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body
[ bod-ee ]
noun
- the physical structure and material substance of an animal or plant, living or dead.
- a corpse; carcass.
- the trunk or main mass of a thing:
the body of a tree.
- Architecture. the principal mass of a building.
- the section of a vehicle, usually in the shape of a box, cylindrical container, or platform, in or on which passengers or the load is carried.
- Nautical. the hull of a ship.
- Aeronautics. the fuselage of a plane.
- Printing. the shank of a type, supporting the face.
- Geometry. a figure having the three dimensions of length, breadth, and thickness; a solid.
- Physics. a mass, especially one considered as a whole.
- the major portion of an army, population, etc.:
The body of the American people favors the president's policy.
Synonyms: majority, preponderance, multitude, throng, group, mass
Antonyms: few, scattering, handful
- the principal part of a speech or document, minus introduction, conclusion, indexes, etc.
- a person:
She's a quiet sort of body.
- Law. the physical person of an individual.
- a collective group:
student body;
corporate body.
- Also called heav·en·ly bod·y [hev, -, uh, n-lee , bod, -ee]. Astronomy. an object in space, as a planet or star.
- a separate physical mass or quantity, especially as distinguished from other masses or quantities.
- consistency or density; richness; substance:
This wine has good body.
Wool has more body than rayon.
- the part of a dress that covers the trunk or the part of the trunk above the waist.
- Ceramics. the basic material of which a ceramic article is made.
verb (used with object)
- to invest with or as with a body.
- to represent in bodily form (usually followed by forth ).
adjective
- of or relating to the body; bodily.
- of or relating to the main reading matter of a book, article, etc., as opposed to headings, illustrations, or the like.
body
/ ˈbɒdɪ /
noun
- the entire physical structure of an animal or human being corporealphysical
- ( as modifier )
body odour
- the flesh, as opposed to the spirit
while we are still in the body
- the trunk or torso, not including the limbs, head, or tail
- a dead human or animal; corpse
- the largest or main part of anything
the body of a plant
the body of a vehicle
- a separate or distinct mass of water or land
- the main part; majority
the body of public opinion
- the central part of a written work
the body of a thesis as opposed to the footnotes
- a number of individuals regarded as a single entity; group
the student body
they marched in a body
- maths a three-dimensional region with an interior
- physics an object or substance that has three dimensions, a mass, and is distinguishable from surrounding objects
- fullness in the appearance of the hair
- the characteristic full quality of certain wines, determined by the density and the content of alcohol or tannin
a Burgundy has a heavy body
- substance or firmness, esp of cloth
- the sound box of a guitar, violin, or similar stringed instrument
- a woman's close-fitting one-piece garment for the torso
- the part of a dress covering the body from the shoulders to the waist
- another name for shank
- the pigment contained in or added to paint, dye, etc
- the opacity of a paint in covering a surface
- the apparent viscosity of a paint
- in watercolour painting
- a white filler mixed with pigments to make them opaque
- ( as modifier ) See also gouache
body colour
- printing the measurement from top to bottom of a piece of type, usually ascender to descender
- an informal or dialect word for a person
- keep body and soul togetherto manage to keep alive; survive
- modifier of or relating to the main reading matter of a book as distinct from headings, illustrations, appendices, etc
the body text
verb
- usually foll by forth to give a body or shape to
Word History and Origins
Origin of body1
Word History and Origins
Origin of body1
Idioms and Phrases
- in a body, as a group; together; collectively:
We left the party in a body.
- keep body and soul together, to support oneself; maintain life:
Few writers can make enough to keep body and soul together without another occupation.
More idioms and phrases containing body
- keep body and soul together
- over my dead body
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
And not just sick in the body but in your mind, because you start obsessing.
In other words, the free speech exhibited by the folks at Charlie Hebdo was not virtuous—until there was a body count.
It jettisons jiggling ribbons of joy to every part of my body.
My body used for his hard pleasure; a stone god gripping me in his hands.
“I have to think her body type played a role,” said Rachel Greenblatt, a Lecturer in Jewish Studies at Harvard University.
The Duchess had also a tent for their sick men; so that we had a small town of our own here, and every body employed.
The sad end of the mission to King M'Bongo has been narrated in the body of this work.
The evening previous to his death he was walking about the farm, in the full possession of all his faculties of mind and body.
The generall mayne body of the planters are divided into Officers, Laborers, Farmors.
(c) Decomposition of exudates anywhere in the body, as in empyema, bronchiectasis, and large tuberculous cavities.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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