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Definition: Dead Body |
Dead BodyNoun1. Body of a dead animal or person; "they found the body in the lake". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: Dead BodySynonym: body (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Dead Body |
| English words defined with "dead body": autopsy ♦ body, body bag, Body snatcher, Body snatching, Burial case ♦ cadaver, carcase, carcass, Caroigne, carrion, clay, corpse, Corsepresent, cremains, cremation ♦ Dissection wound ♦ embalm, embalmment ♦ Funeral pile, funeral pyre ♦ Incremate, Incremation, Inhume ♦ Lich ♦ mummification ♦ necropsy ♦ pieta, postmortem, postmortem examination, pyre ♦ remains ♦ stiff, Streek ♦ the living dead, To sit up ♦ Vis viva ♦ watcher ♦ zombi, zombi spirit, zombie, zombie spirit. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "dead body": Abida, Absent ♦ Bleeding of a Dead Body ♦ Caustics, Cenotaphs ♦ dead loading, disturbing the peace of the dead ♦ Ezzelin ♦ Hagan of Trony ♦ Lie in State ♦ Nastrond ♦ Pieta', Poorer than Irus, Pyramus ♦ Scarabee, SCIMETAR, story ♦ Water of separation. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "dead body": Necronite, Necrophobia, Necrophore, Necropolis, Necrosis ♦ Ptomaine. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Every dead body that is not exterminated becomes one of them. (Dawn of the Dead; writing credit: George A. Romero) Over my dead body! (Babes in Toyland; writing credit: Glen MacDonough; Paul Zindel) The guy we're hunting for was close enough to sneak into my room and leave a dead body, and we're just sitting here eating breakfast! (The Magnificent Seven; writing credit: Josef Anderson; Chris Black) I got run over, Helen gets her hair chopped off, Julie gets a dead body in her trunk, and you get a letter? (I Know What You Did Last Summer; writing credit: Kevin Williamson) Suppose I wanted to put a dead body in the sea, and let it float ashore, and have it accepted by the people who find it as the victim of an air crash at sea. What sort of body would I need? (The Man Who Never Was; writing credit: Nigel Balchin; Ewen Montagu) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Over My Dead Body (1943) Beautiful Dead Body (1987) | |
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Dante Alighieri | I fell as a dead body falls. |
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Human Rights | Kenya | The victim, a retired police inspector, reportedly said that he was hung naked from a tree in a forest where a dead body hung from another tree; the police allegedly shot at the other body while they interrogated Muruatetu. (references) |
Bangladesh | He states that he wants "at least one dead body per year...[he does] not understand human rights." Selim claims that on some occasions, after his men have beaten up violent criminals, the criminals have returned and he has engaged them in productive employment. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
Expression using "dead body": over my dead body. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
dead body | 647 |
dead body picture | 194 |
dead body photo | 105 |
pic dead body | 57 |
over my dead body | 27 |
dead body everywhere | 7 |
dead body man | 4 |
dead body prop | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "dead body"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | جثة (body, cadaver, carcass, corpse, remain, stiff). (various references) | |
Czech | jen přes mou mrtvolu (over my dead body). (various references) | |
Dutch | lijkenpas (mortal remains certificate, pass for the transshipment of a dead body). (various references) | |
French | CVP, Calanché sur voie publique, cadavre. (various references) | |
German | Leiche (body, cadaver, carcass, corpse, corpus delicti, dead bodies, stiff). (various references) | |
Hebrew | 'וי" (body, cadaver, corpse). (various references) | |
Hungarian | tetem (body, cadaver, carcase, carcass, corpse, corpus), hulla (body, cadaver, carcase, carcass, carrion, corpse, stiff), holttest (body). (various references) | |
Italian | cadavere (body, cadaver, corpse). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eadday odybay.(various references) | |
Romanian | cadavru (body, corpse, corpus, corse, stiff). (various references) | |
Russian | труп (body, cadaver, corpse, stiff). (various references) | |
Scottish | closach (a carcase, carcass), cairbh (a carcase, carcase). (various references) | |
Turkish | kadavra (cadaver, carcase, carcass, corpse, subject), ceset (body, cadaver, carcase, carcass, corpse, mortal remains, necro-, stiff). (various references) | |
Turkmen | meяit (cadaver, corpse), maslyk (cadaver, corpse). (various references) | |
Welsh | celain (corpse, stiff). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | nekros. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | cadaver, cadavera, cadavere, cadaveribus, cadaveris, cadaverum. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Luke Chapter 23, Verse 53 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai kaqelwn auto enetulixen auto sindoni kai eqhken auto en mnhmati laxeutw ou ouk hn oudepw oudeiV keimenoV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et depositum involvit sindone et posuit eum in monumento exciso in quo nondum quisquam positus fuerat |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | þa wif þe him fyligdon þe comon mid him of galilea hig gesawon þa byrgene. and hu his lichama aled wæs |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And took it doun, and wlappide it in a cleene lynen cloth, and leide hym in a graue hewun, in which not yit ony man hadde be leid. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And toke it doune and wrapped it in a lynnen clooth and layed it in an hewen toumbe wherin was never man before layed. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulchre that was hewn in stone, wherein never man before was laid. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulcher that was hewn in stone, in which man was never before laid. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And he took it down, and folding it in a linen cloth, he put it in a place cut in the rock for a dead body; and no one had ever been put in it. |
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| Language | Luke Chapter 23, Verse 53 |
| Bulgarian | И като го сне, обви го с плащаница, и положи го в гроб, изсечен в скала, гдето никой не бе още полаган. |
| Cebuano | Ug kini iyang gihugos, ug gilimisan niyag panapton nga lino, ug gipahimutang sa usa ka lubnganan nga kinubkob diha sa kilid sa pangpang, nga wala pa gayud kalubngi. |
| Chinese | 就 取 下 來 " 細 麻 布 裹 好 、 安 " 在 石 鑿 成 的 墳 " 裡 、 那 裡 從 來 ' 有 葬 過 人 。 |
| Croatian | Zatim ga skinu, povi u platno i položi u grob isklesan u koji još ne bijaše nitko položen. |
| Danish | Og han tog det ned og svøbte det i et fint Linklæde, og han lagde ham i en Grav, som var hugget i en Klippe, hvor endnu ingen nogen Sinde var lagt. |
| Dutch | En als hij hetzelve afgenomen had, wond hij dat in een fijn lijnwaad, en legde het in een graf, in een rots gehouwen, waarin nog nooit iemand gelegd was. |
| Finnish | Ja otettuaan sen alas hän kääri sen liinavaatteeseen. Ja hän pani hänet hautaan, joka oli hakattu kallioon ja johon ei oltu vielä ketään pantu. |
| French | Il le descendit de la croix, l`enveloppa d`un linceul, et le déposa dans un sépulcre taillé dans le roc, où personne n`avait encore été mis. |
| German | und nahm ihn ab, wickelte ihn in Leinwand und legte ihn in ein gehauenes Grab, darin niemand je gelegen hatte. |
| Haitian Creole | Apre sa, li al desann kò a sou kwa a, li vlope l' nan yon bèl dra blan, epi li mete l' nan yon kavo yo te fouye nan wòch. Se te yon kavo tou nèf: yo pa t' ankò janm mete pesonn ladan li. |
| Hungarian | És levévén azt, begöngyölé azt gyolcsba, és helyhezteté azt egy sziklába vágott sírboltba, melyben még senki sem feküdt. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Kemudian ia menurunkan jenazah Yesus dari kayu salib, lalu membungkusnya dengan kain kafan dari linen. Sesudah itu ia meletakkannya di dalam kuburan yang dibuat di dalam bukit batu--kuburan itu belum pernah dipakai. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Lalu diturunkannya mayat itu, serta dikapaninya dengan kain halus, kemudian ditaruhnya mayat itu ke dalam kubur batu yang berpahat, tempat belum pernah ditaruhkan barang seorang pun. |
| Italian | Lo calò dalla croce, lo avvolse in un lenzuolo e lo depose in una tomba scavata nella roccia, nella quale nessuno era stato ancora deposto. |
| Korean | 이 를 내 세 마 포 로 싸 아 직 사 람 을 장 사 한 일 이 없 " " 위 에 판 무 덤 에 넣 어 두 니 |
| Latvian | Un viòð tâs noòçma un ietina audeklâ, un ielika izcirstâ kapâ, kur vçl neviens nebija glabâts. |
| Maori | Na, ka tangohia iho e ia taua tinana, a takaia ana ki te rinena, ka waiho ki te rua i haua ki roto ki te kohatu, kahore hoki i takoto noa tetahi tangata ki reira. |
| Modern Greek | και καταβιβασας αυτο ετυλιξεν αυτο με σινδονα και εθεσεν αυτο εν μνημειω λελατομημενω· οπου ουδεις ετι ειχεν ενταφιασθη. |
| Norwegian | og han tok det ned og svøpte det i fint linklæde, og la det i en grav som var hugget i klippen, og som aldri nogen hadde ligget i. |
| Portuguese | e tirando-o da cruz, envolveu-o num pano de linho, e pô-lo num sepulcro escavado em rocha, onde ninguém ainda havia sido posto. |
| Rumanian | L -a dat jos de pe cruce, L -a knfqwurat kntr`o pknzq de in, wi L -a pus kntr`un mormknt nou, sqpat kn piatrq, kn care nu mai fusese pus nimeni. |
| Shuar | Piratu "ayu" takui, Jesusa ayashin Krúsnumia jusa tarachjai penuar kaya Táurmanum iwiarsamiayi. Nu Táurmanum Chíkich iwiarsachmauyayi. |
| Spanish | Después de bajarle de la cruz, le envolvió en una sábana de lino y le puso en un sepulcro cavado en una peña, en el cual nadie había sido puesto todavía. |
| Swahili | Kisha, akaushusha mwili huo kutoka msalabani, akauzungushia sanda ya kitani, akauweka katika kaburi lililokuwa limechongwa kwenye mwamba, ambalo halikuwa limetumika. |
| Swedish | Och han tog ned den och svepte den i en linneduk. Sedan lade han den i en grav som var uthuggen i klippan, och där ännu ingen hade varit lagd. |
| Thai | เมื่อเชิญพระศพลงแล้ว เขาจึงเอาผ้าป่านพันหุ้มไว้ แล้วเชิญพระศพไปประ"ิษฐานไว้ในอุโมงค์ ซึ่งเจาะไว้ในศิลาที่ยังมิไ"้วางศพผู้ใ"เลย |
| Ukrainian | І Йосип, знявши Його, обгорнув плащаницею, і поклав Його в гробі, що в скелі був висічений, і що в ньому ніколи ніхто не лежав. |
| Uma | Napopana'u-mi woto Yesus ngkai kaju parika' -na, naputu' hante kain to bula, pai' napopoturu hi rala daeo' to ralonga' hi panapa bulu'. Daeo' toe bo'u-pidi, ko'ia hangkania rapotanai. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-d-d-d-e-o-y" | |
-2 letters: aboded, dadoed, daybed. | |
-3 letters: abode, added, adobe, baddy, bayed, beady, boded, daddy. | |
-4 letters: abed, abye, bade, bead, bode, body, dado, dead, doby, dyad, dyed, eddo, eddy, obey, odea. | |
-5 letters: abo, aby, add, ado, aye, bad, bay, bed, bey, boa, bod, boy, bye, dab, dad, day, deb, dey, doe, dye, obe, odd, ode, yea, yob, yod. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 65 61 64 42 6F 64 79 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01100101 01100001 01100100 00100000 01000010 01101111 01100100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D e a d   B o d y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0065 0061 0064 0042 006F 0064 0079 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)38716770236817091 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Quotations: Familiar 8. Quotations: Non-fiction | 9. Expressions 10. Expressions: Internet 11. Translations: Modern 12. Translations: Ancient | 13. Bible Trace 14. Anagrams 15. Orthography 16. Bibliography |
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