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DEAD BODY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A natural object consisting of a dead animal or person
Example:
they found the body in the lake
Synonyms:
body; dead body
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("dead body" is a kind of...):
natural object (an object occurring naturally; not made by man)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dead body"):
kill (the body of an animal, or bodies of animals, killed by a person or another animal)
carcase; carcass (the dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food)
carrion (the dead and rotting body of an animal; unfit for human food)
roadkill (the dead body of an animal that has been killed on a road by a vehicle)
cadaver; clay; corpse; remains; stiff (the dead body of a human being)
mummy (a body embalmed and dried and wrapped for burial (as in ancient Egypt))
Context examples:
On following him they found the dead body stretched out upon the grass beside the pool.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Immediately beyond there was a bowl-shaped depression in the moor, and at the bottom of this was found the dead body of the unfortunate trainer.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
As I approached it, I was shocked to see that it was the dead body of the missing Indian.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Blow and all, I was the first afoot again, for Hands had got involved with the dead body.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
The bed, the carpet, the chairs the mantelpiece, the dead body, and the rope were each in turn examined, until at last he professed himself satisfied, and with my aid and that of the inspector cut down the wretched object and laid it reverently under a sheet.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The police theory is that a most sensational crime has been committed, that the victim was clubbed to death in his own bedroom, his papers rifled, and his dead body dragged across to the wood-stack, which was then ignited so as to hide all traces of the crime.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
As to his remark about his deserts, it was also not unnatural if you consider that he stood beside the dead body of his father, and that there is no doubt that he had that very day so far forgotten his filial duty as to bandy words with him, and even, according to the little girl whose evidence is so important, to raise his hand as if to strike him.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The neighbourhood, to our ears, seemed haunted by approaching footsteps; and what between the dead body of the captain on the parlour floor and the thought of that detestable blind beggar hovering near at hand and ready to return, there were moments when, as the saying goes, I jumped in my skin for terror.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
