body

Meanings

Plural: bodies

Noun

• the entire structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)
  • "he felt as if his whole body were on fire"
• 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"
• a natural object consisting of a dead animal or person
  • "they found the body in the lake"
• an individual 3-dimensional object that has mass and that is distinguishable from other objects
  • "heavenly body"
• the body excluding the head and neck and limbs
• a collection of particulars considered as a system
  • "a body of law"
  • "a body of doctrine"
  • "a body of precedents"
• the property of holding together and retaining its shape
  • "wool has more body than rayon"
• the central message of a communication
  • "the body of the message was short"
• 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
  • "the body of the car was badly rusted"
• Physical frame.
• The physical structure of a human or animal seen as one single organism.
• Physical frame.
• The fleshly or corporeal nature of a human, as opposed to the spirit or soul.
• Physical frame.
• A corpse.
• Physical frame.
• A person.
• Physical frame.
• A human being, regarded as marginalized or oppressed.
• Main section.
• The torso, the main structure of a human or animal frame excluding the extremities (limbs, head, tail).
• Main section.
• The largest or most important part of anything, as distinct from its appendages or accessories.
• Main section.
• The section of a dress extending from the neck to the waist, excluding the arms.
• Main section.
• The content of a letter, message, or other printed or electronic document, as distinct from signatures, salutations, headers, and so on.
• Main section.
• The code of a subroutine, contrasted to its signature and parameters.
• Main section.
• nave.
• Main section.
• Coherent group.
• A group of people having a common purpose or opinion; a mass.
• Coherent group.
• An organisation, company or other authoritative group.
• Coherent group.
• A unified collection of details, knowledge or information.
• Material entity.
• Any physical object or material thing.
• Material entity.
• Substance; physical presence.
• Material entity.
• Comparative viscosity, solidity or substance (in wine, colours etc.).
• Material entity.
• An agglomeration of some substance, especially one that would be otherwise uncountable.
• The shank of a type, or the depth of the shank (by which the size is indicated).
• A three-dimensional object, such as a cube or cone.

Verb

• invest with or as with a body; give body to
• To give body or shape to something.
• To construct the bodywork of a car.
• To embody.
• To murder someone.
• To murder someone.
• To utterly defeat someone.

Synonyms

bod, body, consistence, consistency, dead body, eubstance, flesh, likam, organic structure, personify, physical structure, quarrons, soma, soundbox, torso, trunk

Related Words

anatomy, corporal, corporeal, physiology, visceral