Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
BEREAVED
bereaved, bereft, grief-stricken, grieving, mourning, sorrowing
(adjective) sorrowful through loss or deprivation; “bereft of hope”
bereaved, bereaved person
(noun) a person who has suffered the death of someone they loved; “the bereaved do not always need to be taken care of”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
bereaved (comparative more bereaved, superlative most bereaved)
having suffered the death of a loved one
Verb
bereaved
simple past tense and past participle of bereave
Anagrams
• beavered
Source: Wiktionary
BEREAVE
Be*reave" (, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bereaved (, Bereft (; p. pr. & vb. n. Bereaving.] Etym: [OE. bireven, AS. bereáfian. 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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