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" animal, animate being, beast, creature, fauna, brute - a living organism characterized by voluntary movement natural object - an object occurring naturally; not made by man 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 body substance - the substance of the body articulatory system - the system of joints in the body digestive system, gastrointestinal system, systema alimentarium, systema digestorium - the system that makes food absorbable into the body endocrine system - the system of glands that produce endocrine secretions that help to control bodily metabolic activity lymphatic system, systema lymphaticum - the interconnected system of spaces and vessels between body tissues and organs by which lymph circulates throughout the body 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 nervous system, systema nervosum - the sensory and control apparatus consisting of a network of nerve cells respiratory system, systema respiratorium - the system for taking in oxygen and giving off carbon dioxide; in terrestrial animals this is accomplished by breathing sensory system - the body's system of sense organs 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 cardiovascular system, circulatory system - the organs and tissues involved in circulating blood and lymph through the body 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 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" social group - people sharing some social relation 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" College of Cardinals, Sacred College - (Roman Catholic Church) the body of cardinals who advise the Pope and elect new Popes governance, governing body, organisation, administration, brass, establishment, organization - the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something; "he claims that the present administration is corrupt"; "the governance of an association is responsible to its members"; "he quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment" 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" occupational group, vocation - a body of people doing the same kind of work 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" inspectorate - a body of inspectors 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 enrollment, registration - the body of people (such as students) who register or enroll at the same time 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"natural object - an object occurring naturally; not made by man 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" natural object - an object occurring naturally; not made by man 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" cellular inclusion, inclusion body, inclusion - any small intracellular body found within another (characteristic of certain diseases); "an inclusion in the cytoplasm of the cell" mass - a body of matter without definite shape; "a huge ice mass" subatomic particle, particle - a body having finite mass and internal structure but negligible dimensions | |
| 5. |  body - the body excluding the head and neck and limbs; "they moved their arms and legs and bodies"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" 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 articulatio humeri, shoulder joint, shoulder - a ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapula serratus, serratus muscles - any of several muscles of the trunk 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" love handle, spare tire - excess fat around the waistline hip - either side of the body below the waist and above the thigh haunch - the hip and buttock and upper thigh in human beings abdomen, belly, stomach, venter - the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis 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?" 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" | |
| 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" gaseousness - having the consistency of a gas property - a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class; "a study of the physical properties of atomic particles" viscosity, viscousness - resistance of a liquid to shear forces (and hence to flow) thickness - resistance to flow 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 porosity, porousness - the property of being porous; being able to absorb fluids | |
| 8. | body - the central message of a communication; "the body of the message was short" | |
| 9. | body - the main mass of a thing mass - 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) cavity resonator, resonating chamber, resonator - a hollow chamber whose dimensions allow the resonant oscillation of electromagnetic or acoustic waves | |
| 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 to |
body
noun 4. organization, company, group, society, league, association, band, congress, institution, corporation, federation, outfit (informal) syndicate, bloc, confederation
Translations
body [ˈbɔdɪ] n → cuerpo (= corpse); cadáver m [of car] → caja, carrocería;
(also: body stocking) → body m;
(fig) (= organization); organización f: (= public body); organismo: (= quantity); masa: [of speech, document] → parte f principal;
ruling body → directiva;
body [ˈbɔdɪ] n → corps m [of car]; carrosserie f [of plane]; fuselage m;
(also: body stocking) → body m, justaucorps m;
body [ˈbɔdɪ] n → Körper m;
(corpse) → Leiche f;
(main part) → Hauptteil m;
(of car) → Karosserie f;
(of plane) → Rumpf m;
(group) → Gruppe f;
(organization) → Organ nt;
ruling body → amtierendes Organ;
in a body → geschlossen;
a body of facts → Tatsachenmaterial nt
body [ˈbɔdɪ] n → corpo; [of car] → carrozzeria; [of plane] → fusoliera (= organization); associazione f; organizzazione f (= quantity); quantità f inv [of speech, document] → parte f principale (also: body stocking) → body m inv;
in a body → in massa;
ruling body → direttivo;
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 신체 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 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, keskiosa corps, partie principale גוּף, עִיקָר ढांचा glavni dio fő rész bagian utama meginhluti corpo 本体 본체 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 määrä masse גוּף समूह većina tömeg segumpal safn, magn quantità かたまり 일단, 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 elin 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 ?택섶瓚Ç 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 kokonaan, fyysisesti à bras-le-corps גוּפָנִי सशरीर fizički testi seluruh badan líkamlega, í eigin persónu completamente まるごと 통째로 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 신변 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 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 身體語言；手勢語言 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 車體(製造) кузов کار یا گاڑی کے بیرونی حصے کی مرمت کا کام thân xe 车体（制造）
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