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body is a noun and verb meaning "the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)". It carries 12 recorded senses.
the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)
“he felt as if his whole body were on fire”
animal · homo
a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity
“the whole body filed out of the auditorium”
“the student body”
“administrative body”
an individual 3-dimensional object that has mass and that is distinguishable from other objects
“heavenly body”
a collection of particulars considered as a system
“a body of law”
“a body of doctrine”
“a body of precedents”
the property of holding together and retaining its shape
“wool has more body than rayon”
“when the dough has enough consistency it is ready to bake”
the main mass of a thing
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for body come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.