Body meaning
The majority of a number of people or things.
noun
Substance, density, or consistency, as of a liquid or fabric.
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Anything having real or material substance or form; any physical or perceptible object.
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A separate portion or mass of matter.
A body of land or water.
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Main section.
- The torso, the main structure of a human or animal frame excluding the extremities (limbs, head, tail). [from 9th c.].The boxer took a blow to the body.
- The largest or most important part of anything, as distinct from its appendages or accessories. [from 11th c.].The bumpers and front tyres were ruined, but the body of the car was in remarkable shape.
- (archaic) The section of a dress extending from the neck to the waist, excluding the arms. [from 16th c.].Penny was in the scullery, pressing the body of her new dress.
- The content of a letter, message, or other printed or electronic document, as distinct from signatures, salutations, headers, and so on. [from 17th c.].
- A bodysuit. [from 19th c.].
- In many programming languages, the method body is enclosed in braces.
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Coherent group.
- I was escorted from the building by a body of armed security guards.
- The local train operating company is the managing body for this section of track.
- We have now amassed a body of evidence which points to one conclusion.
noun
A number of persons, concepts, or things regarded as a group.
We walked out in a body.
noun
The main or central part, as:
- The largest or principal part of an organ; corpus.
- The nave of a church.
- The content of a book or document exclusive of prefatory matter, codicils, indexes, or appendices.
- The passenger- and cargo-carrying part of an aircraft, ship, or other vehicle.
- The sound box of an instrument.
noun
A mass of matter that is distinct from other masses.
A body of water; a celestial body.
noun
To furnish with a body.
verb
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To give shape to. Usually used with forth:
verb
A dead person; corpse.
noun
The main or central part of anything.
- The part of an automobile, truck, etc. that holds the load or passengers; the part of a vehicle that is not the chassis.
- The hull of a ship.
- The fuselage of an aircraft.
- The main part of a piece of writing as distinguished from headings and introductory or supplementary matter.
- The sound box of a stringed instrument.
noun
Any of the natural objects seen in the visible heavens.
The sun, moon, planets, stars, etc. are celestial bodies.
noun
Richness or fullness of tone or flavor.
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Fullness and resilience.
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A person or something legally regarded as a person.
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The shank of a piece of type.
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To give a body or substance to; make substantial.
verb
To make part of; embody.
verb
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The largest or principal part of an organ; corpus.
noun
Material entity.
- All bodies are held together by internal forces.
- (uncountable) Substance; physical presence. [from 17th c.].We have given body to what was just a vague idea.
- The red wine, sadly, lacked body.
- An agglomeration of some substance, especially one that would be otherwise uncountable.The English Channel is a body of water lying between Great Britain and France.
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The definition of a body is the physical part of a living thing or the main part of anything.
An example of a body is the human frame.
An example of a body is the outside of a car.
noun
A collection or quantity, as of material or information.
The body of evidence.
noun
Consistency of substance, as in paint, textiles, or wine.
A sauce with body.
noun
The part of a block of type underlying the impression surface.
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The whole physical structure and substance of a human being, animal, or plant.
noun
The flesh or material substance, as opposed to the spirit.
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A human being; person.
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A group of people or things regarded or functioning as a unit.
A body of soldiers, an advisory body.
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The entire material or physical structure of an organism.
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A corpse.
noun
The trunk or torso, as distinguished from the head, neck, and extremities.
noun
Physical frame.
- I saw them walking from a distance, their bodies strangely angular in the dawn light.
- The body is driven by desires, but the soul is at peace.
- A corpse. [from 13th c.].Her body was found at four o'clock, just two hours after the murder.
- (archaic or informal except in compounds) A person. [from 13th c.].What's a body gotta do to get a drink around here?.
noun
The physical part of a person, as opposed to the spiritual part.
noun
take the body
- To play in a rough physical way, dealing out many body checks, as in hockey.
idiom
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body forth
- To give shape or form to.
- To symbolize or represent.
idiom
keep body and soul together
- To stay alive.
idiom
Idioms and Phrasal Verbs
Origin of body
- Middle English bodi from Old English bodig
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Middle English body, bodiȝ, from Old English bodiġ, bodeġ (“body, trunk, chest, torso, height, stature”), from Proto-Germanic *budagą, *budagaz (“body, trunk", also "grown”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“to be awake, observe”). Cognate with German Bottech (“body, trunk, corpse”), Bavarian and Swabian Bottich (“body, trunk”).
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