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body noun (bodies) 1 the whole physical structure of a person or animal. 2 the physical structure of a person or animal excluding the head and limbs. 3 a corpse. 4 the main or central part of anything, such as the main part of a vehicle which carries the load or passengers. 5 a person's physical needs and desires as opposed to spiritual concerns. 6 a substantial section or group • a body of opinion. 7 a group of people regarded as a single unit. 8 a quantity or mass • a body of water. 9 a distinct mass or object; a piece of matter • a heavenly body • a foreign body. 10 applied to wine, music, etc: a full or strong quality or tone; fullness. 11 thickness; substantial quality. 12 the opacity of a paint or pigment. 13 a legless tight-fitting one-piece garment for women, fastening at the crotch. Also (especially formerly) called bodysuit. 14 colloq a person. verb (bodies, bodied, bodying) (often body something out) to give it body or form. keep body and soul together often facetious to remain alive, especially not to die of hunger. over my dead body see under dead. in a body said of a number of people: all together; acting all together.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon as bodig.

body noun (bodies) 1 the whole physical structure of a person or animal. 2 the physical structure of a person or animal excluding the head and limbs. 3 a corpse. 4 the main or central part of anything, such as the main part of a vehicle which carries the load or passengers. 5 a person's physical needs and desires as opposed to spiritual concerns. 6 a substantial section or group • a body of opinion. 7 a group of people regarded as a single unit. 8 a quantity or mass • a body of water. 9 a distinct mass or object; a piece of matter • a heavenly body • a foreign body. 10 applied to wine, music, etc: a full or strong quality or tone; fullness. 11 thickness; substantial quality. 12 the opacity of a paint or pigment. 13 a legless tight-fitting one-piece garment for women, fastening at the crotch. Also (especially formerly) called bodysuit. 14 colloq a person. verb (bodies, bodied, bodying) (often body something out) to give it body or form. keep body and soul together often facetious to remain alive, especially not to die of hunger. over my dead body see under dead. in a body said of a number of people: all together; acting all together.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon as bodig.

body noun (bodies) 1 the whole physical structure of a person or animal. 2 the physical structure of a person or animal excluding the head and limbs. 3 a corpse. 4 the main or central part of anything, such as the main part of a vehicle which carries the load or passengers. 5 a person's physical needs and desires as opposed to spiritual concerns. 6 a substantial section or group • a body of opinion. 7 a group of people regarded as a single unit. 8 a quantity or mass • a body of water. 9 a distinct mass or object; a piece of matter • a heavenly body • a foreign body. 10 applied to wine, music, etc: a full or strong quality or tone; fullness. 11 thickness; substantial quality. 12 the opacity of a paint or pigment. 13 a legless tight-fitting one-piece garment for women, fastening at the crotch. Also (especially formerly) called bodysuit. 14 colloq a person. verb (bodies, bodied, bodying) (often body something out) to give it body or form. keep body and soul together often facetious to remain alive, especially not to die of hunger. over my dead body see under dead. in a body said of a number of people: all together; acting all together.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon as bodig.