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    bod·y
    [ˈbädē]
    noun
    body (noun) · bodies (plural noun)
    1. the physical structure of a person or an animal, including the bones, flesh, and organs:
      "it's important to keep your body in good condition" · "body temperature"
      • the trunk apart from the head and the limbs:
        "the blow almost severed his head from his body"
      • a corpse:
        "they found his body washed up on the beach"
      • the physical and mortal aspect of a person as opposed to the soul or spirit:
        "a duality of body and soul"
      • informal
        a person's body regarded as an object of sexual desire:
        "he was just after her body"
      • informal
        dated
        a person, often one of a specified type or character:
        "a motherly body"
    2. the main section of a car or aircraft:
      "the body of the aircraft was filled with smoke"
    3. the main or central part of something, especially a building or text:
      "information that changes regularly is kept apart from the main body of the text"
      • the part of an email containing the message, as opposed to information such as the subject and sender. Compare with header.
        "put your name, address, and daytime phone number in the email's body"
    4. a large or substantial amount of something; a mass or collection of something:
      "a rich body of Canadian folklore" · "large bodies of seawater"
      • a group of people with a common purpose or function acting as an organized unit:
        "a regulatory body" · "international bodies of experts"
    5. technical
      a distinct material object:
      "the path taken by the falling body"
    6. a full or substantial quality of flavor in wine:
      "best of all, this wine has body and finish"
      • fullness or thickness of a person's hair:
        "designed to add body to limp and straight hair"
    7. (in pottery) a clay used for making the main part of ceramic ware, as distinct from a glaze.
    verb
    body (verb) · bodies (third person present) · bodied (past tense) · bodied (past participle) · bodying (present participle)
    1. formal
      (body something forth)
      give material form to something abstract:
      "he bodied forth the traditional Prussian remedy for all ills"
    2. build the bodywork of (a motor vehicle):
      "an era when automobiles were bodied over wooden frames"
    Origin
    Old English bodig, of unknown origin.
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    noun
    1. the physical structure of a person or an animal, including the bones, flesh, and organs:
    2. the main section of a car or aircraft:
    3. the main or central part of something, especially a building or text:
      • a large or substantial amount of something; a mass or collection of something:
      • a distinct material object:
        piece of matter
       
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