noun Download 🔗Share A snake god or fetish in religions of West Africa and elsewhere. Examples : "The villagers believed the zombie was a powerful spirit, and they offered sacrifices to it. " religion mythology soul Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (voodoo, superstition) A person, usually undead, animated by unnatural forces (such as magic), with no soul or will of his/her own. Examples : "The voodoo priest claimed he could turn people into zombies, devoid of their own thoughts and controlled by his magic. " mythology religion supernatural person soul body entertainment culture Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A deceased person who becomes reanimate to attack the living. Examples : "The zombie apocalypse was surprisingly peaceful at first, but now the zombies were attacking the school. " body supernatural mythology media inhuman being Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An apathetic person. Examples : "My brother has become a zombie lately; he just sits around doing nothing. " person character mind attitude society Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A human being in a state of extreme mental exhaustion. Examples : "After working for 18 hours on the computer, I was a zombie." mind body condition human Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An information worker who has signed a nondisclosure agreement. Examples : ""After signing the NDA, he became a true zombie at work, never discussing the project even with close colleagues." " business job work Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A process or task which has terminated but has not been removed from the list of processes, typically because it has an unresponsive parent process. Examples : "The server was overloaded with zombies, leftover processes from a failed update that the main program hadn't properly cleaned up. " computing process system technical Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A computer affected by malware which causes it to do whatever the attacker wants it to do without the user's knowledge. Examples : "My computer became a zombie after I accidentally downloaded a suspicious email attachment, and now it's sending spam without me knowing. " computing internet technology electronics machine system virus Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A cocktail of rum and fruit juices. Examples : "My dad made a delicious zombie for the party. " drink food Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A conscripted member of the Canadian military during World War II who was assigned to home defence rather than to combat in Europe. Examples : "My grandfather was a zombie during World War II; he helped protect our town, but he never saw combat overseas. " military history nation war world government Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Marijuana, or similar drugs. Examples : "My friend said he was feeling sluggish and unmotivated at school today, so I suspected he was smoking zombie. " substance medicine Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A hypothetical being that is indistinguishable from a normal human being except in that it lacks conscious experience, qualia, or sentience. Examples : "The zombie walked to school, seemingly normal, but was completely unaware of its surroundings. " body mind being human inhuman supernatural philosophy science medicine soul Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading