dead+body

  • 61Dead Ernest (novel) — Dead Ernest   …

    Wikipedia

  • 62body bag — body bags N COUNT A body bag is a specially designed large plastic bag which is used to carry a dead body away, for example when someone has been killed in a battle or an accident. The people are unnerved at the prospect of young soldiers coming… …

    English dictionary

  • 63body bag — body ,bag noun count a large bag used for carrying away the dead body of a soldier or of someone killed in a crime or accident …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 64over my dead body — informal used to express strong opposition. → body …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 65touching a dead body — It was an ancient superstition that the body of a murdered man would bleed freshly when touched by his murderer. Hence, in old criminal law, this was resorted to as a means of ascertaining the guilt or innocence of a person suspected of the… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 66dead — dead1 W1S1 [ded] adj [no comparative] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(not alive)¦ 2¦(not working)¦ 3¦(already used)¦ 4¦(boring)¦ 5¦(not active/used)¦ 6¦(arm/leg etc)¦ 7¦(no emotion)¦ 8¦(tired)¦ 9 be dead to the world …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 67body — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I n. torso (See body); solid, mass; group, assemblage; substance, bulk; main part. See whole, party. II Physical structure Nouns 1. body, anatomy, torso; carcass, cadaver, corpse, remains (See …

    English dictionary for students

  • 68dead — 1 /ded/ adjective (no comparative) NO LONGER ALIVE OR EXISTING 1 no longer alive: Her mother had been dead for ten years. | dead leaves | dead body (=the body of a person who has died) | dead as a doornail/stone dead informal (=completely dead… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 69body — bod|y W1S1 [ˈbɔdi US ˈba:di] n plural bodies ↑artery, ↑brain, ↑fatty, ↑tissue, ↑heart, ↑kidney, ↑intestine, ↑intestine2, ↑small, ↑large, ↑ …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 70body — noun plural bodies 1 SB S BODY (C) the physical structure of a person or animal: Many teenagers are self conscious about their bodies. | body heat/temperature/weight etc: Babies undergo a rapid increase in body weight during the first weeks. |… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English