BODY

body

(noun) the external structure of a vehicle; “the body of the car was badly rusted”

soundbox, body

(noun) a resonating chamber in a musical instrument (as the body of a violin)

consistency, consistence, substance, body

(noun) 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”

body

(noun) the main mass of a thing

body, organic structure

(noun) the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being); “he felt as if his whole body were on fire”

body, dead body

(noun) a natural object consisting of a dead animal or person; “they found the body in the lake”

torso, trunk, body

(noun) the body excluding the head and neck and limbs; “they moved their arms and legs and bodies”

body

(noun) the central message of a communication; “the body of the message was short”

body

(noun) 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”

body

(noun) a collection of particulars considered as a system; “a body of law”; “a body of doctrine”; “a body of precedents”

body

(noun) an individual 3-dimensional object that has mass and that is distinguishable from other objects; “heavenly body”

body, personify

(verb) invest with or as with a body; give body to

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

body (countable and uncountable, plural bodies)

Physical frame.

The physical structure of a human or animal seen as one single organism. [from 9th c.]

The fleshly or corporeal nature of a human, as opposed to the spirit or soul. [from 13th c.]

A corpse. [from 13th c.]

(archaic or informal except in compounds) A person. [from 13th c.]

(sociology) 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). [from 9th c.]

The largest or most important part of anything, as distinct from its appendages or accessories. [from 11th c.]

(archaic) The section of a dress extending from the neck to the waist, excluding the arms. [from 16th c.]

The content of a letter, message, or other printed or electronic document, as distinct from signatures, salutations, headers, and so on. [from 17th c.]

A bodysuit. [from 19th c.]

(programming) The code of a subroutine, contrasted to its signature and parameters. [from 20th c.]

Coherent group.

A group of people having a common purpose or opinion; a mass. [from 16th c.]

An organisation, company or other authoritative group. [from 17th c.]

A unified collection of details, knowledge or information. [from 17th c.]

Material entity.

Any physical object or material thing. [from 14th c.]

(uncountable) Substance; physical presence. [from 17th c.]

(uncountable) Comparative viscosity, solidity or substance (in wine, colours etc.). [from 17th c.]

An agglomeration of some substance, especially one that would be otherwise uncountable.

(printing) The shank of a type, or the depth of the shank (by which the size is indicated).

(geometry) A three-dimensional object, such as a cube or cone.

Synonyms

• See also body

• See also corpse

Verb

body (third-person singular simple present bodies, present participle bodying, simple past and past participle bodied)

To give body or shape to something.

To construct the bodywork of a car.

(transitive) To embody.

(transitive, slang, African American Vernacular English) To murder someone.

(transitive, slang, African American Vernacular English, by extension) To utterly defeat someone.

(transitive, slang, video gaming) to hard counter a particular character build or play style. Frequently used in the passive voice form, get bodied by.

Anagrams

• BYOD, Boyd, Doby, do by

Etymology

Proper noun

Body

A surname.

Anagrams

• BYOD, Boyd, Doby, do by

Source: Wiktionary

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Bod"y, n.; pl. Bodies. Etym: [OE. bodi, AS. bodig; akin to OHG. botah. sq. root257. Cf. Bodice.]

1. The material organized substance of an animal, whether living or dead, as distinguished from the spirit, or vital principle; the physical person. Absent in body, but present in spirit. 1 Cor. v. 3 For of the soul the body form doth take. For soul is form, and doth the body make. Spenser.

2. The trunk, or main part, of a person or animal, as distinguished from the limbs and head; the main, central, or principal part, as of a tree, army, country, etc. Who set the body and the limbs Of this great sport together Shak. The van of the king's army was led by the general; . . . in the body was the king and the prince. Clarendon. Rivers that run up into the body of Italy. Addison.

3. The real, as opposed to the symbolical; the substance, as opposed to the shadow. Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ. Col. ii. 17.

4. A person; a human being; -- frequently in composition; as, anybody, nobody. A dry, shrewd kind of a body. W. Irving.

5. A number of individuals spoken of collectively, usually as united by some common tie, or as organized for some purpose; a collective whole or totality; a corporation; as, a legislative body; a clerical body. A numerous body led unresistingly to the slaughter. Prescott.

6. A number of things or particulars embodied in a system; a general collection; as, a great body of facts; a body of laws or of divinity.

7. Any mass or portion of matter; any substance distinct from others; as, a metallic body; a moving body; an aëriform body. "A body of cold air." Huxley. By collision of two bodies, grind The air attrite to fire. Milton.

8. Amount; quantity; extent.

9. That part of a garment covering the body, as distinguished from the parts covering the limbs.

10. The bed or box of a vehicle, on or in which the load is placed; as, a wagon body; a cart body.

11. (Print.)

Definition: The shank of a type, or the depth of the shank (by which the size is indicated); as, a nonpareil face on an agate body.

12. (Geom.)

Definition: A figure that has length, breadth, and thickness; any solid figure.

13. Consistency; thickness; substance; strength; as, this color has body; wine of a good body.

Note: Colors bear a body when they are capable of being ground so fine, and of being mixed so entirely with oil, as to seem only a very thick oil of the same color. After body (Naut.), the part of a ship abaft the dead flat.

– Body cavity (Anat.), the space between the walls of the body and the inclosed viscera; the cælum; -- in mammals, divided by the diaphragm into thoracic and abdominal cavities.

– Body of a church, the nave.

– Body cloth; pl. Body cloths, a cloth or blanket for covering horses.

– Body clothes. (pl.)

1. Clothing for the body; esp. underclothing.

2. Body cloths for horses. [Obs.] Addison.

– Body coat, a gentleman's dress coat.

– Body color (Paint.), a pigment that has consistency, thickness, or body, in distinction from a tint or wash.

– Body of a law (Law), the main and operative part.

– Body louse (Zoöl.), a species of louse (Pediculus vestimenti), which sometimes infests the human body and clothes. See Grayback.

– Body plan (Shipbuilding), an end elevation, showing the conbour of the sides of a ship at certain points of her length.

– Body politic, the collective body of a nation or state as politically organized, or as exercising political functions; also, a corporation. Wharton. As to the persons who compose the body politic or associate themselves, they take collectively the name of "people", or "nation". Bouvier.

– Body servant, a valet.

– The bodies seven (Alchemy), the metals corresponding to the planets. [Obs.] Sol gold is, and Luna silver we threpe (=call), Mars yren (=iron), Mercurie quicksilver we clepe, Saturnus lead, and Jupiter is tin, and Venus coper. Chaucer.

– Body snatcher, one who secretly removes without right or authority a dead body from a grave, vault, etc.; a resurrectionist.

– Body snatching (Law), the unauthorized removal of a dead body from the grave; usually for the purpose of dissection.

Bod"y, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bodied (p. pr. & vb. n. Bodying.]

Definition: To furnish with, or as with, a body; to produce in definite shape; to embody. To body forth, to give from or shape to mentally. Imagination bodies forth The forms of things unknown. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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