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torso Definition

torso (tôr)

noun pl. -·sos or -·si-sē

  1. the trunk of a statue of the nude human figure, esp. of such a statue lacking the head and full limbs
  2. the trunk of the human body
  3. any unfinished or fragmentary piece of work

Etymology: It, stump, trunk of a statue < L thyrsus, a stalk, stem < Gr thyrsos, a stem, wand

torso Synonyms

torso

n.

trunk, thorax, caudex; see body 3.

torso Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • man: Also included in campaign packs are postcards printed with heat sensitive ink showing the torso of a man or woman.
  • woman: He called the railroad police who opened the trunk, finding inside the naked torso of a woman.

Possessives

  • woman: The fifth looked like someone had stuck a hand grenade in the poor woman's torso.
  • man: The tattooist started to sketch the tail into the man's torso: ' Ouch!

Converse of object

  • cover: She described people with great sheets of skin hanging off of their bodies; grotesque swollen faces; torsos covered with large blisters.
  • have: He has virtually no torso or legs: his neck blends almost straight into his huge, square sandals.
  • twist: Later the dancers pass along criss-cross paths punctuated by stamping feet, wheeling arms and twisting torsos.
  • keep: Bend the right knee to almost a 45 degree angle keeping the upper torso facing forward.
  • tone: So while the men go wild over some fancy French footwork, our eyes are on Trezeguet's toned torso; the perfect compromise?
  • show: Also included in campaign packs are postcards printed with heat sensitive ink showing the torso of a man or woman.

Adjective modifier

  • headless: Grix's last thought was fear for his children, as he dropped heavily onto Tommy's headless torso.
  • naked: He called the railroad police who opened the trunk, finding inside the naked torso of a woman.
  • upper: Flex your waist to raise the upper torso from the mat.
  • muscular: Now, when you got Holden's kit off, was her muscular torso a sure sign that she worked out a lot?
  • bare: Athletes must not compete in the cycling or running sections with a bare torso.
  • female: All of interest: the Blues as well as the Oranges; the tender as well as the brutal treatment of the female torso.

Modifies a noun

  • murder: Amidst great media attention the long awaited book about the infamous Haw Bridge torso murder mystery was launched today at Haw Bridge.
  • section: Just fit the bra section over the bust then roll the torso section over the belly.
  • area: When watching the video, concentrate in the torso area, where the quick change release tabs are placed.
  • upright: Your back heel your torso upright on your back the real estate.
torso Quotes

I dread this like the dentist, rather more so: To me Art's subject is the human clay, And landscape but a background to a torso; All Ce¤ z anne's apples I would give away For one small Goya or a Daumier.

—Auden,W(ystan) H(ugh)

Out of the debris of a statue thoroughly shattered a new art work is born: a naked foot unforgettably resting on a stone; a candid hand; a bent knee which contains all the speed of the foot race; a torso which has no face to prevent us from loving it.

—Crayencour

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