Sekirov Dictionary

body

UK /ˈbɒdi/US /ˈbɑdi/

noun 27
verb 5
forms 3
phrases 7

noun27

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the physical form of a person or an animal, with all its parts
- I saw them walking from a distance, their bodies strangely angular in the dawn light.
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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.
Main section.
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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.
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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.
The content of a letter, message, or other printed or electronic document, as distinct from signatures, salutations, headers, and so on.
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The code of a subroutine, contrasted to its signature and parameters.
- In many programming languages, the method body is enclosed in braces.
Nave.
Coherent group.
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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.
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An organisation, company or other authoritative group.
- The local train operating company is the managing body for this section of track.
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A unified collection of details, knowledge or information.
- We have now amassed a body of evidence which points to one conclusion.
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A corpse.
- Her body was found at four o’clock, just two hours after the murder.
Material entity.
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Any physical object or material thing.
- All bodies are held together by internal forces.
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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.
A three-dimensional object, such as a cube or cone.
Physical frame.
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Comparative viscosity, solidity or substance (in wine, colours etc.).
- The red wine, sadly, lacked body.
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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. — 1965
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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 […]
- What’s a body gotta do to get a drink around here?
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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. — 1994
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Substance; physical presence.
- We have given body to what was just a vague idea.
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(slang) A murder.
- His gun had two bodies on it.
- He caught a body and got forty years in prison.
A bodysuit.
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The shank of a type, or the depth of the shank (by which the size is indicated).
- The stemless notes could have been cast on a body as short as 4 mm but were probably cast on bodies of the standard 14 mm size for ease of composition. — 1992
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(no longer used) 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.

verb5

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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. — 1595
(slang) To murder someone.
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(slang) To utterly defeat someone.
- I keep getting bodied by kids half my age. — 2023
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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. — 1955
To construct the bodywork of a car.

forms

bodied · bodying · bodies

Phrases with body

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