body
noun
the physical structure and material substance of an animal or plant, living or dead.
bodying
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present participleof body.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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“I thought they really started bodying us on drives, bumping us on drives,” Willard said.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 8, 2023
Morgan controlled an overhead ball by bodying defender Clare Polkinghorne.
From Reuters ● Apr. 5, 2019
Notice the toughnesss--not just Iguodala and Green, but Barnes, Livingston, even Curry bodying up on Lebron?
From New York Times ● Jun. 3, 2016
There is no other singer I can think of who is better or more practiced at bodying existential duress.
From The New Yorker ● May 5, 2016
He knew that he saw only the likeness and bodying forth of a being inconceivable, of One who is greater than the earth and stars and yet no greater than a man.
From Soul of a Bishop by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
