body
Physical framePhysical frame.: The physical structure of a human or animal seen as one single organism.
» I take care of my body.
Я піклуюся про своє тіло.
Meaning
23 sensesPhysical frame.
(countable)The physical structure of a human or animal seen as one single organism.
I saw them walking from a distance, their bodies strangely angular in the dawn light.
Körper
те́лоtélo
ті́лоtílo
the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)
(countable, uncountable)The fleshly or corporeal nature of a human, as opposed to the spirit or soul.
The body is driven by desires, but the soul is at peace.
Körper
те́лоtélo
(countable)A corpse.
Her body was found at four o’clock, just two hours after the murder.
A corpse.
(countable, slang, uncountable)A murder.
His gun had two bodies on it.
He caught a body and got forty years in prison.
Physical frame.
(countable, uncountable)A person.
Indeed, if it belonged to a poor body, it would be another thing; but so great a lady, to be sure, can never want it […]
What’s a body gotta do to get a drink around here?
a natural object consisting of a dead animal or person
(countable, uncountable)A human being, regarded as marginalized or oppressed.
Main section.
(countable, uncountable)The torso, the main structure of a human or animal frame excluding the extremities (limbs, head, tail).
The boxer took a blow to the body.
the body excluding the head and neck and limbs
(countable, uncountable)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 bumpers and front tyres were ruined, but the body of the car was in remarkable shape.
Karosse, Karosserie, Rumpf
ку́зовkúzov, ко́рпусkórpus
(countable, uncountable)The content of a letter, message, or other printed or electronic document, as distinct from signatures, salutations, headers, and so on.
(countable)A bodysuit.
(countable, uncountable)The code of a subroutine, contrasted to its signature and parameters.
In many programming languages, the method body is enclosed in braces.
Funktionsrumpf
те́лоtélo
(countable, uncountable)Nave.
Examples
2244 sentencesI take care of my body.
Я піклуюся про своє тіло.
A model must have an attractive body.
Модель повинна мати привабливе тіло.
ruУ модели должно быть привлекательное тело.
deEin Model muss einen attraktiven Körper haben.
Exercise makes your body strong.
Вправи роблять тіло сильним.
deÜbung stärkt den Körper.
He has a strong body.
В нього сильне тіло.
ruУ него сильное тело.
Where was the body found?
Де знайшли тіло?
ruГде было найдено тело?
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 2
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Origin
From Middle English body, bodi, bodiȝ, from Old English bodiġ, bodeġ (“body, trunk, chest,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 jacket”)).
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Forms
plural: bodiesSynonyms
17 synonyms- the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being):organic structure
- a natural object consisting of a dead animal or person:dead body
- a resonating chamber in a musical instrument (as the body of a violin):soundbox
- the body excluding the head and neck and limbs:torsotrunk
- the property of holding together and retaining its shape:consistencyconsistencesubstance
Word family
179 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
12 patterns- dead body
- a dead body
- my whole body
- body was found
- discovered the body
- over his body
- dead body in
- identify the body
- whole body
- the dead body
- over my body
- whole body was