Hearse in English dictionary

  • hearse

    Meanings and definitions of "Hearse"

    • A hind in the year of its age.
    • 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.
    • A grave, coffin, tomb, or sepulchral monument.
    • A bier or handbarrow for conveying the dead to the grave.
    • A carriage or vehicle specially adapted or used for conveying the dead to the grave.
    • (dated) To enclose in a hearse; to entomb.
    • (a) hearse
    • noun
      A hind in the second year of her age.
    • noun
      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.
    • noun
      A grave, coffin, tomb, or sepulchral monument.
    • noun
      A bier or handbarrow for conveying the dead to the grave.
    • noun
      A carriage or vehicle specially adapted or used for transporting a dead person to the place of funeral or to the grave.
    • verb
      (dated)
      To enclose in a hearse; to entomb.
    • vehicle for taking dead body to grave
    • noun
      a vehicle for carrying a coffin to a church or a cemetery; formerly drawn by horses but now usually a motor vehicle

    Synonyms of "Hearse" in English dictionary

    motor vehicle, automotive vehicle are the top synonyms of "Hearse" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of Hearse

    • File:Funeral Carriage.JPG Funeral carriage hearse ( plural  hearses)
    • hearse ( third-person singular simple present hearses, present participle hearsing, simple past and past participle hearsed)
    • lp  liczba pojedyncza hearse; lm  liczba mnoga hearses
    • hearse (plural hearses)
    • hearse (third-person singular simple present hearses, present participle hearsing, simple past and past participle hearsed)
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