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body
/ˈbɑdi/
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What does body mean?
noun
- The physical structure of a human or animal seen as one single organism.
- The fleshly or corporeal nature of a human, as opposed to the spirit or soul.
- A corpse.
More meanings (27)
noun
- (slang) A murder.
- A person.
- A human being, regarded as marginalized or oppressed.
- The torso, the main structure of a human or animal frame excluding the extremities (limbs, head, tail).
- The largest or most important part of anything, as distinct from its appendages or accessories; (of vehicles, sometimes) the outer shell (as contrasted with the frame and powertrain).
- The content of a letter, message, or other printed or electronic document, as distinct from signatures, salutations, headers, and so on.
- A bodysuit.
- The code of a subroutine, contrasted to its signature and parameters.
- Nave.
- A group of people having a common purpose or opinion; a mass.
- An organisation, company or other authoritative group.
- A unified collection of details, knowledge or information.
- Any physical object or material thing.
- Substance; physical presence.
- Comparative viscosity, solidity or substance (in wine, colours etc.).
- Volume.
- An agglomeration of some substance, especially one that would be otherwise uncountable.
- The shank of a type, or the depth of the shank (by which the size is indicated).
- A three-dimensional object, such as a cube or cone.
- (archaic) The section of a dress extending from the neck to the waist, excluding the arms.
verb
- To give body or shape to something.
- To construct the bodywork of a car.
- To embody.
- (slang) To murder someone.
- (slang) To utterly defeat someone.
proper noun
- A surname transferred from the nickname.
- (archaic) Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.
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IPA pronunciation
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The great body of the people abide by the dry legal obligation in both cases, and a few break over in each.
Without corrupting the State legislatures, it cannot prosecute the attempt, because the periodical change of members would otherwise regenerate the whole body.
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A man’s body is as the shell, or the tablet, of his soul, as he is reserved or ingenuous, overflowing or self-contained.
“No, I don’t think much about it. But you talk about going, and a body has to have something to go to!”
What he saw was a great, round, buglike body supported upon two slender legs which ended in delicate feet—the toes curling upward.