carrion
Pertaining to, or made up of, rotting fleshPertaining to, or made up of, rotting flesh.
» Vultures eat carrion.
Яструби їдять мертвечину. — deniko
Яструби їдять падаль. — deniko
Яструби харчуються падаллю. — deniko
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5 senses(derogatory)Pertaining to, or made up of, rotting flesh.
Aas-
(figuratively)Disgusting, horrid, rotten.
(derogatory, figuratively)Of the living human body, the soul, etc.: fleshly, mortal, sinful.
(obsolete)Very thin; emaciated, skeletonlike.
(obsolete)Of or pertaining to death.
Examples
11 sentencesVultures eat carrion.
Яструби їдять мертвечину. — deniko
A dead deer being pecked by vultures, remains partly eaten by other animals, that sort of rotten meat is called 'carrion'.
Мертвий олень, подзьобаний стерв'ятниками, рештки частково з'їжені іншими тваринами, ось таке м'ясо, що розкладається називається "падаллю". — ChickenKiev
The crow is a carrion eater.
The hyena is a carrion eater.
ruГиена — падальщик. — Wezel
Where there is carrion, vultures gather.
Translations
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Origin
The noun is derived from Middle English caroyne (“corpse, carrion, something disgusting”),The noun is derived from Middle English caroyne (“corpse, carrion, something disgusting”), borrowed from Anglo-Norman careine, caroigne, charogne, and Old French charoigne, Northern Old French caˈronië, caroine, caroigne (modern French charogne), probably from Vulgar Latin *carōnia, from Latin caro (“flesh”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut off, sever; to divide, separate”)) + -ia (suffix forming nouns). Doublet of crone.
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Forms
more carrion, most carrion| Comparative | more carrion Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most carrion Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
108 synonymsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
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