bodies

Meanings

Noun

• the entire structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)
• a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity
• a natural object consisting of a dead animal or person
• an individual 3-dimensional object that has mass and that is distinguishable from other objects
• the body excluding the head and neck and limbs
  • "they moved their arms and legs and bodies"
• a collection of particulars considered as a system
• the property of holding together and retaining its shape
• the central message of a communication
• the main mass of a thing
• a resonating chamber in a musical instrument (as the body of a violin)
• the external structure of a vehicle
• plural of body.

Verb

• invest with or as with a body; give body to
• third-person singular simple present indicative of body

Synonyms

body, consistence, consistency, dead body, eubstance, organic structure, personify, physical structure, soundbox, torso, trunk