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Zombie

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Noun

1. living dead, zombi, zombie

a dead body that has been brought back to life by a supernatural force

2. zombi, zombi spirit, zombie, zombie spirit

(voodooism) a spirit or supernatural force that reanimates a dead body

3. snake god, zombi, zombie

a god of voodoo cults of African origin worshipped especially in West Indies

4. automaton, zombi, zombie

someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way

Example Sentences:
'only an automaton wouldn't have noticed'

5. zombi, zombie

several kinds of rum with fruit juice and usually apricot liqueur

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Zombie

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noun plural -bies or -bis
1. 
a person who is or appears to be lifeless, apathetic, or totally lacking in independent judgment; automaton
2. 
a supernatural spirit that reanimates a dead body
3. 
a corpse brought to life in this manner
4. 
the snake god of voodoo cults in the West Indies, esp Haiti, and in scattered areas of the southern US
5. 
the python god revered in parts of West Africa
6. 
a piece of computer code that instructs an infected computer to send a virus on to other computer systems

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Zombie

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noun
1. 
in voodoo cults of W Africa, the python deity
2. 
any voodoo snake deity, as in Haiti and parts of the S U.S.
3. 
a. 
in West Indian voodoo, a supernatural power through which a corpse supposedly is brought to a state of trancelike animation and made to obey the commands of the person exercising the power
b. 
a corpse so animated
4.  Slang
a. 
a person considered to be like a zombie in listlessness, mechanical behavior, etc.
b. 
a weird, eccentric, or unattractive person
5. 
an iced drink made with fruit juices, various kinds of rum, and, often, apricot brandy

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Zombie

see synonyms of zombie
n.
1.
a. In voodoo belief and popular folklore, a corpse that has been reanimated, especially by means of a supernatural power or spell.
b. One who looks or behaves like an automaton.
c. A computer connected to the internet and controlled by a remote unauthorized user to perform malicious tasks, without the owner being aware.
2. A bank or business that cannot meet its financial obligations or make new loans but has been allowed to continue operating by the government.
3. A snake god of voodoo cults in West Africa, Haiti, and the southern United States.
4. A tall mixed drink made of various rums, liqueurs, and fruit juices.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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