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body [ˈbɒdɪ] n pl bodies 1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) b. (as modifier) body odour 2. the flesh, as opposed to the spirit while we are still in the body 3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) the trunk or torso, not including the limbs, head, or tail 4. a dead human or animal; corpse 5. the largest or main part of anything the body of a vehicle the body of a plant 6. a separate or distinct mass of water or land 7. the main part; majority the body of public opinion 8. the central part of a written work the body of a thesis as opposed to the footnotes 9. a number of individuals regarded as a single entity; group the student body they marched in a body 10. (Mathematics) Maths a three-dimensional region with an interior 11. (Physics / General Physics) Physics an object or substance that has three dimensions, a mass, and is distinguishable from surrounding objects 12. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Hairdressing & Grooming) fullness in the appearance of the hair 13. the characteristic full quality of certain wines, determined by the density and the content of alcohol or tannin a Burgundy has a heavy body 14. substance or firmness, esp of cloth 15. (Music / Instruments) the sound box of a guitar, violin, or similar stringed instrument 16. (Clothing & Fashion) a woman's close-fitting one-piece garment for the torso 17. (Clothing & Fashion) the part of a dress covering the body from the shoulders to the waist 18. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) another name for shank [11] 19. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Dyeing) a. the pigment contained in or added to paint, dye, etc. b. the opacity of a paint in covering a surface c. the apparent viscosity of a paint 20. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) (in watercolour painting) a. a white filler mixed with pigments to make them opaque b. (as modifier) body colour See also gouache 21. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) Printing the measurement from top to bottom of a piece of type, usually ascender to descender 22. an informal or dialect word for a person keep body and soul together to manage to keep alive; survive 24. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) (modifier) of or relating to the main reading matter of a book as distinct from headings, illustrations, appendices, etc. the body text vb bodies, bodying, bodied (tr) (usually foll by forth) to give a body or shape to [Old English bodig; related to Old Norse buthkr box, Old High German botah body] See Body, Human Body a number of individuals spoken of collectively; a general collection of things or ideas; a mass of matter; the main portion of a collection or company. Examples: body of inferior clergy, 1732; of cold air; of dialects, 1875; of disciples of Christ, 1886; of discourse, 1599; of divinity, 1659; of facts; of horse, 1769; of laws, 1699; of light; of natural history, 1711; of opinion; of philosophers, 1647; of precepts, 1860; of principles, 1860; of scriptures, 1593; of troops.
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body noun 1. physique, build, form, figure, shape, make-up, frame, constitution, flesh and bones The largest organ in the body is the liver. 4. organization, company, group, society, league, association, band, congress, institution, corporation, federation, outfit (informal), syndicate, bloc, confederation the police representative body 5. main part, matter, heart, material, mass, substance, bulk, essence, hub preface, followed by the main body of the article 6. expanse, area, mass, stretch, sweep, extent, tract, breadth It is probably the most polluted body of water in the world. 8. mass, company, press, army, host, crowd, majority, assembly, mob, herd, swarm, horde, multitude, throng, bevy The great body of people moved slowly forward. 9. consistency, substance, texture, density, richness, firmness, solidity, viscosity a dry wine, with good body body and soul completely, wholeheartedly, totally, perfectly, entirely, absolutely, altogether, thoroughly, wholly, positively, utterly, every inch, heart and soul, one hundred per cent, in all respects, from first to last, lock, stock and barrel She was now committed to the band, body and soul. Quotations see blood cells, bodily humours, bones, glands, muscles, parts of the brain, parts of the ear, parts of the eye, parts of the heart, teeth"The human body is the best picture of the human soul" [Ludwig Wittgenstein Philosophical Investigations] "What we think and feel and are is to a great extent determined by the state of our ductless glands and our viscera" [Aldous Huxley Music at Night] "Body and spirit are twins: God only knows which is which:" "The soul squats down in the flesh, like a tinker drunk in a ditch" [Algernon Charles Swinburne The Heptalogia] Parts of the body Translations body [ˈbɒdɪ] A. N 1. [of person, animal] → cuerpo m, tronco m body and soul (as adv) → de todo corazón, con el alma to belong to sb body and soul → pertenecer a algn en cuerpo y alma over my dead body! → ¡en sueños!, ¡ni pensarlo! to keep body and soul together → ir tirando her salary hardly keeps body and soul together → apenas se gana para vivir 2. (= corpse) → cadáver m 3. (= external structure) → armazón m or f, casco m (Aut) (also bodywork) → carrocería f 4. (= core) [of argument] → meollo m the main body of his speech → la parte principal or el meollo de su discurso 5. (= mass, collection) [of information, literature] → conjunto m, grueso m; [of people] → grupo m; [of water] → masa f a large body of people → un nutrido grupo de personas the student body [of school] → el alumnado; [of university] → el estudiantado the body politic (frm) → el estado a fine body of men → un buen grupo de hombres a large body of evidence → un buen conjunto de pruebas there is a body of opinion that → hay buen número de gente que opina que ... in a body → todos juntos, en masa 7. [of wine] → cuerpo m; [of hair] → volumen m, cuerpo m to give one's hair body → dar volumen or cuerpo al cabello 9. (o.f.) (= person) → tipo/a m/f, tío/a m/f (Sp) 10. = body stocking B. CPD body armour, body armor (US) N equipo de protección corporal body bag N → bolsa f para restos humanos body blow N (fig) → golpe m duro, revés m body clock N → reloj m biológico body count N (US) → número m or balance m de las víctimas to do a body count [of those present] → hacer un recuento de la asistencia; [of dead] → hacer un recuento de los muertos body double N (Cine, TV) → doble mf body fascism N → discriminación f por el(aspecto)físico body fat N → grasa f corporal, grasa f (del cuerpo) body language N → lenguaje m corporal, lenguaje m del cuerpo body lotion N → loción f corporal body mike N → micro m de solapa body odour, body odor (US) N → olor m corporal body repairs NPL (Aut) → reparación f de la carrocería body repair shop N = body shop body scanner N → escáner m body search N → registro m de la persona see also body-search body shop N (Aut) → taller m de reparaciones(de carrocería) body snatcher N (Hist) → ladrón/a m/f de cadáveres body stocking N → body m, bodi m body suit N = body stocking body swerve N (Sport) → finta f, regate m body temperature N → temperatura f corporal body warmer N → chaleco m acolchado body weight N → peso m (del cuerpo) body [ˈbɒdi] n (living) [person, animal] → corps m to keep body and soul together (= make ends meet) → joindre les deux bouts body and soul (= the whole self) → corps et âme (= corpse) → cadavre m, corps m it would happen over my dead body → il faudra (d'abord) me passer sur le corps [car] → carrosserie f [plane] → fuselage m (also body stocking) → body m, justaucorps m body n (of man, animal) → Körper m; (of human also) → Leib m (geh); the body of Christ → der Leib des Herrn; just enough to keep body and soul together → gerade genug, um Leib und Seele zusammenzuhalten; she was committed, body and soul → sie war mit Leib und Seele bei der Sache (= main part of structure, of plane, ship) → Rumpf m, → Körper m; (of string instrument) → Korpus m, → Schallkörper m; (of church, speech, army: also main body) → Hauptteil m; the main body of his readers/the students → das Gros seiner Leser/der Studenten; in the body of the House (Brit Parl) → im Plenum (= coachwork: of car) → Karosserie f (= group of people) → Gruppe f; the student body → die Studentenschaft; a body of troops → ein Truppenverband m; a great body of followers/readers → eine große Anhängerschaft/Leserschaft; a large body of people → eine große Menschenmenge; in a body → geschlossen (= organization) → Organ nt; (= committee) → Gremium nt; (= corporation) → Körperschaft f ? corporate, politic (= quantity) a body of facts/evidence/data → Tatsachen-/Beweis-/Datenmaterial nt; a body of laws/legislation → ein Gesetzeskomplex m; a large body of water → eine große Wassermasse (inf: = person) → Mensch m (Math, Phys, Chem) → Körper m (= substance, thickness, of wine) → Körper m; (of soup) → Substanz f; (of paper, cloth) → Festigkeit f, → Stärke f; this conditioner will add body to your hair → diese Pflegespülung gibt Ihrem Haar mehr Volumen (also body stocking) → Body m body: body armour, (US) body armor n → Schutzkleidung f body bag n → Leichensack m body builder body building n → Bodybuilding nt adj exercise → muskelkräftigend; food → stärkend, kräftigend bodycheck n → Bodycheck m body control n → Körperbeherrschung f body double n (Film, TV) → Körperdouble nt body drop n (Judo) → Körperwurf m body fascism n Diskriminierung aufgrund körperlicher Merkmale body fluids pl (Physiol) → Körpersäfte pl body glitter body growth n → körperliches Wachstum bodyguard body heat n → Körperwärme f body language n → Körpersprache f body lotion n → Körperlotion f body mike n → Umhängemikrofon nt body odour, body odor (US) n → Körpergeruch m body piercing n → Piercing nt body popping n → Breakdance m body (repair) shop n → Karosseriewerkstatt f body scanner n → Scanner m body search n → Leibesvisitation f bodyshell n (Aut) → Karosserie f body slam n (Wrestling) → Wurf m body snatcher n → Leichenräuber(in) m(f) body stocking n → Body(stocking) m body-surf vi → bodysurfen body-surfing n no pl → Bodysurfing nt body temperature n → Körpertemperatur f body warmer n → Thermoweste f body wash n → Duschgel nt bodywork n (Aut) → Karosserie f body [ˈbɒdɪ] n a. (of person, animal) → corpo; (dead body) → corpo, cadavere m to keep body and soul together → tirare avanti over my dead body! → neanche se mi ammazzi! b. (main part, of structure) → corpo; (of car) → carrozzeria; (of plane) → fusoliera; (of ship) → scafo, corpo; (of speech, document) → parte f principale c. (mass, collection, of facts) → massa, quantità f inv; (of laws) → raccolta; (of people, water) → massa; (of troops) → grosso the student body → gli studenti in a body → in massa d. (organization) → associazione f, organizzazione f, ente m legislative body → organo legislativo ruling body → direttivo f. (also body stocking) → body m inv body [ˈbɒdɪ] n a. (of person, animal) → corpo; (dead body) → corpo, cadavere m to keep body and soul together → tirare avanti over my dead body! → neanche se mi ammazzi! b. (main part, of structure) → corpo; (of car) → carrozzeria; (of plane) → fusoliera; (of ship) → scafo, corpo; (of speech, document) → parte f principale c. (mass, collection, of facts) → massa, quantità f inv; (of laws) → raccolta; (of people, water) → massa; (of troops) → grosso the student body → gli studenti in a body → in massa d. (organization) → associazione f, organizzazione f, ente m legislative body → organo legislativo ruling body → direttivo f. (also body stocking) → body m inv n body [ˈbodi] 1 the whole frame of a man or animal including the bones and flesh Athletes have to look after their bodies. liggaam, lyf جَسَدٌ، جِسْمٌ тяло tělo krop; legeme der Körper κορμί cuerpo keha بدن keho corps גוּף शरीर tijelo test tubuh líkami corpo 身体 몸 kūnas ķermenis tubuh lichaam kropp, legeme ciało corpo corp тело telo telo telo kropp ร่างกาย beden, vücut, gövde 身體 тіло جسم ، بدن thân thể 身体 2 a dead person The battlefield was covered with bodies. lyk جُثْمان، جُثَّه труп mrtvola lig die Leiche πτώμα cadáver surnukeha جسد kuolleen ruumis cadavre גוּפָה शव truplo holttest mayat lík cadavere, corpo 死体 시체 lavonas līķis mayat lijk lik zwłoki cadáver cadavru мёртвое тело mŕtvola truplo leš död kropp, lik ศพ ceset, ölü 屍體 труп لاش ، میت thi thể 尸体 3 the main part of anything the body of the hall. hoofdeel الجُزءُ الرَّئيسي корпус základní část, jádro, korpus hoveddel der Hauptteil κύριος όγκος, κύριο τμήμα cuerpo, parte principal põhiosa بخش عمده pääosa corps, partie principale גוּף, עִיקָר ढांचा glavni dio fő rész bagian utama meginhluti corpo 本体 주요부 pagrindinė dalis galvenā daļa badan midden hoveddel korpus, główna część, gros corpo corp, parte principală главная часть hlavná časť, jadro glavni del glavni deo huvuddel, salong ส่วนประกอบหลักของสิ่งต่าง ๆ gövde, ana kısım 主體 головна частина قلبی یا مرکزی حصہ phần chính yếu 主体 4 a mass a huge body of evidence. deel كَميّة، كُتْلَه، مَجْموعَه голямо количество spousta masse die Masse όγκος conjunto, colección kogu مقدار suuri määrä masse גוּף समूह većina tömeg segumpal safn, magn quantità かたまり 덩어리 daugybė daudzums sejumlah massa masse; materiale masa material mulţime масса masa, spústa teža masa samling, mängd ปริมาณมาก büyük miktar 一群;一批 маса, багато وجود ، ایک بڑی شہادت số lượng lớn 一群;一批 5 a group of persons acting as one professional bodies. liggaam مَجْموعَه организация těleso, sbor, orgán gruppe; forsamling die Körperschaft σώμα, οργάνωση cuerpo organ گروه؛ دسته taho corps גוּף, חֶבֶר निकाय skup, društvo testület korps afmarkaður hópur/heild corpo 固体 단체 organas, įstaiga, organizacija (cilvēku) grupa; kolektīvs kumpulan lichaam gruppe, forsamling gremium, grono organismo corp, grup группа teleso, súbor telo skupina samfund, kår, trupp กลุ่มคน kurul, örgüt, grup, topluluk 團體 корпорація; товариство انجمن ، جماعت nhóm; đoàn 团体 adj bodily of the body bodily needs. liggaamlik جَسَدِيَّه، جِسْمانِيَّه телесен tělesný krops-; legems- körperlich σωματικός corporal, físico kehaline جسمانی ruumiillinen du corps, physique גוּפָנִי शारीरिक tjelesni testi badani líkamlegur fisico, corporale 身体上の 신체의 kūno, kūniškas miesas-; ķermeņa-; fizisks keperluan badan lichamelijk legemlig, kropps-, legems- cielesny corporal trupesc, fizic телесный; физический telesný telesen telesni kroppslig เกี่ยวกับร่างกาย bedenle ilgili, bedenen 身體的 тілесний; фізичний جسمانی ، جسم میں (thuộc) cơ thể con người 身体的 adv by the entire (physical) body They lifted him bodily and carried him off. fisies جَسَديّا، جِسْمانيّا каго цяло jako celek/jeden muž i sin helhed; korporligt ganz und gar με όλο το σώμα en peso tervenisti کلاً؛ یکجا kehoa koskeva à bras-le-corps גוּפָנִי सशरीर fizički testi seluruh badan líkamlega, í eigin persónu completamente まるごと 온몸으로 visą ar visu ķermeni seluruh badan in zijn geheel i sin helhet, i egen person w całości em peso de mijloc лично; целиком celým telom scela kompletno helt och hållet, med hull och hår ทั้งร่างกาย bütün vücudu ile, olduğu gibi 整個身體地 цілком جسمانی طور پر toàn bộ 整体 n bodyguard a guard or guards to protect (especially an important person) the president's bodyguard. lyfwag حَرَسٌ خاص телохранител tělesná (osobní) stráž livvagt die Leibwache σωματοφύλακας guardaespaldas ihukaitsja محافظ شخصی henkivartija garde du corps שׁוֹמֵר רֹאש अंगरक्षक tjelohranitelj testőr pengawal lífvörður guardia del corpo ボディガード 경호원 asmens sargyba, sargybinis miesassargs; miesassardze pengawal peribadi lijfwacht livvakt ochrona osobista guarda-costas bodyguard, gardă de corp телохранитель; личная охрана telesná stráž telesna straža telohranitelj livvakt องครักษ์ muhafız, koruma görvlisi 保鏢 охоронець محافظ ، حفاظت کرنے والا vệ sĩ 保镖 n body language body movements, facial expressions etc that show what a person (really) feels or thinks. liggaamstaal, lyftaal لُغَةُ الجَسَد език на тялото řeč těla kropssprog die Körpersprache γλώσσα του σώματος lenguaje/expresión corporal, lenguaje gestual kehakeel ارتباط غیرکلامی ruumiinkieli langage corporel שְׂפַת גוּף भाव-भंगिमा govor tijela testbeszéd bahasa isyarat linguaggio del corpo 身体言語 신체 언어 gestikuliavimas ir mimika ķermeņa valoda bahasa gerak-geri lichaamstaal kroppsspråk język ciała жестикуляция и мимика reč tela a mimiky govorica telesa govor tela kroppsspråk ภาษาท่าทาง vücut dili 肢體語言;臉部表情 мова жестів جسمانی زبان ngôn ngữ cử chỉ 身体语言;手势语言 n bodywork the outer casing of a car etc The bodywork of his new car has rusted already. bakwerk جِسْمُ السيّارَه каросерия karosérie karosseri die Karosserie αμάξωμα carrocería kere بدنۀ اتومبیل kori carrosserie גוּף הַמְכוֹנִית किसी कार इत्यादि का ढांचा karoserija karosszéria, kocsiszekrény bagian luar yfirbygging bifreiðar carrozzeria 車体 차체 kėbulas (mašīnas u.tml.) korpuss badan kereta carrosserie karosseri karoseria carroçaria caroserie кузов karoséria karoserija karoserija karosseri, utformning โครงด้านนอกของรถ kaporta (汽車)車身 кузов کار یا گاڑی کے بیرونی حصے کی مرمت کا کام thân xe 车体(制造) body → جسم tělo krop Körper σώμα cuerpo keho corps tijelo corpo 体 몸 lichaam kropp ciało corpo тело kropp ร่างกาย beden thân thể 身体 How to thank TFD for its existence? 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