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bod·y (b d )n. pl. bod·ies 1. a. The entire material or physical structure of an organism, especially of a human or animal. b. The physical part of a person. c. A corpse or carcass. 2. a. The trunk or torso of a human or animal. b. The part of a garment covering the torso. 3. a. A human; a person. b. A group of individuals regarded as an entity; a corporation. 4. A number of persons, concepts, or things regarded as a group: We walked out in a body. 5. The main or central part, as: a. Anatomy The largest or principal part of an organ; corpus. b. The nave of a church. c. The content of a book or document exclusive of prefatory matter, codicils, indexes, or appendixes. d. The passenger- and cargo-carrying part of an aircraft, ship, or other vehicle. e. Music The sound box of an instrument. 6. A mass of matter that is distinct from other masses: a body of water; a celestial body. 7. A collection or quantity, as of material or information: the body of evidence. 8. Consistency of substance, as in paint, textiles, or wine: a sauce with body. 9. Printing The part of a block of type underlying the impression surface. tr.v. bod·ied, bod·y·ing, bod·ies 1. To furnish with a body. 2. To give shape to. Usually used with forth: "Imagination bodies forth the forms of things unknown" Shakespeare.
[Middle English bodi, from Old English bodig.] |
body Noun pl bodies 1. the entire physical structure of an animal or human Related adjective corporal 2. the trunk or torso 3. a corpse 4. a group regarded as a single entity: a local voluntary body 5. the main part of anything: the body of a car 6. a separate mass of water or land 7. the flesh as opposed to the spirit 8. fullness in the appearance of the hair 9. the characteristic full quality of certain wines 10. Informal a person: all the important bodies from the council were present 11. a woman's one-piece undergarment 12. keep body and soul together to manage to survive [Old English bodig]
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.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms | Noun | 1. | body - the entire structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being); "he felt as if his whole body were on fire"human, human being, homo, man - any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage life form - the characteristic bodily form of a mature organism chassis, bod, human body, material body, physical body, physique, build, anatomy, figure, flesh, frame, shape, soma, form - alternative names for the body of a human being; "Leonardo studied the human body"; "he has a strong physique"; "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak" live body - the body of a living animal or person endocrine system - the system of glands that produce endocrine secretions that help to control bodily metabolic activity musculoskeletal system - the system of muscles and tendons and ligaments and bones and joints and associated tissues that move the body and maintain its form vascular system - the vessels and tissue that carry or circulate fluids such as blood or lymph or sap through the body of an animal or plant head, caput - the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains; "he stuck his head out the window" cervix, neck - the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body; "he admired her long graceful neck"; "the horse won by a neck" torso, trunk, body - the body excluding the head and neck and limbs; "they moved their arms and legs and bodies" leg - a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle arm - a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb crotch, fork - the angle formed by the inner sides of the legs where they join the human trunk pressure point - any of several points on the body where the pulse can be felt and where pressure on an underlying artery will control bleeding from that artery at a more distal point | | 2. | 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"public - a body of people sharing some common interest; "the reading public" Christendom, Christianity - the collective body of Christians throughout the world and history (found predominantly in Europe and the Americas and Australia); "for a thousand years the Roman Catholic Church was the principal church of Christendom" church - the body of people who attend or belong to a particular local church; "our church is hosting a picnic next week" corps - a body of people associated together; "diplomatic corps" constituency - the body of voters who elect a representative for their area electoral college - the body of electors who formally elect the United States president and vice president school - a body of creative artists or writers or thinkers linked by a similar style or by similar teachers; "the Venetian school of painting" college - the body of faculty and students of a college university - the body of faculty and students at a university faculty, staff - the body of teachers and administrators at a school; "the dean addressed the letter to the entire staff of the university" representation - a body of legislators that serve in behalf of some constituency; "a Congressional vacancy occurred in the representation from California" colony, settlement - a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government; "the American colony in Paris" ulama, ulema - the body of Mullahs (Muslim scholars trained in Islam and Islamic law) who are the interpreters of Islam's sciences and doctrines and laws and the chief guarantors of continuity in the spiritual and intellectual history of the Islamic community leaders, leadership - the body of people who lead a group; "the national leadership adopted his plan" militia - the entire body of physically fit civilians eligible by law for military service; "their troops were untrained militia"; "Congress shall have power to provide for calling forth the militia"--United States Constitution membership, rank - the body of members of an organization or group; "they polled their membership"; "they found dissension in their own ranks"; "he joined the ranks of the unemployed" opposition - a body of people united in opposing something immigration - the body of immigrants arriving during a specified interval; "the increased immigration strengthened the colony" jury - a body of citizens sworn to give a true verdict according to the evidence presented in a court of law panel - a group of people gathered for a special purpose as to plan or discuss an issue or judge a contest etc venire, panel - (law) a group of people summoned for jury service (from whom a jury will be chosen) vote - a body of voters who have the same interests; "he failed to get the Black vote" diaspora - the body of Jews (or Jewish communities) outside Palestine or modern Israel | | 3. | body - a natural object consisting of a dead animal or person; "they found the body in the lake"carcase, carcass - the dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food carrion - the dead and rotting body of an animal; unfit for human food roadkill - the dead body of an animal that has been killed on a road by a vehicle; "vultures usually feed on carrion or roadkill" cadaver, corpse, remains, stiff, clay - the dead body of a human being; "the cadaver was intended for dissection"; "the end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse"; "the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river"; "honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay" mummy - a body embalmed and dried and wrapped for burial (as in ancient Egypt) | | 4. | body - an individual 3-dimensional object that has mass and that is distinguishable from other objects; "heavenly body"chromosome - a threadlike strand of DNA in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order; "humans have 22 chromosome pairs plus two sex chromosomes" mass - a body of matter without definite shape; "a huge ice mass" | | 5. | body - the body excluding the head and neck and limbs; "they moved their arms and legs and bodies"body part - any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity diaphragm, midriff - (anatomy) a muscular partition separating the abdominal and thoracic cavities; functions in respiration shoulder - the part of the body between the neck and the upper arm side - either the left or right half of a body; "he had a pain in his side" chest, pectus, thorax - the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates midriff, midsection, middle - the middle area of the human torso (usually in front); "young American women believe that a bare midriff is fashionable" waist, waistline - the narrowing of the body between the ribs and hips hip - either side of the body below the waist and above the thigh haunch - the hip and buttock and upper thigh in human beings back, dorsum - the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine; "his back was nicely tanned" arse, ass, behind, buns, buttocks, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, derriere, fanny, rear end, tooshie, tush, seat, fundament, backside, bottom, rump, stern, tail end, tail, rear, bum, can, butt - the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?" buttock, cheek - either of the two large fleshy masses of muscular tissue that form the human rump loins - the region of the hips and groin and lower abdomen | | 6. | body - a collection of particulars considered as a system; "a body of law"; "a body of doctrine"; "a body of precedents"system, scheme - a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole; "a vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going" | | 7. | 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"property - a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class; "a study of the physical properties of atomic particles" thinness - a consistency of low viscosity; "he disliked the thinness of the soup" hardness - the property of being rigid and resistant to pressure; not easily scratched; measured on Mohs scale softness - the property of giving little resistance to pressure and being easily cut or molded breakableness - the consistency of something that breaks under pressure unbreakableness - a consistency of something that does not break under pressure | | 8. | body - the central message of a communication; "the body of the message was short"recital, yarn, narration - the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events; "his narration was hesitant" speech, address - the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience; "he listened to an address on minor Roman poets" | | 9. | body - the main mass of a thingmass - the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field | | 10. | body - a resonating chamber in a musical instrument (as the body of a violin) | | 11. | body - the external structure of a vehicle; "the body of the car was badly rusted"bodywork - the exterior body of a motor vehicle fuselage - the central body of an airplane that is designed to accommodate the crew and passengers (or cargo) structure, construction - a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons" | | Verb | 1. | body - invest with or as with a body; give body toembody, personify, be - represent, as of a character on stage; "Derek Jacobi was Hamlet" |
body noun 4. organization, company, group, society, league, association, band, congress, institution, corporation, federation, outfit ( informal) syndicate, bloc, confederation noun 7. mass, company, press, army, host, crowd, majority, assembly, mob, herd, swarm, horde, multitude, throng, bevy
Translationsbody [ˈbɔdɪ] n → cuerpo (= corpse); cadáver m [ of car] → caja, carrocería; (also: body stocking) → body m; ruling body → directiva; in a body → todos juntos, en masa body [ˈbɔdɪ] n → Körper m; (main part) → Hauptteil m; ( organization) → Organ nt; ruling body → amtierendes Organ; a body of facts → Tatsachenmaterial nt bodyn body [ˈbodi]1 the whole frame of a man or animal including the bones and flesh Athletes have to look after their bodies.liggaam, lyfجَسَدٌ، جِسْمٌтялоtělokrop; legemeder Körperκορμίcuerpokehaبدنkehocorpsגוּףशरीरtijelotesttubuhlíkamicorpo身体신체kūnasķermenistubuhlichaamkropp, legemeciałocorpocorpтелоtelotelotelokroppร่างกายbeden, vücut, gövde身體тілоجسم ، بدنthân thể身体 3 the main part of anything the body of the hall.hoofdeelالجُزءُ الرَّئيسيкорпусzákladní část, jádro, korpushoveddelder Hauptteilκύριος όγκος, κύριο τμήμαcuerpo, parte principalpõhiosaبخش عمدهpääosa, keskiosacorps, partie principaleגוּף, עִיקָרढांचाglavni diofő részbagian utamameginhluticorpo本体본체pagrindinė dalisgalvenā daļabadanmiddenhoveddelkorpus, główna część, groscorpocorp, parte principalăглавная частьhlavná časť, jadroglavni delglavni deohuvuddel, salongส่วนประกอบหลักของสิ่งต่าง ๆgövde, ana kısım主體головна частинаقلبی یا مرکزی حصہphần chính yếu主体 5 a group of persons acting as one professional bodies.liggaamمَجْموعَهорганизацияtěleso, sbor, orgángruppe; forsamlingdie Körperschaftσώμα, οργάνωσηcuerpoorganگروه؛ دستهelincorpsגוּף, חֶבֶרनिकायskup, društvotestületkorpsafmarkaður hópur/heildcorpo固体단체organas, įstaiga, organizacija(cilvēku) grupa; kolektīvskumpulanlichaamgruppe, forsamlinggremium, gronoorganismocorp, grupгруппаteleso, súborteloskupinasamfund, kår, truppกลุ่มคนkurul, örgüt, grup, topluluk團體корпорація; товариствоانجمن ، جماعتnhóm; đoàn团体 adj ˈbodilyof the body bodily needs.liggaamlikجَسَدِيَّه، جِسْمانِيَّهтелесенtělesnýkrops-; legems-körperlichσωματικόςcorporal, físicokehalineجسمانیruumiillinendu corps, physiqueגוּפָנִיशारीरिकtjelesnitestibadanilíkamlegurfisico, corporale身体上の?택섶瓚Çkūno, kūniškasmiesas-; ķermeņa-; fiziskskeperluan badanlichamelijklegemlig, kropps-, legems-cielesnycorporaltrupesc, fizicтелесный; физическийtelesnýtelesentelesnikroppsligเกี่ยวกับร่างกายbedenle ilgili, bedenen身體的тілесний; фізичнийجسمانی ، جسم میں(thuộc) cơ thể con người身体的 adv by the entire (physical) body They lifted him bodily and carried him off.fisiesجَسَديّا، جِسْمانيّاкаго цялоjako celek/jeden muži sin helhed; korporligtganz und garμε όλο το σώμαen pesotervenistiکلاً؛ یکجاkokonaan, fyysisestià bras-le-corpsגוּפָנִיसशरीरfizičkitestiseluruh badanlíkamlega, í eigin persónucompletamenteまるごと통째로visąar visu ķermeniseluruh badanin zijn geheeli sin helhet, i egen personw całościem pesode mijlocлично; целикомcelým telomscelakompletnohelt och hållet, med hull och hårทั้งร่างกายbütün vücudu ile, olduğu gibi整體地цілкомجسمانی طور پرtoàn bộ整体 n ˈbody languagebody movements, facial expressions etc that show what a person (really) feels or thinks. liggaamstaal, lyftaalلُغَةُ الجَسَدезик на тялотоřeč tělakropssprogdie Körperspracheγλώσσα του σώματοςlenguaje/expresión corporal, lenguaje gestualkehakeelارتباط غیرکلامیlangage corporelשְׂפַת גוּףभाव-भंगिमाgovor tijelatestbeszédbahasa isyaratlinguaggio del corpo身体言語신체 언어gestikuliavimas ir mimikaķermeņa valodabahasa gerak-gerilichaamstaalkroppsspråkjęzyk ciałaжестикуляция и мимикаreč tela a mimikygovorica telesagovor telakroppsspråkภาษาท่าทางvücut dili身體語言;手勢語言мова жестівجسمانی زبانngôn ngữ cử chỉ身体语言;手势语言 n ˈbodyworkthe outer casing of a car etc The bodywork of his new car has rusted already.bakwerkجِسْمُ السيّارَهкаросерияkarosériekarosseridie Karosserieαμάξωμαcarroceríakereبدنۀ اتومبیلkoricarrosserieגוּף הַמְכוֹנִיתकिसी कार इत्यादि का ढांचाkaroserijakarosszéria, kocsiszekrénybagian luaryfirbygging bifreiðarcarrozzeria車体차체kėbulas(mašīnas u.tml.) korpussbadan keretacarrosseriekarosserikaroseriacarroçariacaroserieкузовkarosériakaroserijakaroserijakarosseri, utformningโครงด้านนอกของรถkaporta車體(製造)кузовکار یا گاڑی کے بیرونی حصے کی مرمت کا کامthân xe车体(制造)
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