English Explanatory Dictionary

six feet under

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Buried underground; not alive; dead.

Pronunciation

En-au-six feet under.ogg

Word forms

six feet under

Etymology

Six feet refers to the traditional depth to which graves are dug. (Actual grave depths today may vary.)

Synonyms

six feet deep asleep at rest blessed cadaverous clay-cold deceased resting decomposed defunct departed expired extinct fey gone good inanimate inert kaput killed late lifeless living impaired low no longer with us no more perished reposing six feet under stiff unalive unalived wasted whilom with God

Related words

put to bed with a shovel
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