bodied

[ bod-eed ]

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adjective

having a body of a specific kind (used in combination): a flat-bodied fish; a wide-bodied car.

Origin of bodied

body + -ed³

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How to use bodied in a sentence

The escort site Cowboys4Angels peddles chiseled, hot-bodied men and their smoldering model looks to women willing to pay.
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Why they are so important for physically and cognitively disabled kids (and their able bodied peers).
Magical Gardens for the Blind, Deaf, and Disabled | Elizabeth Picciuto | October 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
The (very wealthy) de la Renta women wore bold colors, flared sleeves, full-bodied skirts and trousers.
Fashion Designer Oscar de la Renta, American Great, Dead at 82 | Tim Teeman | October 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
The word—rich, expensive, full-bodied—represents more than just a flavor in Colombia.
Will Coffee Rust Hurt Starbucks? | Nina Strochlic | June 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Able-bodied people rarely notice the barriers that riddle the world which keep the disabled from participating in society.
#YesAllWomen Should Have the Church On Their Side | Gene Robinson | June 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST

He was a big-bodied, big-hearted, ruddy-faced, farmerlike man of fifty or so; and the service was proud of him.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph Tatlow
It is followed by forty-four pages of argument and illustration relating exclusively to the able-bodied wage-earner.
English Poor Law Policy | Sidney Webb
The wonder is that between sword and halter there was any able-bodied man left in Munster.
Ireland Under the Tudors, Vol. II (of 3) | Richard Bagwell
As in the Report itself, no definition is given in the Act of what was meant by "able-bodied persons."
English Poor Law Policy | Sidney Webb
We can find no explanation of, or reason for, the entire absence of any provision for independent women who were able-bodied.
English Poor Law Policy | Sidney Webb

British Dictionary definitions for -bodied

-bodied

adjective

(in combination) having a body or bodies as specified: able-bodied; long-bodied; many-bodied

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