body

Plural: bodies

Noun

• the entire structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)
  • "he felt as if his whole body were on fire"
• a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity
  • "the whole body filed out of the auditorium"
  • "the student body"
  • "administrative body"
• a natural object consisting of a dead animal or person
  • "they found the body in the lake"
• an individual 3-dimensional object that has mass and that is distinguishable from other objects
  • "heavenly body"
• the body excluding the head and neck and limbs
• a collection of particulars considered as a system
  • "a body of law"
  • "a body of doctrine"
  • "a body of precedents"
• the property of holding together and retaining its shape
  • "wool has more body than rayon"
• the central message of a communication
  • "the body of the message was short"
• the main mass of a thing
• a resonating chamber in a musical instrument (as the body of a violin)
• the external structure of a vehicle
  • "the body of the car was badly rusted"
• Physical frame.
• The physical structure of a human or animal seen as one single organism.
• Physical frame.
• The fleshly or corporeal nature of a human, as opposed to the spirit or soul.
• Physical frame.
• A corpse.
• Physical frame.
• A person.
• Physical frame.
• A human being, regarded as marginalized or oppressed.
• Main section.
• Main section.
• The torso, the main structure of a human or animal frame excluding the extremities (limbs, head, tail).
• Main section.
• The largest or most important part of anything, as distinct from its appendages or accessories.
• Main section.
• The section of a dress extending from the neck to the waist, excluding the arms.
• Main section.
• The content of a letter, message, or other printed or electronic document, as distinct from signatures, salutations, headers, and so on.
• Main section.
• The code of a subroutine, contrasted to its signature and parameters.
• Main section.
• nave.
• Coherent group.
• A group of people having a common purpose or opinion; a mass.
• Coherent group.
• An organisation, company or other authoritative group.
• Coherent group.
• A unified collection of details, knowledge or information.
• Material entity.
• Any physical object or material thing.
• Material entity.
• Substance; physical presence.
• Material entity.
• Comparative viscosity, solidity or substance (in wine, colours etc.).
• Material entity.
• An agglomeration of some substance, especially one that would be otherwise uncountable.
• The shank of a type, or the depth of the shank (by which the size is indicated).
• A three-dimensional object, such as a cube or cone.

Verb

Verb Forms: bodied, bodying, bodies

• To give form, substance, or expression to something.
• invest with or as with a body; give body to
• To give body or shape to something.
• To construct the bodywork of a car.
• To embody.
• To murder someone.
• To murder someone.
• To utterly defeat someone.

Examples

• a nonpareil face on an agate body
• All bodies are held together by internal forces.
• Her body was found at four o’clock, just two hours after the murder.
• Her creative play managed to BODY a complex idea into a simple, high-scoring word.
• I saw them walking from a distance, their bodies strangely angular in the dawn light.
• I was escorted from the building by a body of armed security guards.
• In many programming languages, the method body is enclosed in braces.
• Indeed, if it belonged to a poor body, it would be another thing; but so great a lady, to be sure, can never want it […]
• Penny was in the scullery, pressing the body of her new dress.
• The body is driven by desires, but the soul is at peace.
• The boxer took a blow to the body.
• The bumpers and front tyres were ruined, but the body of the car was in remarkable shape.
• The English Channel is a body of water lying between Great Britain and France.
• The local train operating company is the managing body for this section of track.
• The red wine, sadly, lacked body.
• We have given body to what was just a vague idea.
• We have now amassed a body of evidence which points to one conclusion.
• What’s a body gotta do to get a drink around here?

Synonyms

consistence, consistency, dead body, eubstance, organic structure, personify, physical structure, soundbox, torso, trunk, bod, body, flesh, likam, quarrons, soma

Related Words

anatomy, corporal, corporeal, physiology, visceral

Anagrams of body