Body - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈbɑːdɪ|  American pronunciation of the word body
Brit.  |ˈbɒdɪ|  British pronunciation of the word body

noun

- the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)
he felt as if his whole body were on fire
- a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity
the whole body filed out of the auditorium
the student body
administrative body
- a natural object consisting of a dead animal or person
they found the body in the lake
- an individual 3-dimensional object that has mass and that is distinguishable from other objects
heavenly body
- the body excluding the head and neck and limbs (syn: torso, trunk)
- a collection of particulars considered as a system
a body of law
a body of doctrine
a body of precedents
- the property of holding together and retaining its shape (syn: consistence, consistency, substance)
wool has more body than rayon
- the central message of a communication
the body of the message was short
- the main mass of a thing
- a resonating chamber in a musical instrument (as the body of a violin) (syn: soundbox)
- the external structure of a vehicle
the body of the car was badly rusted

verb

- invest with or as with a body; give body to (syn: personify)

Extra examples

A part of the body

Her body is very muscular.

A bird's body is covered in feathers.

This species has a black body and a white head.

She held her arms tightly against her body.

There was extensive damage to the truck's body.

The body of the bus is almost entirely rusted out.

...abstract sculpture that bodies forth the artist's aesthetic of minimalism...

The great body of the people leaned to the royalists.

Both as egoist and as patriot he bodies forth the age.

My fingers were numb and my whole body ached.

Your body temperature is higher in the daytime than at night.

For their body size, these birds lay very small eggs.

He needs to overcome a negative body image (=what you think about your own body).

A dog found the body of a girl in the woods.

Word forms

noun
singular: body
plural: bodies
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