English to English
body
('b/A/d/i/
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noun (n)
- the entire structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)(noun.body)Example:
He felt as if his whole body were on fire.
source: wordnet30 - a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity(noun.group)Example:
The whole body filed out of the auditorium.
The student body.
Administrative body.
source: wordnet30 - a natural object consisting of a dead animal or person(noun.body)Example:
They found the body in the lake.
source: wordnet30 - an individual 3-dimensional object that has mass and that is distinguishable from other objects(noun.object)Example:
Heavenly body.
source: wordnet30 - a collection of particulars considered as a system(noun.group)Example:
A body of law.
A body of doctrine.
A body of precedents.
source: wordnet30 - the property of holding together and retaining its shape(noun.attribute)Example:
Wool has more body than rayon.
source: wordnet30 - the central message of a communication(noun.communication)Example:
The body of the message was short.
source: wordnet30 - the main mass of a thing(noun.attribute)source: wordnet30
- a resonating chamber in a musical instrument (as the body of a violin)(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- the external structure of a vehicle(noun.artifact)Example:
The body of the car was badly rusted.
source: wordnet30 - The material organized substance of an animal, whether living or dead, as distinguished from the spirit, or vital principle; the physical person.(noun)source: webster1913
- The central, longitudinal framework of a flying machine, to which are attached the planes or aërocurves, passenger accommodations, controlling and propelling apparatus, fuel tanks, etc.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- To furnish with, or as with, a body; to produce in definite shape; to embody.(verb)source: webster1913