body
Pronunciation: /ˈbɒdi/
The English word “body” has 20 meanings listed here.
noun
- The physical structure of a human or animal seen as one single organism.
- The fleshly or corporeal nature of a human, as opposed to the spirit or soul.
- A corpse.
- A murder.
- A person.
- A human being, regarded as marginalized or oppressed.
- The torso, the main structure of a human or animal frame excluding the extremities (limbs, head, tail).
- 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).
- The section of a dress extending from the neck to the waist, excluding the arms.
- The content of a letter, message, or other printed or electronic document, as distinct from signatures, salutations, headers, and so on.
- A bodysuit.
- The code of a subroutine, contrasted to its signature and parameters.
- Nave.
- A group of people having a common purpose or opinion; a mass.
- An organisation, company or other authoritative group.
- A unified collection of details, knowledge or information.
- Any physical object or material thing.
- Substance; physical presence.
- Comparative viscosity, solidity or substance (in wine, colours etc.).
- Volume.
Etymology
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…
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