hearse
To enclose in a hearseTo enclose in a hearse; to entomb.
Meaning
1 senses(dated)To enclose in a hearse; to entomb.
Examples
5 sentencesWho was driving the hearse?
ruКто вёл катафалк? — sharptoothed
The coffin was loaded into the hearse.
ruГроб поставили в катафалк. — Karok
The hearse was drawn by eight black horses.
The fatal thing about paradise is: you can only reach it in a hearse.
Tom's car is a hearse.
Origin
From Middle English herse, hers, herce, from Old French herce in the sense "triangular fraFrom Middle English herse, hers, herce, from Old French herce in the sense "triangular framework used to support candles". Ultimately the same word as Old French herce (“harrow”), from Latin *herpicem, accusative singular of *herpex, a variant form of hirpex (“harrow”). The agricultural device's name comes from Oscan hirpus (“wolf”), a reference to a harrow's many teeth. The term for wolf may ultimately be from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰers- (“stiff, rigid, bristled”). The Oscan term is related to Latin hīrsūtus (“bristly, shaggy”), whence English hirsute.
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Forms
hearses, hearsing, hearsed, hearsedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.