[
US
/ˈbɑdi/
]
[ UK /bˈɒdi/ ]
[ UK /bˈɒdi/ ]
NOUN
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the central message of a communication
the body of the message was short - a resonating chamber in a musical instrument (as the body of a violin)
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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 -
the external structure of a vehicle
the body of the car was badly rusted -
an individual 3-dimensional object that has mass and that is distinguishable from other objects
heavenly body - the main mass of a thing
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the body excluding the head and neck and limbs
they moved their arms and legs and bodies -
a collection of particulars considered as a system
a body of law
a body of precedents
a body of doctrine -
a natural object consisting of a dead animal or person
they found the body in the lake -
the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)
he felt as if his whole body were on fire -
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
- invest with or as with a body; give body to
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