embodied

[ em-bod-eed ]

/ ɛmˈbɒd id /

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adjective

expressed, personified, or exemplified in concrete form:The one-day intensive workshop is designed to shift peacemaking from words and theory to costly, embodied reality.

having or provided with a body; incarnate or corporeal:In most folklore, ghosts seem to be bound by many of the same physical laws that bind embodied beings.

Environmental Science. relating to or being the energy involved or required in the production, maintenance, or use of a particular concrete object, and therefore thought of as part of the object:You can increase the embodied efficiency of a new house by building it in an already dense neighborhood, taking advantage of existing infrastructure and shorter distances.

(of writing) portraying the details of bodily experience as they are lived or relived by the writer so as to evoke them sympathetically in the reader:Acting out your characters is something I recommend as part of the enlivening practice of embodied writing.

verb

the simple past tense and past participle of embody.

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Origin of embodied

embody + -ed²

OTHER WORDS FROM embodied

well-em·bod·ied, adjective

Words nearby embodied

emblematic, emblematist, emblematize, emblements, emblemize, embodied, embodiment, embody, emboîté, embolden, emboldened

How to use embodied in a sentence

All these results hint that the structures of living neural systems embody certain optimal solutions to the tasks they have taken on.
Deep Neural Networks Help to Explain Living Brains|Anil Ananthaswamy|October 28, 2020|Quanta Magazine
One of the biggest advances in 21st-century mathematics is an object called a “perfectoid space,” which embodies this perspective.
An Infinite Universe of Number Systems|Kelsey Houston-Edwards|October 19, 2020|Quanta Magazine
Asado, which means lit or roast, is a South American grilling tradition that embodies not just the meal, but also the family and friends you share it with.
This Weekend: This Is How You Lounge in Style|Joshua Eferighe|October 10, 2020|Ozy
The dream of nature is a psychedelic dream, suspended in time, where Anjelica, Florence, Jodie, and Susie embody four different ways of being a woman.
Jodie Turner-Smith Blossoms As The New Face Of Gucci Bloom|Allison McGevna|October 6, 2020|Essence.com

Franklin Avenue in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn is lined with restaurants that embody the city’s diverse, lively and fighting spirit.
Sidewalk Eating: Is It Here to Stay?|Charu Kasturi|October 6, 2020|Ozy
But along with the cartoon funk is an all-too-real story of police brutality embodied by a horde of evil Pigs.
‘Black Dynamite’ Presents Police Brutality: The Musical|Stereo Williams|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The rage that Marvin has embodied, a man on the edge of eruption, is always a badly wounded man.
The Story Behind Lee Marvin’s Liberty Valance Smile|Robert Ward|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
If the oft-talked-about college “hook-up culture” could be embodied by a place, it would be Shooters.
Random Hook-Ups or Dry Spells: Why Millennials Flunk College Dating|Ellie Schaack|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Scrooge is still with us, not just in print but embodied in the cold hearts and selfish calculations of misanthropes everywhere.
How Dickens and Scrooge Saved Christmas|Clive Irving|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The resulting photographs are a celebration, bringing to life the peerless spirit embodied by The Macallan.
The Restaurant, Flask, And Photography Worthy of The Macallan Whisky||December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She has embodied in her work a modern comprehension of old legends.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D.|Clara Erskine Clement
By this new species of shorthand we might have embodied this very article in half a dozen sprightly etchings!
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
The relative quantity of labor embodied in each object is the basis of its value.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
I returned laden with knowledge which I embodied in a report and my recommendations were adopted.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow
The soul of music which is embodied in them is imprisoned within wood and crystal, and is no more heard of men.
Violins and Violin Makers|Joseph Pearce