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  • past participle of body.
  • past tense form of body.
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    bodied
    adjective
    having a body of a specific kind (used in combination).
  • -bodied
    -bodied
    adjective
    (in combination) having a body or bodies as specified

bodied

American  
[bod-eed] / ˈbɒd id /

adjective

  1. having a body of a specific kind (used in combination).

    a flat-bodied fish; a wide-bodied car.


-bodied British  

adjective

  1. (in combination) having a body or bodies as specified

    able-bodied

    long-bodied

    many-bodied

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of bodied

body + -ed 3

Example Sentences

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Scott McTominay was striding away, before being bodied by former Manchester United pal Paddy McNair.

From BBC Mar. 26, 2024

But there has also been some debate about when regional endothermy evolved, and whether extinct species like the megalodon was warm bodied.

From Science Daily Nov. 7, 2023

"Since there are no paper filters involved, French press brews a cup which retains all of the coffee's natural oils, resulting in a very full bodied and rich cup."

From Salon Apr. 1, 2023

Research also shows that disabled people are more vulnerable to effects of climate change than abled bodied people.

From Seattle Times Oct. 18, 2022

Friday afternoon, and from right here I could see three miles of land that hadn't even been broken, and every able bodied man in the county in town at that show.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner

A movement in the trees behind Ronan made Hagrid raise his bow again, but it was only a second centaur, black-haired and -bodied and wilder-looking than Ronan.

From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling

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