bodybody /ˈbɑdi/ ●●● S1 W1 noun (plural bodies) 1
PEOPLE/ANIMALS [countable] a)the physical structure of a person or animal: a strong, healthy body Many teenagers are self-conscious about their bodies.body heat/temperature/weight etc. Babies rapidly increase their body weight during the first weeks. The first parts of the body to get cold are feet and hands.body image (=the mental picture you have of your own body) b)the central part of a person or animal’s body, not including the head, arms, legs, or wings SYN torso: a man with a short body and long legs2DEAD PERSON [countable] the dead body of a person or animal: His body was flown home to be buried. Laura had never seen a dead body before.3GROUP [countable] a group of people who work together to do a particular job or who are together for a particular purpose: body of the body of believers in the church the governing body of the university (=people in the government of the university) the president of the student body (=all the students in a school or college)4a/the body of something a)a large amount or collection of something: body of knowledge/evidence/opinion etc. the growing body of evidence in the case Davies’s body of work consists of eleven novels and various collections of stories and essays. b)the main, central, or most important part of something: the body of the report5a body of water a large area of water such as a lake6main structure [countable] the main structure of something such as a vehicle or musical instrument that is made of one large part and other smaller parts: The body of the plane broke in two. The guitar is 16 inches wide across the body.7OBJECT [countable] formal an object that is separate from other objects: There is some kind of foreign body (=object that is not part of something) irritating his eye. → see also heavenly body8HAIR [uncountable] if your hair has body, it is thick and healthy9TASTE [uncountable] if food or an alcoholic drink has body, it has a strong flavor (=taste): Tomatoes will give the sauce more body. a full-bodied wine (=one with a strong taste)10body and soul a)completely: She devoted herself body and soul to the fight for women’s rights. b)the whole of a person: We work with all the strength of body and soul.11keep body and soul together to continue to exist with only just enough food, money, etc.12in a body if people do something in a body, they do it together in large numbers: The demonstrators marched in a body to the main square.[Origin: Old English bodig] → see also -bodied, over my dead body at dead1 (14)
PEOPLE/ANIMALS [countable] a)the physical structure of a person or animal: a strong, healthy body Many teenagers are self-conscious about their bodies.body heat/temperature/weight etc. Babies rapidly increase their body weight during the first weeks. The first parts of the body to get cold are feet and hands.body image (=the mental picture you have of your own body) b)the central part of a person or animal’s body, not including the head, arms, legs, or wings SYN torso: a man with a short body and long legs2DEAD PERSON [countable] the dead body of a person or animal: His body was flown home to be buried. Laura had never seen a dead body before.3GROUP [countable] a group of people who work together to do a particular job or who are together for a particular purpose: body of the body of believers in the church the governing body of the university (=people in the government of the university) the president of the student body (=all the students in a school or college)4a/the body of something a)a large amount or collection of something: body of knowledge/evidence/opinion etc. the growing body of evidence in the case Davies’s body of work consists of eleven novels and various collections of stories and essays. b)the main, central, or most important part of something: the body of the report5a body of water a large area of water such as a lake6main structure [countable] the main structure of something such as a vehicle or musical instrument that is made of one large part and other smaller parts: The body of the plane broke in two. The guitar is 16 inches wide across the body.7OBJECT [countable] formal an object that is separate from other objects: There is some kind of foreign body (=object that is not part of something) irritating his eye. → see also heavenly body8HAIR [uncountable] if your hair has body, it is thick and healthy9TASTE [uncountable] if food or an alcoholic drink has body, it has a strong flavor (=taste): Tomatoes will give the sauce more body. a full-bodied wine (=one with a strong taste)10body and soul a)completely: She devoted herself body and soul to the fight for women’s rights. b)the whole of a person: We work with all the strength of body and soul.11keep body and soul together to continue to exist with only just enough food, money, etc.12in a body if people do something in a body, they do it together in large numbers: The demonstrators marched in a body to the main square.[Origin: Old English bodig] → see also -bodied, over my dead body at dead1 (14)