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/corpse/#m1)
2. (UK, slang, theatre) To «corpse» is to burst out laughing by accident while acting, when you should be serious. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/corpse/#m2)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/corpse/#x1)
- The old story tells of a corpse that walked at night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/corpse/#x2)
- Flies laid their eggs on the bird's corpse. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/corpse/#x3)
- Egyptians wrapped a corpse in cloth to make a mummy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/corpse/#x4)
- He looked as pale as a corpse after the roller coaster. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/corpse/#x5)
- The actor corpsed and couldn't stop giggling on stage. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/corpse/#x6)
- They both bent over the corpse. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/corpse/#x7)

### 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».

## In Jewish tradition

A dead body, especially after battle or when God strikes down an army.

**Interpretation.** Tradition reads Sennacherib's army struck by an angel as God saving Jerusalem in Hezekiah's time.

### Examples

- The horseman charging, and the flashing sword, and the glittering spear; and a multitude of slain, and a heap of carcases; and there is no end of the corpses, and they stumble upon their corpses; (Prophets NAM.3.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/corpse/#x1)
- And the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand; and when men arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses. (Prophets ISA.37.36, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/corpse/#x2)

### 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».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «corpse» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/corpse/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«corpse» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/corpse.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «corpse» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/corpse/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«corpse» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/corpse.html) on Mova free.