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noun
1.
the physical structure and material substance of an animal or plant, living or dead.
2.
a corpse; carcass.
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the trunk or main mass of a thing: the body of a tree.
4.
Anatomy, Zoology. the physical structure of a human being or animal, not including the head, limbs, and tail; trunk; torso.
5.
EXPANDArchitecture. the principal mass of a building.
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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.
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Nautical. the hull of a ship.
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Aeronautics. the fuselage of a plane.
9.
Printing. the shank of a type, supporting the face.
10.
Geometry. a figure having the three dimensions of length, breadth, and thickness; a solid.
11.
Physics. a mass, especially one considered as a whole.
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the major portion of an army, population, etc.: The body of the American people favors the president's policy.
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the principal part of a speech or document, minus introduction, conclusion, indexes, etc.
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a person: She's a quiet sort of body.
15.
Law. the physical person of an individual.
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a collective group: student body; corporate body.
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Astronomy. an object in space, as a planet or star.
18.
a separate physical mass or quantity, especially as distinguished from other masses or quantities.
19.
consistency or density; richness; substance: This wine has good body. Wool has more body than rayon.
20.
the part of a dress that covers the trunk or the part of the trunk above the waist.
21.
COLLAPSECeramics. the basic material of which a ceramic article is made.
verb (used with object)
22.
to invest with or as with a body.
23.
to represent in bodily form (usually followed by forth).
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Bodies
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
adjective
Idioms24.
of or pertaining to the body; bodily.
25.
of or pertaining to the main reading matter of a book, article, etc., as opposed to headings, illustrations, or the like.
26.
in a body, as a group; together; collectively: We left the party in a body.
27.
keep body and soul together, to support oneself; maintain life: Few writers can make enough to keep body and soul together without another occupation.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English; Old English bodig; akin to Old High German botah
before 900; Middle English; Old English bodig; akin to Old High German botah
Synonyms
1, 2. Body, carcass, corpse, cadaver agree in referring to a physical organism, usually human or animal. Body refers to the material organism of an individual, human or animal, either living or dead: the muscles in a horse's body; the body of a victim (human or animal). Carcass refers only to the dead body of an animal, unless applied humorously or contemptuously to the human body: a sheep's carcass; Save your carcass. Corpse refers only to the dead body of a human being: preparing a corpse for burial. Cadaver refers to a dead body, usually a corpse, particularly one used for scientific study: dissection of cadavers in anatomy classes. 3. substance, bulk. 12. mass, group, throng, multitude; bulk, preponderance, majority.
1, 2. Body, carcass, corpse, cadaver agree in referring to a physical organism, usually human or animal. Body refers to the material organism of an individual, human or animal, either living or dead: the muscles in a horse's body; the body of a victim (human or animal). Carcass refers only to the dead body of an animal, unless applied humorously or contemptuously to the human body: a sheep's carcass; Save your carcass. Corpse refers only to the dead body of a human being: preparing a corpse for burial. Cadaver refers to a dead body, usually a corpse, particularly one used for scientific study: dissection of cadavers in anatomy classes. 3. substance, bulk. 12. mass, group, throng, multitude; bulk, preponderance, majority.
Antonyms
12. handful, scattering, few.
12. handful, scattering, few.
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Word Origin & History
body
O.E. bodig "trunk, chest" (of a man or animal); related to O.H.G. botah, of unknown origin. Not elsewhere in Germanic, and the word has died out in German, replaced by leib, originally "life," and körper, from Latin. In English, extension to "person" is from late 13c. Meaning "main part" of anything
EXPANDwas in late O.E., hence its use in reference to vehicles (1520s). Contrasted with soul since at least mid-13c. Meaning "corpse" (short for dead body) is from late 13c. Transferred to matter generally in M.E. (e.g. heavenly body, late 14c.). Body politic "the nation, the state" first recorded 1520s, legalese, with French word order. Body image was coined 1935. Body language is attested from 1967, perhaps from Fr. langage corporel (1966). Phrase over my dead body attested by 1833.
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body bod·y (bŏd'ē)
n.
The entire material or physical structure of an organism, especially of a human.
The physical part of a person.
A corpse or carcass.
The trunk or torso of a human, as distinguished from the head, neck, and extremities.
The largest or principal part, as of an organ; corpus.
A physical thing or kind of substance.
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