CARRION




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Carrion definition, dead and putrefying flesh. CARRION is a reverse horror game in which you assume the role of an amorphous creature of unknown origin. Stalk and consume those that imprisoned you to spread fear and panic throughout the facility. Grow and evolve as you tear down this prison and acquire more and more devastating abilities on the.

Related to carrion: carrion flower

Carrion Switch

car·ri·on

(kăr′ē-ən)

Description: CARRION is a reverse horror game in which you assume the role of an amorphous creature of unknown origin. Stalk and consume those that imprisoned you to spread fear and panic.

n.
adj.
2. Feeding on such flesh.
[Middle English careine, from Anglo-Norman, from Vulgar Latin *carōnia, from Latin carō, flesh; see sker- in Indo-European roots.]
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carrion

(ˈkærɪən) n
2. (Zoology) (modifier) eating carrion: carrion beetles.
[C13: from Anglo-French caroine, ultimately from Latin carō flesh]

Carrion Crow

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car•ri•on

(ˈkær i ən)
n. adj.
2. feeding on carrion.
[1175–1225; Middle English careyn, carion < Anglo-French careine, Old French charo(i)gne < Vulgar Latin *caronia= Latin carun- (see caruncle) + -ia-y3]
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Noun1.carrion - the dead and rotting body of an animal; unfit for human food
dead body, body - a natural object consisting of a dead animal or person; 'they found the body in the lake'
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carrion

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carrion

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carrion

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CARRIONˈkӕriən) noun
dead animal flesh, eaten by other animals. Vultures feed on carrion. aas جِيفَـه мърша carniça zdechlina, mršina das Aas ådsel ψοφίμιcarroña raibe لاشه؛ مردار haaska charogne נְבֵלָה सड़ा हुआ मास strvina, otpaci dög bangkai hræ carogna 腐肉 (짐승의) 썩은 고기 dvėsena, maita maita bangkai aasåtselpadlina وروست، خوسا، دمړه جسم خو سا كېدنه carniça (carne de) stârv падаль zdochlina mrhovina strvina kadaver, as เนื้อที่เน่าเปื่อย leş (動物屍體的)腐肉 падло; мертвечина مردار جانور کا گوشت xác chết đã thối (动物尸体的)腐肉
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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Old Frenchcaroigne (see modern Frenchcharogne), from Latincaro(flesh).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈkæ.ɹi.ən/
  • Audio (US)

Noun[edit]

carrion (usually uncountable, pluralcarrions)

  1. (chiefly uncountable)Deadflesh; carcasses.
    • 1598, Edmund Spenser, A Vewe of the Present State of Irelande
      They did eat the dead carrions.
    • 1859, Charles Dickens, The Haunted House:
      He brought down with him to our haunted house a little cask of salt beef; for, he is always convinced that all salt beef not of his own pickling, is mere carrion[]
    • 1922, Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room, Vintage Classics, paperback edition, page 119
      Perhaps the Purple Emperor is feasting, as Morris says, upon a mass of putrid carrion at the base of an oak tree.
  2. (countable,obsolete,derogatory) A contemptible or worthless person.
    • 1599, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Ivlivs Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: []Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, , [Act II, scene i]:

Derived terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

Carrion Game

  • Arabic: جِيفة(jīfa)
  • Afrikaans: karkas
  • Albanian: kërmë(sq), shtrek(sq)
  • Armenian: լեշ(hy)(leš), գեշ(hy)(geš)
  • Bashkir: емтек(yemtek), үләкһә(üläkhä)
  • Basque: haratustel
  • Bulgarian: мъ́рша(bg)f(mǎ́rša), леш(bg)m(leš)
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 屍體(zh), 尸体(zh)(shītǐ), 腐肉(zh)(fǔròu)(slough)
  • Czech: mršinaf, zdechlina(cs)f
  • Danish: ådsel(da)n, kadaver(da)n
  • Dutch: kadaver(nl)n, aas(nl)n, kreng(nl)n, karkas(nl)n
  • Finnish: haaska(fi), raato(fi)
  • French: charogne(fr)f
  • Georgian: ლეში(leši)
  • German: Aas(de)n, Kadaver(de)m
  • Greek: θνησιμαίο(el)n(thnisimaío), κουφάρι(el)n(koufári), ψοφίμι(el)n(psofími)
    Ancient: κενέβρειαnpl(kenébreia)
  • Hebrew: נְבֵלָה(he)f(nevelá), פֶּגֶר(he)m(péger)
  • Hungarian: döghús(hu)
  • Irish: ablachm
  • Italian: carogna(it)f
  • Japanese: (ja)(mukuro), 死肉(しにく, shiniku), 腐肉(ふにく, funiku)
  • Latin: cadavern, morticīnusf
  • Latvian: maitaf
  • Maori: pera
  • Norwegian: åtseln, kadavern
  • Old English: ǣsn
  • Polish: padlina(pl)f
  • Portuguese: carniça(pt)f
  • Russian: па́даль(ru)f(pádalʹ), мертвечи́на(ru)f(mertvečína), дохля́тина(ru)f(doxljátina)(colloquial)
  • Slovak: zdochlinaf
  • Slovene: mrhovina(sl)f
  • Spanish: carroña(es)f
  • Swedish: as(sv)n, kadaver(sv)n
  • Turkish: leş(tr)
  • Ukrainian: па́дальf(pádalʹ), па́длоn(pádlo), мертве́ччинаf(mertvéččyna), мертвечи́наf(mertvečýna), дохля́тинаf(doxljátyna)(colloquial)
  • Volapük: nimafun
  • German: Aas(de)n

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