catflap.org Online Dictionary Query

Query string:
Search type:
Database:

Database copyright information
Server information

20 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  bereaved \be*reaved"\ (b[-e]*r[=e]v"), adj.
     mourning due to the death of a loved one.
  
     Syn: bereft, grief-stricken, grieving, mourning(prenominal),
          sorrowing(prenominal).
          [WordNet 1.5]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Bereave \Be*reave"\ (b[-e]*r[=e]v"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     Bereaved (b[-e]*r[=e]vd"), Bereft (b[-e]*r[e^]ft"); p.
     pr. & vb. n. Bereaving.] [OE. bireven, AS. bere['a]fian.
     See Be-, and Reave.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. To make destitute; to deprive; to strip; -- with of before
        the person or thing taken away.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Madam, you have bereft me of all words. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Bereft of him who taught me how to sing. --Tickell.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To take away from. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              All your interest in those territories
              Is utterly bereft you; all is lost.   --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To take away. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Shall move you to bereave my life.    --Marlowe.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: The imp. and past pple. form bereaved is not used in
           reference to immaterial objects. We say bereaved or
           bereft by death of a relative, bereft of hope and
           strength.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: To dispossess; to divest.
          [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Bereave \Be*reave"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bereaved, Bereft;
     p. pr. & vb. n. Bereaving.] [OE. bireven, AS. bere['a]fian.
     See Be-, and Reave.]
     1. To make destitute; to deprive; to strip; -- with of before
        the person or thing taken away.
  
              Madam, you have bereft me of all words. --Shak.
  
              Bereft of him who taught me how to sing. --Tickell.
  
     2. To take away from. [Obs.]
  
              All your interest in those territories Is utterly
              bereft you; all is lost.              --Shak.
  
     3. To take away. [Obs.]
  
              Shall move you to bereave my life.    --Marlowe.
  
     Note: The imp. and past pple. form bereaved is not used in
           reference to immaterial objects. We say bereaved or
           bereft by death of a relative, bereft of hope and
           strength.
  
     Syn: To dispossess; to divest.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  bereaved
       adj : sorrowful through loss or deprivation; "bereft of hope"
             [syn: bereft, grief-stricken, grieving, mourning(a),
              sorrowing(a)]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  bereaved
     Αγγλικά a.
     συντετριμμένος λόγω θανάτου οικείου προσώπου

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  bereaved
     a.
     having suffered the death of a loved one
     vb.
     (infl of en bereave  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  bereaved
     a.
     having suffered the death of a loved one
     vb.
     (infl of en bereave  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  bereaved
     a.
     having suffered the death of a loved one
     vb.
     (infl of en bereave  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  bereaved
     a.
     having suffered the death of a loved one
     vb.
     (infl of en bereave  ed-form)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  bereaved
     Englanti a.
     läheisensä menettäneestä

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  bereaved
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en bereave ordform=perfpart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb bereave)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Bereaved /bˈɛɹiːvd/
  مفجوع

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  bereaved /bˈɛɹiːvd/ 
  truchlící

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]


  bereaved /bˈɛɹiːvd/
  hinterblieben  [soc.]
        "the bereaved children"  - die trauernden Kinder
        "have been bereaved of sb."  - jdn. verloren haben
        "Our sympathies go to the bereaved."  - Unser Mitgefühl gilt den Hinterbliebenen.

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]


  bereaved /bˈɛɹiːvd/
  1. gyászoló család
  2. elhunyt hozzátartozói
  3. hátramaradottak

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:eng-pol ]


  bereaved /bɪˈri:vd/ 
    osamotniony, pogrążony w smutku

From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]

/bɝˈivd/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]


  43 Moby Thesaurus words for "bereaved":
     beggared, beggarly, bereaved of, bereft, cut off, denuded,
     deprived, deprived of, disadvantaged, distressed, divested,
     fatherless, fleeced, ghettoized, impoverished, in need, in rags,
     in want, indigent, lacking, mendicant, minus, motherless,
     necessitous, needy, on relief, orphan, orphaned, out at elbows,
     out of, parentless, parted from, pauperized, poverty-stricken,
     robbed of, shorn of, sorrowing, starveling, stripped, stripped of,
     underprivileged, wanting, widowed

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]


  a. 丧失;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]


     a. 丧失的

Questions or comments about this site? Contact dictionary@catflap.org Access Stats