Hearse

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Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /hɜːs/
• (US) IPA: /hɝs/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)s

Noun

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Funeral carriage

Singular Hearse

Plural {{{1}}}

Hearse ({{{1}}})

1. A hind in the year of its age.
2. A framework of wood or metal placed over the coffin or tomb of a deceased person, and covered with a pall; also, a temporary canopy bearing wax lights and set up in a church, under which the coffin was placed during the funeral ceremonies.
3. A grave, coffin, tomb, or sepulchral monument.
4. A bier or handbarrow for conveying the dead to the grave.
5. A carriage specially adapted or used for conveying the dead to the grave.

Translations

vehicle for taking dead body to grave

CJKV Characters: 輀 Dutch: lijkwagen nl(nl) m., rouwkoets nl(nl) m. and f. Finnish: ruumisauto fi(fi), ruumisvaunut fi(fi) pl. French: corbillard fr(fr) m. German: Leichenwagen de(de) m.

Polish: karawan m. Russian: катафалк ru(ru) (katafálk) m. Serbian: odar sr(sr) m. Spanish: coche fúnebre m.

Verb

Infinitive to Hearse

Third person singular hearses

Simple past hearsed

Past participle hearsed

Present participle hearsing

to Hearse (third-person singular simple present hearses, present participle hearsing, simple past and past participle hearsed)

1. (dated) To enclose in a hearse; to entomb.

References

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