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carcass
English
Alternative forms
- carcase
Etymology
Dated from the late 13th Century C.E.; from Anglo-Norman carcois, possibly related to Old French charcois. Cognate with French carcasse.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?k??k?s/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?k??k?s/
- Rhymes: -??(?)k?s
- Hyphenation: car?cass
Noun
carcass (plural carcasses)
- The body of a dead animal.
- 1992, Dorothy L. Cheney, Robert M. Seyfarth, How Monkeys See the World: Inside the Mind of Another Species, page 284,
- Despite all of the groups' experiences with leopards and carcasses in trees, neither the vervets nor the baboons gave alarm calls at the sight of the carcass alone.
- 2005, Maria S. Johnson, Tim R. Nagy, Chapter 10: Animal Body Composition Methods, Steven B. Heymsfield, Timothy G. Lohman, ZiMian Wang, Scott B. Going, (editors), Human Body Composition, 2nd Edition, page 141,
- Instead, the majority of studies involve freezing the carcasses until time permits the analysis.
- 1992, Dorothy L. Cheney, Robert M. Seyfarth, How Monkeys See the World: Inside the Mind of Another Species, page 284,
- (meat trade) The body of a slaughtered animal, stripped of unwanted viscera, etc.
- 1961, D. M. Doty, John C. Pierce, Beef Muscle Characteristics as Related to Carcass Grade, Carcass Weight, and Degree of Aging, US Department of Agriculture, Technical Bulletin No. 1231, page 33,
- Lean flavor scores for this muscle were lower than those for ribeye, especially in Prime grade carcasses.
- 1961, D. M. Doty, John C. Pierce, Beef Muscle Characteristics as Related to Carcass Grade, Carcass Weight, and Degree of Aging, US Department of Agriculture, Technical Bulletin No. 1231, page 33,
- The body of a dead human, a corpse.
- The framework of a structure, especially one not normally seen.
- (nautical) An early incendiary ship-to-ship projectile consisting of an iron shell filled with saltpetre, sulphur, resin, turpentine, antimony and tallow with vents for flame.
Usage notes
The form carcase is closer to Middle English spellings (carcays or carkeis).
Carcase may be more common in varieties of British English than it is in US English. For instance, in Australia, some newspapers use carcase, while others use carcass. The Australian Dept of Agriculture uses carcase for the sense body of slaughtered animal.
Synonyms
- see Thesaurus:corpse
Translations
See also
- cadaver
- carrion
- corpse
References
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refuse
English
Etymology 1
Borrowed into late Middle English from Middle French refusé, past participle of refuser (“to refuse”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: r?f?yo?os, IPA(key): /???fju?s/
Adjective
refuse (comparative more refuse, superlative most refuse)
- Discarded, rejected.
Noun
refuse (uncountable)
- Collectively, items or material that have been discarded; rubbish, garbage.
Synonyms
- discards
- garbage (US)
- rubbish (UK)
- trash (US)
- See also Thesaurus:trash
Translations
Etymology 2
From Old French refuser, from Vulgar Latin *refusare, a blend of Classical Latin refut? and recus?.
Pronunciation
- enPR: r?fyo?oz?, IPA(key): /???fju?z/
- Rhymes: -u?z
Verb
refuse (third-person singular simple present refuses, present participle refusing, simple past and past participle refused)
- (transitive) To decline (a request or demand).
- (intransitive) To decline a request or demand, forbear; to withhold permission.
- (military) To throw back, or cause to keep back (as the centre, a wing, or a flank), out of the regular alignment when troops are about to engage the enemy.
- (obsolete, transitive) To disown.
Usage notes
- This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs
Synonyms
- (decline): decline, reject, nill, say no to, turn down, veto, withsake, withsay
- (decline a request or demand): say no, forbear
Translations
Noun
refuse
- (obsolete) refusal
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Fairfax to this entry?)
Etymology 3
re- +? fuse
Pronunciation
- enPR: r?fyo?oz?, IPA(key): /?i??fju?z/
- Rhymes: -u?z
Verb
refuse (third-person singular simple present refuses, present participle refusing, simple past and past participle refused)
- To melt again.
Related terms
- refusion
French
Verb
refuse
- inflection of refuser:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Anagrams
- férues
Latin
Participle
ref?se
- vocative masculine singular of ref?sus
References
- refuse in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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