Body

noun bodies · bodie

1. countable The physical structure of a human or animal seen as one single organism. I saw them walking from a distance, their bodies strangely angular in the dawn light.
2. countable, uncountable The fleshly or corporeal nature of a human, as opposed to the spirit or soul. The body is driven by desires, but the soul is at peace.
3. countable A corpse. Her body was found at four o’clock, just two hours after the murder.
4. countable, slang, uncountable A murder. His gun had two bodies on it.
5. countable, uncountable A person. Indeed, if it belonged to a poor body, it would be another thing; but so great a lady, to be sure, can never want it […]
6. countable, uncountable A human being, regarded as marginalized or oppressed. the early modern English husband not only took control over his wife's property upon marriage, he also acquired property in her body.
7. countable, uncountable The torso, the main structure of a human or animal frame excluding the extremities (limbs, head, tail). The boxer took a blow to the body.
8. countable, uncountable The largest or most important part of anything, as distinct from its appendages or accessories; (of vehicles, sometimes) the outer shell (as contrasted with the frame and powertrain). The bumpers and front tyres were ruined, but the body of the car was in remarkable shape.
9. archaic, countable, uncountable The section of a dress extending from the neck to the waist, excluding the arms. Penny was in the scullery, pressing the body of her new dress.
10. countable, uncountable The content of a letter, message, or other printed or electronic document, as distinct from signatures, salutations, headers, and so on.
11. countable A bodysuit.
12. countable, uncountable The code of a subroutine, contrasted to its signature and parameters. In many programming languages, the method body is enclosed in braces.
13. countable, uncountable Nave.
14. countable, uncountable A group of people having a common purpose or opinion; a mass. I was escorted from the building by a body of armed security guards.
15. countable, uncountable An organisation, company or other authoritative group. The local train operating company is the managing body for this section of track.
16. countable, uncountable A unified collection of details, knowledge or information. We have now amassed a body of evidence which points to one conclusion.
17. countable Any physical object or material thing. All bodies are held together by internal forces.
18. uncountable Substance; physical presence. The voice had an extraordinary sadness. Pure from all body, pure from all passion, going out into the world, solitary, unanswered, breaking against rocks—so it sounded.
19. uncountable Comparative viscosity, solidity or substance (in wine, colours etc.). The red wine, sadly, lacked body.
20. uncountable Volume. Experimented with turning my hair up with cans. Rollers aren't large enough and leave a curl when you want body and just straightness.
21. countable, uncountable An agglomeration of some substance, especially one that would be otherwise uncountable. The English Channel is a body of water lying between Great Britain and France.
22. countable, uncountable The shank of a type, or the depth of the shank (by which the size is indicated). a nonpareil face on an agate body
23. countable, uncountable A three-dimensional object, such as a cube or cone.

Similar: bod, body, bones, flesh, carcass, likam, quarrons, soma

verb bodies · bodying · bodied · bodie

1. often, transitive To give body or shape to something. And as imagination bodies forth / The forms of things unknown, the poet’s pen / Turns them to shapes and gives to airy nothing / A local habitation and a name.
2. To construct the bodywork of a car.
3. transitive To embody. I don’t say, one bodies the other / One’s spiritual truth; / But I do say it’s hard to lose either, / When you have both.
4. slang, transitive To murder someone.
5. broadly, slang, transitive To utterly defeat someone. I keep getting bodied by kids half my age.

proper noun Bodie

1. A surname transferred from the nickname.

proper noun the Body · Bodie

1. archaic Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.