DROVE A NAIL INTO THE COFFIN OF

Meaning of DROVE A NAIL INTO THE COFFIN OF in English

acted in a way which insulted the dead person

Explanatory English dictionary bed edition. Толковый словарь английского языка Редакция bed. 2012

DROVE — truppe de boves, bestie-truppe, greg
English interlingue dictionary
COFFIN — sarco
English interlingue dictionary
COFFIN — kabaong;lungon
English-Visayan vocabulary
DROVE — I. noun see: drive Date: before 12th century a group of animals driven or moving in a body, a large …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
NAIL — I. ˈnāl, esp before pause or consonant ˈnāəl noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
INTO — I. |intə, -n.tu̇, -n-(ˌ)tü, +V often -ntəw preposition Etymology: Middle English, from Old English intō, from in (II) + tō …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DROVE — I. ˈdrōv noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English drāf, from drīfan to drive — more at …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COFFIN — I. ˈkȯfə̇n also ˈkäf- noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, basket, receptacle, from Middle French cofin, from Latin cophinus …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
INTO — (prep.) Indicating the passing of a thing from one form, condition, or state to another; as, compound substances may be …
Английский словарь Webster
DROVE — (n.) The grooved surface of stone finished by the drove chisel; -- called also drove work.
Английский словарь Webster
DROVE — (n.) A broad chisel used to bring stone to a nearly smooth surface; -- called also drove chisel.
Английский словарь Webster
DROVE — (n.) A narrow drain or channel used in the irrigation of land.
Английский словарь Webster
DROVE — (n.) A road for driving cattle; a driftway.
Английский словарь Webster
DROVE — (n.) Any collection of irrational animals, moving or driving forward; as, a finny drove.
Английский словарь Webster
COFFIN — (v. t.) To inclose in, or as in, a coffin.
Английский словарь Webster
COFFIN — (n.) The hollow crust or hoof of a horse's foot, below the coronet, in which is the coffin bone.
Английский словарь Webster
INTO — ( prep. ) Indicating the passing of a thing from one form, condition, or state to another; as, compound substances …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DROVE — ( n. ) The grooved surface of stone finished by the drove chisel; -- called also drove work.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DROVE — ( n. ) Any collection of irrational animals, moving or driving forward; as, a finny drove.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DROVE — ( n. ) A broad chisel used to bring stone to a nearly smooth surface; -- called also drove chisel.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
COFFIN — ( v. t. ) To inclose in, or as in, a coffin.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
COFFIN — ( n. ) The hollow crust or hoof of a horse's foot, below the coronet, in which is the coffin …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
NAIL — — nailless , adj. — naillike , adj. /nayl/ , n. 1. a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
INTO — /in"tooh/ ; unstressed /in"too, -teuh/ , prep. 1. to the inside of; in toward: He walked into the room. The …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DROVE — drove 1 /drohv/ , v. pt. of drive . drove 2 /drohv/ , n. , v. , droved, droving . …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
COFFIN — — coffinless , adj. /kaw"fin, kof"in/ , n. 1. the box or case in which the body of a dead …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NAIL — I. ˈnāl noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English nægl; akin to Old High German nagal nail, fingernail, Latin unguis …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DROVE — I. ˈdrōv noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English drāf, from drīfan to drive — more at drive Date: before …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
COFFIN — I. ˈkȯ-fən noun Etymology: Middle English, basket, receptacle, from Anglo-French, from Latin cophinus Date: 1525 : a box or chest …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
INTO — preposition Etymology: Middle English, from Old English intō, from in (II) + tō to Date: before 12th century 1. — …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NAIL — noun to spike, as a cannon. 2. nail ·noun to stud or boss with nails, or as with nails. 3. …
Webster English vocab
INTO — prep denoting inclusion; as, put these ideas into other words. 2. into ·prep to the inside of; within. it is …
Webster English vocab
DROVE — noun a crowd of people in motion. 2. drove ·impf of drive. 3. drove ·impf of drive. 4. drove ·noun …
Webster English vocab
COFFIN — noun a basket. 2. coffin ·vt to inclose in, or as in, a coffin. 3. coffin ·noun a conical paper …
Webster English vocab
NAIL — [nail] n [ME, fr. OE naegl; akin to OHG nagal nail, fingernail, L unguis fingernail, toenail, claw, Gk onyx] (bef. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DROVE — [drove] n [ME, fr. OE draf, fr. drifan to drive--more at drive] (bef. 12c) 1: a group of animals driven …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
COFFIN — [cof.fin] n [ME, basket, receptacle, fr. MF cofin, fr. L cophinus] (1525): a box or chest for burying a corpse …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
NAIL
Britannica English vocabulary
COFFIN — the receptacle in which a corpse is confined. The Greeks and Romans disposed of their dead both by burial and …
Britannica English vocabulary
NAIL — nail, Nail BrE AmE neɪ ə l ▷ nailed neɪ ə ld ▷ nailing ˈneɪ ə l ɪŋ ▷ nails …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
DROVE — drove BrE AmE drəʊv AmE droʊv ▷ droves drəʊvz AmE droʊvz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
COFFIN — coffin, C~ BrE AmE ˈkɒf ɪn § - ə n AmE \ ˈkɔːf ə n ˈkɑːf- ▷ coffin|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
NAIL
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
INTO — / ˈɪntə; NAmE ; before vowels strong form ˈɪntu; strong form ˈɪntuː/ preposition HELP NOTE : For the special uses …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NAIL — I. nail 1 S3 /neɪl/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: nægl ] 1 . a …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
INTO — in ‧ to S1 W1 /ˈɪntə; before vowels ˈɪntʊ; strong ˈɪntuː/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DROVE — I. drove 1 /drəʊv $ droʊv/ BrE AmE the past tense of ↑ drive II. drove 2 BrE AmE noun …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
COFFIN — cof ‧ fin /ˈkɒfən, ˈkɒfɪn $ ˈkɒː-, ˈkɑː-/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old French ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
NAIL — n. & v. --n. 1 a small usu. sharpened metal spike with a broadened flat head, driven in with a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
INTO — prep. 1 expressing motion or direction to a point on or within (walked into a tree; ran into the house). …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
COFFIN — n. & v. --n. 1 a long narrow usu. wooden box in which a corpse is buried or cremated. 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
NAIL — n. & v. n. 1 a small usu. sharpened metal spike with a broadened flat head, driven in with a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
INTO — prep. 1 expressing motion or direction to a point on or within (walked into a tree; ran into the house). …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DROVE — n. 1 a a large number (of people etc.) moving together; a crowd; a multitude; a shoal. b (in pl.) …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
COFFIN — n. & v. n. 1 a long narrow usu. wooden box in which a corpse is buried or cremated. 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
NAIL — n. & v. --n. 1. a small usu. sharpened metal spike with a broadened flat head, driven in with a …
Oxford English vocab
INTO — prep. 1. expressing motion or direction to a point on or within (walked into a tree; ran into the house). …
Oxford English vocab
DROVE — 1. past of DRIVE.2. n.1 a a large number (of people etc.) moving together; a crowd; a multitude; a shoal. …
Oxford English vocab
COFFIN — n. & v. --n. 1. a long narrow usu. wooden box in which a corpse is buried or cremated. 2 …
Oxford English vocab
NAIL — ( nails, nailing, nailed) 1. A nail is a thin piece of metal with one pointed end and one flat …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
INTO — Pronounced /ɪntu:/ or /ɪntu:/, particularly before pronouns and for meaning 14. Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DROVE — Drove is the past tense of drive .
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COFFIN — ( coffins) 1. A coffin is a box in which a dead body is buried or cremated. N-COUNT 2. If …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DROVE — Drove is the past tense of drive .
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