[bod-ee] 
noun, plural bod⋅ies, verb, bod⋅ied, bod⋅y⋅ing, adjective | 1. | the physical structure and material substance of an animal or plant, living or dead. |
| 2. | a corpse; carcass. |
| 3. | 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. | Architecture. the principal mass of a building. |
| 6. | 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. |
| 7. | Nautical. the hull of a ship. |
| 8. | 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, esp. one considered as a whole. |
| 12. | the major portion of an army, population, etc.: The body of the American people favors the president's policy. |
| 13. | the principal part of a speech or document, minus introduction, conclusion, indexes, etc. |
| 14. | a person: She's a quiet sort of body. |
| 15. | Law. the physical person of an individual. |
| 16. | a collective group: student body; corporate body. |
| 17. | Astronomy. an object in space, as a planet or star. |
| 18. | a separate physical mass or quantity, esp. 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. | Ceramics. the basic material of which a ceramic article is made. |
| 22. | to invest with or as with a body. |
| 23. | to represent in bodily form (usually fol. by forth). |
| 24. | 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. |
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.
keep body and soul together
Stay alive, support life, as in He earns barely enough to keep body and soul together. This expression alludes to the belief that the soul gives life to the body, which therefore cannot survive without it. Today it most often is applied to earning a living. [Early 1700s]