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Definition of 'body'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) body
the physical structure and material substance of an animal, plant, or other organism.

2.  body
the trunk, torso, or main mass of an animal, as opposed to the head, limbs, or appendages.

3.  body
a corpse; carcass.

4.  body
the main or central mass of a thing, as the hull of a ship, the fuselage of a plane, or the nave of a church.

5.  body
the section of a vehicle, usu. in the shape of a box, cylindrical container, or platform, in or on which passengers or the load is carried.

6.  body
a geometric figure having the three dimensions of length, breadth, and thickness; a solid.

7.  body
Physics. a mass, esp. one considered as a whole.

8.  body
the major portion of an army, population, etc.

9.  body
the principal part of a speech or document.

10.  body
Informal. a person:
What's a body to do?

11.  body
Law. the physical person of an individual.

12.  body
a collective group.

13.  body
substance; consistency or richness:
a wine with good body; Wool has more body than rayon.

14.  body
the basic material of which a ceramic article is made.

15. (v.t.) body
to provide with or as if with a body.

16.  body
to represent in bodily form (usu. fol. by forth).

17. (adj.) body
of or pertaining to the body; bodily.

18.  body
of or pertaining to the main reading matter of a book, article, etc., as distinguished from headings, prefaces, or the like.

Etymology: (bef. 900; ME; OE bodig; akin to OHG potah)

Definition of 'body'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) body, organic structure, physical structure
the entire structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)
"he felt as if his whole body were on fire"

2. (noun) body
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"

3. (noun) body, dead body
a natural object consisting of a dead animal or person
"they found the body in the lake"

4. (noun) body
an individual 3-dimensional object that has mass and that is distinguishable from other objects
"heavenly body"

5. (noun) torso, trunk, body
the body excluding the head and neck and limbs
"they moved their arms and legs and bodies"

6. (noun) body
a collection of particulars considered as a system
"a body of law"; "a body of doctrine"; "a body of precedents"

7. (noun) consistency, consistence, eubstance, body
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"

8. (noun) body
the central message of a communication
"the body of the message was short"

9. (noun) body
the main mass of a thing

10. (noun) soundbox, body
a resonating chamber in a musical instrument (as the body of a violin)

11. (verb) body
the external structure of a vehicle
"the body of the car was badly rusted"

12. (verb) body, personify
invest with or as with a body; give body to

Definition of 'body'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) body
the physical part of a person or animal
the human body

2.  body
a dead person; = corpse
Police have discovered a body.

3.  body
officials responsible for sth
the church's governing body

4.  body
the main part
the body of the presentation

Definition of 'body'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) body
the material organized substance of an animal, whether living or dead, as distinguished from the spirit, or vital principle; the physical person

2. (noun) body
the trunk, or main part, of a person or animal, as distinguished from the limbs and head; the main, central, or principal part, as of a tree, army, country, etc

3. (noun) body
the real, as opposed to the symbolical; the substance, as opposed to the shadow

4. (noun) body
a person; a human being; -- frequently in composition; as, anybody, nobody

5. (noun) body
a number of individuals spoken of collectively, usually as united by some common tie, or as organized for some purpose; a collective whole or totality; a corporation; as, a legislative body; a clerical body

6. (noun) body
a number of things or particulars embodied in a system; a general collection; as, a great body of facts; a body of laws or of divinity

7. (noun) body
any mass or portion of matter; any substance distinct from others; as, a metallic body; a moving body; an aeriform body

8. (noun) body
amount; quantity; extent

9. (noun) body
that part of a garment covering the body, as distinguished from the parts covering the limbs

10. (noun) body
the bed or box of a vehicle, on or in which the load is placed; as, a wagon body; a cart body

11. (noun) body
the shank of a type, or the depth of the shank (by which the size is indicated); as, a nonpareil face on an agate body

12. (noun) body
a figure that has length, breadth, and thickness; any solid figure

13. (noun) body
consistency; thickness; substance; strength; as, this color has body; wine of a good body

14. (verb) body
to furnish with, or as with, a body; to produce in definite shape; to embody

Translation of 'body'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: the whole frame of a man or animal including the bones and flesh Athletes have to look after their bodies.
Afrikaans: liggaam, lyf	Arabic: جَسَدٌ، جِسْمٌ	Bulgarian: тяло
Brazilian: corpo	Czech: tělo	German: der Körper
Danish: krop; legeme	Greek: κορμί	Spanish: cuerpo
Estonian: keha	Farsi: بدن	Finnish: keho
French: corps	Hebrew: גוּף	Hindi: शरीर
Croatian: tijelo	Hungarian: test	Indonesian: tubuh
Icelandic: líkami	Italian: corpo	Japanese: 身体
Korean: 몸	Lithuanian: kūnas	Latvian: ķermenis
Malay: tubuh	Dutch: lichaam	Norwegian: kropp, legeme
Polish: ciało	Persian: بدن	Pashto: بدن
Portuguese: corpo	Romanian: corp	Russian: тело
Slovak: telo	Slovenian: telo	Serbian: telo
Swedish: kropp	Thai: ร่างกาย	Turkish: beden, vücut, gövde
Taiwanese: 身體	Ukrainian: тіло	Urdu: جسم ، بدن
Vietnamese: thân thể	Chinese: 身体
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