corpse
/kɔːps/noun
उच्चारण कॉर्प्स
लाश, शव
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a dead body, especially of a human
लाश, शव
- Police found a corpse in the river.
- The detective bent over the corpse and looked closely at the dust on its shoes.
- The corpse was identified by a relative.
+ 2 more examples
- Villagers found a corpse near the river bank.
- The inspector examined the corpse for clues.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
a corpse (countable) of sb
A corpse is a dead body of a human; it is countable, and of is used with the name of the dead person.
Corpse मनुष्य का मृत शरीर है; यह countable है और मृत व्यक्ति के नाम के साथ 'of' आता है।
- The police found the corpse of a young man in the field.
- Three corpses were pulled out of the river.
corpse vs dead body vs carcass
Corpse is for a human body in news and law; for an animal killed for meat, the word is carcass.
Corpse समाचार और कानून में मानव शरीर के लिए है; मांस के लिए मारे गए पशु के शरीर के लिए 'carcass' शब्द है।
- The vultures gathered round the carcass of the cow.
identify / recover / bury the corpse
These verbs are typical of police and funeral writing.
ये क्रियाएँ पुलिस और अंतिम संस्कार संबंधी लेखन की विशिष्ट हैं।
- The family identified the corpse at the hospital.
corpse as a figure of speech
In literature, corpse can describe a person who is very pale or still, or a thing that is no longer alive in spirit.
साहित्य में corpse बहुत पीले या निश्चल व्यक्ति, या भावना से मृत हो चुकी वस्तु का वर्णन कर सकता है।
- After the long fever, he looked like a living corpse.
+Collocations 4
adjective + corpse
deaddecomposedunidentifiedheadlessburnt
- The police found an unidentified corpse near the railway track.
verb + corpse
findburycremateidentifyrecover
- Divers recovered the corpse from the lake.
corpse + verb
was foundlaywas discoveredwas crematedremained unclaimed
- The corpse lay in the field for two days.
corpse + of
of a manof a soldierof a tigerof a child
- They found the corpse of a soldier in the snow.
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- The postmortem was done after the corpse was brought to the hospital.
शव को अस्पताल लाए जाने के बाद पोस्टमॉर्टम किया गया।
- After the battle, the field was covered with corpses.
युद्ध के बाद मैदान शवों से भर गया था।
- The detective examined the corpse before the doctor arrived.
डॉक्टर के आने से पहले जासूस ने शव की जाँच की।
- Radhika read about a corpse that was found in an old well.
राधिका ने एक पुराने कुएँ में मिले शव के बारे में पढ़ा।
- No one came forward to claim the corpse.
शव पर दावा करने कोई सामने नहीं आया।
!Common mistakes 3
✗ Two corpse were found in the field.
✓ Two corpses were found in the field.
After two, the plural corpses is needed.
'Two' के बाद plural 'corpses' आवश्यक है।
✗ The police found a dead corpse near the river.
✓ The police found a corpse near the river.
A corpse is already dead, so dead is repeated meaninglessly.
Corpse पहले से मृत होता है, इसलिए 'dead' अनावश्यक रूप से दोहराया गया है।
✗ A corpse has been found at the roadside by the villagers yesterday.
✓ A corpse was found at the roadside by the villagers yesterday.
With yesterday, use the simple past, not the present perfect.
'Yesterday' के साथ simple past आता है, present perfect नहीं।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
Corpse, body and remains all refer to the dead, but with different tone.
Corpse, body और remains तीनों मृत के लिए हैं, पर स्वर अलग हैं।
A plain word for a dead human body, used in news and crime stories.
मृत मानव शरीर के लिए सीधा शब्द, समाचार और अपराध कथाओं में प्रयुक्त।
- A corpse was found in the car.
What is left of a body or a dead person after a long time.
लंबे समय बाद किसी शरीर या मृत व्यक्ति का जो बचा हो।
- Human remains were found at the old site.
AaSpelling
Corpse, with -pse (not 'corps', which is a group of soldiers, pronounced /kɔː/).
Corpse, अंत में -pse ('corps' नहीं, जो सैनिकों का दल है, pronunciation /kɔː/)।
?Which word?
The corpse/corps pair is a regular trap.
Corpse और corps की जोड़ी नियमित trap है।
✓In the exam
One-word substitution
One-word substitution, asked very often: a dead human body is a corpse; a dead animal's body a carcass; a dead body used for medical study a cadaver; a preserved ancient body a mummy; examination of a dead body to find the cause of death a post-mortem or autopsy.
यह बहुत पूछा जाता है: मनुष्य का मृत शरीर corpse; मृत जानवर का शरीर carcass; चिकित्सा अध्ययन के लिए प्रयुक्त शव cadaver; संरक्षित प्राचीन शव mummy; मृत्यु का कारण जानने के लिए शव की जाँच post-mortem या autopsy।