English Explanatory Dictionary

body

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Physical frame.
  2. The physical structure of a human or animal seen as one single organism.
  3. The fleshly or corporeal nature of a human, as opposed to the spirit or soul.
  4. A corpse.
  5. A person.
  6. A human being, regarded as marginalized or oppressed.
  7. Main section.
  8. The torso, the main structure of a human or animal frame excluding the extremities (limbs, head, tail).
  9. 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).
  10. The section of a dress extending from the neck to the waist, excluding the arms.
  11. The content of a letter, message, or other printed or electronic document, as distinct from signatures, salutations, headers, and so on.
  12. The code of a subroutine, contrasted to its signature and parameters.
verb
  1. To give body or shape to something.
  2. To construct the bodywork of a car.
  3. To embody.
  4. To murder someone.
  5. To utterly defeat someone.
name
  1. A surname transferred from the nickname.
name
  1. Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.

Pronunciation

/ˈbɒd.iː/ [ˈbɒ.dɪi̯] en-uk-body.ogg /ˈbɑ.di/ [ˈbɑ.dɪi̯] en-us-body.ogg /ˈbɑ.ɾi/ [ˈbɑ.ɾɪi̯]

Word forms

body bodies bodie bodying bodied the Body

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- Proto-West Germanic *bodag Old English bodiġ Middle English bodi English body From Middle English body, bodi, bodiȝ, from Old English bodiġ, bodeġ (“body, trunk, chest, torso, height, stature”), from Proto-West Germanic *bodag (“body, trunk”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“to be awake, observe”). Cognate with Old High German botah (“body, corpse, trunk, torso”) (whence Swabian Bottich (“body, torso”), Bavarian Bottich (“body, torso, carcass; lower part of a shirt or jacket”)).

Synonyms

bod body flesh carcass likam quarrons soma

Related words

corporal corporeal anatomy physiology visceral Bode Bodey

Derived words

able-bodyist a healthy body is a healthy mind anybody big-body bodice bodikin bodiless bodily body and soul body armor body armour body art body bag body blow body-blow bodyboard bodyboarder body box body broker body brokering body-build body-builder bodybuilder body-building bodybuilding body butter bodycam body cam body camera bodycare body catch body cavity body cavity search body-centered body check body-check body clock body coat bodycolor bodycolour body-con body con body conscious body contact body control module body cord body corporate body count body double body dysmorphic disorder body English body farm body fascism bodyfat body fat body fluid body-focused repetitive behavior disorder body forth body fossil bodyful
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