body
/'bɔdi/
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Definition
Noun:
- The physical structure of a living being: The entire material structure of a human, animal, or plant.
- The main or central part of something: The largest or most important part of an object, structure, or text, excluding appendages or peripheral elements.
- A group of people or things considered as a unit: A collection of individuals or items organized or regarded together.
- A distinct material object: A separate three-dimensional mass or entity with a definite form.
- Fullness or thickness of a material: The substantial feel or consistency of a substance, especially fabric or hair.
- The trunk of a human or animal: The part excluding the head, neck, and limbs.
Verb:
- To give form or substance to something: To represent in material form; to embody.
Usage and Examples
- Noun (Physical Structure):
- He felt a pain in his body after the long run.
- The human body is a complex system.
- Noun (Main Part):
- The body of the essay contained the main arguments.
- The body of the car was painted red.
- Noun (Group):
- A body of evidence supports this theory.
- The student body elected a new president.
- Noun (Material Object):
- A foreign body was found in the engine.
- The planets are celestial bodies.
- Noun (Fullness/Thickness):
- This shampoo adds body to fine hair.
- The wine has a good body and a rich flavor.
- Verb:
- The artist sought to body forth the spirit of the age in his sculpture. (This usage is formal/archaic.)
Advanced Usage
- "In a body": As a group; all together.
- The protesters marched in a body to the capital.
- "Keep body and soul together": To manage to stay alive, especially with very little money or food.
- He took any job just to keep body and soul together.
- "Over my dead body": Used to express strong opposition; something will only happen if the speaker is dead.
- "You'll sell this house over my dead body!" she shouted.
Variants and Related Words
- Bodily (adj/adv): Relating to the body; physically.
- He suffered bodily harm. (adj)
- The prisoner was carried bodily from the cell. (adv)
- Bodywork (n): The metal outer structure of a vehicle.
- The car needs repairs to its bodywork.
- Embodiment (n): A tangible or visible form of an idea, quality, or feeling.
- She was the embodiment of grace.
Synonyms
- Noun (Physical structure): Physique, frame, form, figure.
- Noun (Main part): Main part, core, bulk, trunk.
- Noun (Group): Group, collection, assembly, organization, committee.
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Body forth (verb): To give concrete form to; to represent. (Archaic/Literary)
- The statue bodies forth the ideal of beauty.
Related Idioms
- A body blow: A severe setback or disappointment.
- The loss of funding was a body blow to the research project.
- In body if not in spirit: Physically present but not mentally or emotionally engaged.
- He attended the meeting in body if not in spirit.
Noun
- the external structure of a vehicle
- the body of the car was badly rusted
- a resonating chamber in a musical instrument (as the body of a violin)
- the main mass of a thing
- the central message of a communication
- the body of the message was short
- the property of holding together and retaining its shape
- wool has more body than rayon
- when the dough has enough consistency it is ready to bake
- a collection of particulars considered as a system
- a body of law
- a body of doctrine
- a body of precedents
- the body excluding the head and neck and limbs
- they moved their arms and legs and bodies
- an individual 3-dimensional object that has mass and that is distinguishable from other objects
- heavenly body
- a natural object consisting of a dead animal or person
- they found the body in the lake
- 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
- the entire structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)
- he felt as if his whole body were on fire
Verb
- invest with or as with a body; give body to