body
Noun · VerbWordNet 3.0
Noun (11)
- the entire structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)“he felt as if his whole body were on fire”Synonyms: organic structurephysical structure
- a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity“the whole body filed out of the auditorium”“the student body”“administrative body”
- a natural object consisting of a dead animal or person“they found the body in the lake”Synonyms: dead body
- an individual 3-dimensional object that has mass and that is distinguishable from other objects“heavenly body”
- the body excluding the head and neck and limbs“they moved their arms and legs and bodies”Synonyms: torsotrunk
- a collection of particulars considered as a system“a body of law”“a body of doctrine”“a body of precedents”
- 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”Synonyms: consistencyconsistenceeubstance
- the central message of a communication“the body of the message was short”
- the main mass of a thing
- a resonating chamber in a musical instrument (as the body of a violin)Synonyms: soundbox
- the external structure of a vehicle“the body of the car was badly rusted”
Verb (1)
- invest with or as with a body; give body toSynonyms: personify
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
1.The material organized substance of an animal, whether living or dead, as distinguished from the spirit, or vital principle; the physical person. [1913 Webster]
Absent in body, but present in spirit.— 1 Cor. v. 3[1913 Webster]
For of the soul the body form doth take. For soul is form, and doth the body make.— Spenser.[1913 Webster]
2.The trunk, or main part, of a person or animal, as distinguished from the limbs and head; the main, central, or principal part, as of a tree, army, country, etc. [1913 Webster]
Who set the body and the limbs Of this great sport together?— Shak.[1913 Webster]
The van of the king's army was led by the general; . . . in the body was the king and the prince.— Clarendon.[1913 Webster]
Rivers that run up into the body of Italy.— Addison.[1913 Webster]
3.The real, as opposed to the symbolical; the substance, as opposed to the shadow. [1913 Webster]
Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.— Col. ii. 17.[1913 Webster]
4.A person; a human being; -- frequently in composition; as, anybody, nobody. [1913 Webster]
A dry, shrewd kind of a body.— W. Irving.[1913 Webster]
5.A number of individuals spoken of collectively, usually as united by some common tie, or as organized for some purpose; a collective whole or totality; a corporation; as, a legislative body; a clerical body. [1913 Webster]
A numerous body led unresistingly to the slaughter.— Prescott.[1913 Webster]
6.A number of things or particulars embodied in a system; a general collection; as, a great body of facts; a body of laws or of divinity. [1913 Webster]
7.Any mass or portion of matter; any substance distinct from others; as, a metallic body; a moving body; an a["e]riform body. "A body of cold air." --Huxley. [1913 Webster]
By collision of two bodies, grind The air attrite to fire.— Milton.[1913 Webster]
8.Amount; quantity; extent. [1913 Webster]
9.That part of a garment covering the body, as distinguished from the parts covering the limbs. [1913 Webster]
10.The bed or box of a vehicle, on or in which the load is placed; as, a wagon body; a cart body. [1913 Webster]
11.(Print.) The shank of a type, or the depth of the shank (by which the size is indicated); as, a nonpareil face on an agate body. [1913 Webster]
12.(Geom.) A figure that has length, breadth, and thickness; any solid figure. [1913 Webster]
13.Consistency; thickness; substance; strength; as, this color has body; wine of a good body. [1913 Webster]
Note: Colors bear a body when they are capable of being ground so fine, and of being mixed so entirely with oil, as to seem only a very thick oil of the same color. [1913 Webster]
14.(A["e]ronautics) The central, longitudinal framework of a flying machine, to which are attached the planes or a["e]rocurves, passenger accommodations, controlling and propelling apparatus, fuel tanks, etc. Also called fuselage. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
After body (Naut.), the part of a ship abaft the dead flat.
Body cavity (Anat.), the space between the walls of the body and the inclosed viscera; the c[ae]lum; -- in mammals, divided by the diaphragm into thoracic and abdominal cavities.
Body of a church, the nave.
Body cloth; pl.
Body cloths, a cloth or blanket for covering horses.
Body clothes. (pl.)
1.Clothing for the body; esp. underclothing.
2.Body cloths for horses. [Obs.] --Addison.
Body coat, a gentleman's dress coat.
Body color (Paint.), a pigment that has consistency, thickness, or body, in distinction from a tint or wash.
Body of a law (Law), the main and operative part.
Body louse (Zool.), a species of louse (Pediculus vestimenti), which sometimes infests the human body and clothes. See Grayback.
Body plan (Shipbuilding), an end elevation, showing the conbour of the sides of a ship at certain points of her length.
Body politic, the collective body of a nation or state as politically organized, or as exercising political functions; also, a corporation. --Wharton. [1913 Webster]
As to the persons who compose the body politic or associate themselves, they take collectively the name of "people", or "nation".— Bouvier.[1913 Webster]
Body servant, a valet.
The bodies seven (Alchemy), the metals corresponding to the planets. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
Sol gold is, and Luna silver we threpe (=call), Mars yren (=iron), Mercurie quicksilver we clepe, Saturnus lead, and Jupiter is tin, and Venus coper.— Chaucer.[1913 Webster]
Body snatcher, one who secretly removes without right or authority a dead body from a grave, vault, etc.; a resurrectionist.
Body snatching (Law), the unauthorized removal of a dead body from the grave; usually for the purpose of dissection. [1913 Webster]
To body forth, to give from or shape to mentally. [1913 Webster]
Imagination bodies forth The forms of things unknown.— Shak.[1913 Webster]