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Africa is the most weathered continent in the world; 75 percent of its soil has been degraded. You don't just bring that back. I always like to say it's like putting an oxygen mask on a cadaver; it just isn't going to work.
Howard Graham Buffett

Meaning of "cadaver" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CADAVER

From Latin, from cadere to fall.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CADAVER

cadaver  [kəˈdeɪvə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CADAVER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Cadaver is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CADAVER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Cadaver

A corpse, also called a cadaver in medical literary and legal usage or when intended for dissection, is a dead human body.

Definition of cadaver in the English dictionary

The definition of cadaver in the dictionary is a corpse.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CADAVER


deva
ˈdeɪvə
engraver
ɪnˈɡreɪvə
favour
ˈfeɪvə
flavor
ˈfleɪvə
flavour
ˈfleɪvə
graver
ˈɡreɪvə
haver
ˈheɪvə
laver
ˈleɪvə
paver
ˈpeɪvə
quaver
ˈkweɪvə
raver
ˈreɪvə
saver
ˈseɪvə
savor
ˈseɪvə
savour
ˈseɪvə
shaver
ˈʃeɪvə
slaver
ˈsleɪvə
taver
ˈteɪvə
time-saver
ˈtaɪmˌseɪvə
waiver
ˈweɪvə
waver
ˈweɪvə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CADAVER

cad
cadaga
cadagi
cadaster
cadastral
cadastrally
cadastre
cadaveric
cadaverine
cadaverous
cadaverously
cadaverousness
Cadbury
CADCAM
caddice
caddie
caddie car
caddie cart
caddied
caddies

WORDS THAT END LIKE CADAVER

aver
beaver
caver
cleaver
craver
eager beaver
electric shaver
enslaver
heaver
leaver
life-saver
meat cleaver
palaver
papaver
reaver
school-leaver
screensaver
supersaver
weaver
wood engraver

Synonyms and antonyms of cadaver in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «cadaver» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CADAVER

Find out the translation of cadaver to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of cadaver from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cadaver» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

尸体
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cadáver
570 millions of speakers

English

cadaver
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

शव
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

جيفة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

труп
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cadaver
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিশীর্ণ দেহ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

cadavre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mayat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

kadaver
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

死体
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

시신
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cadaver
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

xác chết
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மனிதனின் உயிரற்ற உடல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शव
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kadavra
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cadavere
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

trup
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

труп
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cadavru
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πτώματος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kadawer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

cadaver
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kadaver
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of cadaver

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CADAVER»

The term «cadaver» is quite widely used and occupies the 41.060 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CADAVER» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «cadaver» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «cadaver» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about cadaver

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QUOTES WITH «CADAVER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word cadaver.
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Howard Graham Buffett
Africa is the most weathered continent in the world; 75 percent of its soil has been degraded. You don't just bring that back. I always like to say it's like putting an oxygen mask on a cadaver; it just isn't going to work.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CADAVER»

Discover the use of cadaver in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cadaver and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Cadaver Dog Handbook: Forensic Training and Tactics for the ...
Intended for those who train and handle cadaver dogs, this book also encompasses information for those who work closely with them, such as police, death investigators, and anthropologists.
Andrew Rebmann, Edward David, 2000
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After We Die: The Life and Times of the Human Cadaver
After We Die chronicles not only a corpse's physical state but also its legal and moral status, including what rights, if any, the corpse possesses.
Norman L. Cantor, 2010
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Cadaver: A Bittersweet Love Story
Based on the award-winning short film starring Back to the Future's Christopher Lloyd, ROOKIE Magazine's editor-in-chief Tavi Gevinson, and Academy Award-winner Kathy Bathes, Cadaver is a bittersweet love story for hopeless romantics and ...
Jonah D. Ansell, 2013
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Beating heart cadaver
Enter Lola, a pathological grief councillor. Turbulent, daring, Murphy's writing ventures through dark emotional territory unearthing humour and forgiveness as Leona and Danny fight their way back to each other, and to life.
Colleen Murphy, 1999
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Color Atlas of Anatomy: A Photographic Study of the Human Body
This atlas includes full-color photographs of actual cadaver dissections instead of idealized illustrations, to accurately and realistically represent anatomical structures.
Johannes Wilhelm Rohen, Chihiro Yokochi, Elke Lütjen-Drecoll, 2006
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Inspector Cadaver
Told in Simenon's spare, unsentimental prose, Inspector Cadaver is a haunting exploration of provincial hypocrisy and snobbery, in which Maigret encounters a rival sleuth from his past.
Georges Simenon, 2007
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The Cadaver Client
The Markhat Files, Book 4 Humans, Trolls and even the halfdead have all passed through Markhat’s door—more than once—seeking his services as a finder of missing persons and lost loves. This is a first, though.
Frank Tuttle, 2009
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Forensic Recovery of Human Remains: Archaeological Approaches
Table 3.5 Summary of the Limitations of Cadaver Dogs Whether the remains are actually present within the search area Whether remains are creating a scent pool and a scent cone above ground Air movement between the scent pool and the ...
Tosha L. Dupras, John J. Schultz, Sandra M. Wheeler, 2005
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Abra-cadaver: A One-act Play
Page 16 ABRA CADAVER JACK exit L.) (After a moment, MARIE comes into the living room, checks to make sure that Christine and Jack are gone, then goes to the telephone and dials.) MARIE (smiling wryly). Sid? Hi, darling. Yes, fine.
John Mattera, 1982
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The Inner World of Medical Students: Listening to Their ...
THE CADAVER AS A GUIDE AND TEACHER Restitution stories It was common for students to assume the first-person voice as the cadaver – in other words, speaking from the cadaver's point of view, addressing the medical student. Poems ...
Johanna Shapiro, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CADAVER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term cadaver is used in the context of the following news items.
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Pond searched for missing Boyle man
Cadaver dogs were brought in and confirmed something was in the pond, but divers explored the body of water and the search turned up ... «Central Kentucky News, Jul 15»
2
Amazon thinks its new shopping day will put Black Friday to shame
Founder Jeff Bezos rapidly re-conceptualized the name when his lawyer misheard the word as "cadaver." Bezos instead named the business ... «Mashable, Jul 15»
3
Needed: transplants of policy, attitudes and infrastructure
Two, of the nearly 21,000 kidney transplants that have happened in the country since 1971, only 776 have come from cadaver donors, ... «The Indian Express, Jul 15»
4
73 out of 74 Kentex fire victims identified – PNP
IDENTIFIED. Filipino firemen carry a body inside a cadaver bag from a burnt warehouse following a fire in Valenzuela city, east of Manila, ... «Rappler, Jul 15»
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Authorities need assistance identifying missing person
It's an area of approximately five acres where cadaver dogs from the Four State Search and Rescue Team have been out sniffing for clues. «KOAM-TV, Jul 15»
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Functional art: Leatherworker makes custom boots the traditional way
The story that accompanies it is that in 1904 a McGill University medical student from the area, Addie McCrimmon, took a piece of a cadaver's ... «Ottawa Citizen, Jul 15»
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Skeletal remains identified as those of missing Joplin man
Cadaver dogs were brought in to assist in scouring about a five-acre area in June. Walrod said Slater has no known connection to the property. «Joplin Globe, Jul 15»
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Missing N.D. woman's death an accident, authorities say, after …
After finding the prosthetic Wednesday night, cadaver dogs were used to search the immediate area for clues, but the canines were unable to ... «Bismarck Tribune, Jul 15»
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The search for the graves of the Battle of Red Buttes
The teams also used a pair of cadaver dogs trained to find historical skeletal remains. The dogs signaled a hit within 10 feet of each other on ... «Casper Journal, Jul 15»
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Jacob shocked doctors may use cadaver skin to fix nose
Jacob's nose is examined by Dr. Nassif, who tells him some of the skin is so thin he¿ll have to use cadaver skin to build it up. Jacob is shocked. «Daily Mail, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Cadaver [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/cadaver>. May 2024 ».
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