morte — meaning in English
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English meaning
- death noun The end of life; the permanent cessation of all vital functions in a living thing.
- demise noun The end or downfall of something, especially in a gradual or unfortunate way.
- kill verb To cause the death of a person, animal, or living thing.
- passing adjective Lasting only briefly; temporary.
Senses
morte is used for these senses in English:
- Death The personification of death, often a skeleton with a scythe, and one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse.
- Grim Reaper A personification of Death as an old man, or a skeleton, carrying a scythe, taking souls to the afterlife.
- death The cessation of life and all associated processes; the end of an organism's existence as an entity independent from its environment and its return to an inert, nonliving state.
- death (often, capitalized) The personification of death as a (usually male) hooded figure with a scythe; the Grim Reaper.
- demise (countable) Death.
- kill The act of killing.
- passing Death, dying; the end of something. [from 14th c.]
death — full definition
- noun The end of life; the permanent cessation of all vital functions in a living thing.
- noun The end or collapse of something non-living, used figuratively.
- name The personification of death, traditionally shown as a hooded, skeletal figure carrying a scythe.
demise — full definition
- noun The end or downfall of something, especially in a gradual or unfortunate way.
- noun A formal or literary word for death.