n. A living body; the physical frame of an animal, especially of a human being.n. A dead body, especially, and usually, of a human being: originally with the epithet dead expressed or implied in the context.n. Eccles., the land with which a prebend or other ecclesiastical office in England is endowed.n. Synonyms Remains, corse (poetic).To make a corpse of; murder.To ‘put out’ or confuse (an actor) in speaking his lines or to spoil (his ‘business’) by some blunder or mistake.