[ US /ˈbɑdi/ ]
[ UK /bˈɒdi/ ]
NOUN
  1. the central message of a communication
    the body of the message was short
  2. a resonating chamber in a musical instrument (as the body of a violin)
  3. 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
  4. the external structure of a vehicle
    the body of the car was badly rusted
  5. an individual 3-dimensional object that has mass and that is distinguishable from other objects
    heavenly body
  6. the main mass of a thing
  7. the body excluding the head and neck and limbs
    they moved their arms and legs and bodies
  8. a collection of particulars considered as a system
    a body of law
    a body of precedents
    a body of doctrine
  9. a natural object consisting of a dead animal or person
    they found the body in the lake
  10. the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)
    he felt as if his whole body were on fire
  11. a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity
    administrative body
    the whole body filed out of the auditorium
    the student body
VERB
  1. invest with or as with a body; give body to
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How To Use body In A Sentence

  • This is not good for anybody, except for a few curmudgeons and people who are embittered by nothing more than their own embitteredness.
  • Rose of Sharon braced her body against the movements of the car in an effort to protect her fetus.
  • Twenty microliters of each antibody was added to 100 L of blood, and the mixture was incubated at room temperature for 15 minutes.
  • Anybody who has ever been on a North Queensland pastoral lease knows that you can go 20, 30, 40 miles day after day and all you will see is a few brumbies and some wild pigs; you will not see any cattle anywhere.
  • I ` d like to see it minus bodywork to see if it ` s got smaller wheels than the big old hoops normal for the period, cos i reckon even tho the bodywork is quite wide, full lock would find large dia. wheels causing a few problems. 1930 Art Deco Henderson
  • He is a bit upset by that, that anybody thought he was wanting to leave just for one half-time where I was more direct with the players than I have been for a few months.
  • Anybody who has tried to follow a rigorous diet will know how easy it is to lapse back into bad habits. Times, Sunday Times
  • Nothing much happened except that I discovered the automatic paper towel dispenser and proceeded to contort my body into various positions to get the thing to work.
  • The Hindu fakir would sit for days without food or water, or bury himself alive as a kind of spiritual observance, a separation of mind from body.
  • And at the same time the huge body tried to take the invader and enwomb it. The Gunslinger
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