As Huck and Jim move further south, the duke and the dauphin invade the raft, and Huck and Jim must spend more time ashore. Though the river continues to offer a refuge from trouble, it often merely effects the exchange of one bad situation for another.
Dictionary entry overview: What does funeral mean? â¢ FUNERAL (noun) The noun FUNERAL has 1 sense: 1. a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated Familiarity information: FUNERAL used as a noun is very rare.
In the United States, the distinction between lying in repose and lying in state is not often observed. Lying in state is generally considered to be when one's body is placed in the rotunda of the United States Capitol. When the deceased person is placed in another location, like the Great Hall of the Supreme Court, they lie in repose, as was the case following the death of Justice Antonin Scalia in February 2016.