Body Definition
bŏdē
bodied, bodies, bodying
noun
bodies
The whole physical structure and substance of a human being, animal, or plant.
Webster's New World
The trunk or torso of a human being or animal.
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The flesh or material substance, as opposed to the spirit.
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A dead person; corpse.
Webster's New World
The part of a garment that covers the trunk.
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Synonyms:
verb
bodied, bodies, bodying
To give a body or substance to; make substantial.
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To give shape to. Usually used with forth:
American Heritage
To make part of; embody.
Webster's New World
To play defense with one's body up against (that of another player) so as to restrict the player's mobility, as in basketball.
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To collide with and force (another player) in a certain direction.
Bodied him off the puck.
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idiom
take the body
- To play in a rough physical way, dealing out many body checks, as in hockey.
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body forth
- to give shape or form to
- to symbolize or represent
Webster's New World
keep body and soul together
- to stay alive
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Other Word Forms of Body
Noun
Singular:
body
Plural:
bodiesIdioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Body
- take the body
- body forth
- keep body and soul together
Origin of Body
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From Middle English body, bodiȝ, from Old English bodiġ, bodeġ (“body, trunk, chest, torso, height, stature”), from Proto-Germanic *budagą, *budagaz (“body, trunk", also "grown”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“to be awake, observe”). Cognate with German Bottech (“body, trunk, corpse”), Bavarian and Swabian Bottich (“body, trunk”).
From Wiktionary
Middle English bodi from Old English bodig
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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