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bod·y
(bŏd′ē)n. pl. bod·ies
1.
a. The entire material or physical structure of an organism, especially of a human or animal.
b. The physical aspect of a person as opposed to the spirit; the flesh.
c. A corpse or carcass.
2.
a. The trunk or torso of a human or animal.
b. The part of a garment covering the torso.
3.
a. A human; a person: a kindly body.
b. A group of individuals regarded as an entity; a corporation.
4. A number of persons, concepts, or things regarded as a group: We walked out in a body.
5. The main or central part, as:
a. Anatomy The largest or principal part of an organ; corpus.
b. The nave of a church.
c. The content of a book or document exclusive of prefatory matter, codicils, indexes, or appendices.
d. The passenger- and cargo-carrying part of an aircraft, ship, or other vehicle.
e. Music The sound box of an instrument.
6. A mass of matter that is distinct from other masses: a body of water; a celestial body.
7. A collection or quantity, as of material or information: the body of evidence.
8. Consistency of substance, as in paint, textiles, or wine: a sauce with body.
9. Printing The part of a block of type underlying the impression surface.
tr.v. bod·ied, bod·y·ing, bod·ies
Idiom: 1. To furnish with a body.
2. To give shape to. Usually used with forth: "Imagination bodies forth the forms of things unknown" (Shakespeare).
3. Sports
a. To play defense with one's body up against (that of another player) so as to restrict the player's mobility, as in basketball.
b. To collide with and force (another player) in a certain direction: bodied him off the puck.
take the body Sports
To play in a rough physical way, dealing out many body checks, as in hockey.
[Middle English bodi, from Old English bodig.]
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body
(ˈbɒdɪ)n, pl bodies
1. (Anatomy)
a. the entire physical structure of an animal or human being. corporealphysical
b. (as modifier): body odour.
2. the flesh, as opposed to the spirit: while we are still in the body.
3. (Anatomy) the trunk or torso, not including the limbs, head, or tail
4. a dead human or animal; corpse
5. the largest or main part of anything: the body of a vehicle; the body of a plant.
6. a separate or distinct mass of water or land
7. the main part; majority: the body of public opinion.
8. the central part of a written work: the body of a thesis as opposed to the footnotes.
9. a number of individuals regarded as a single entity; group: the student body; they marched in a body.
10. (Mathematics) maths a three-dimensional region with an interior
11. (General Physics) physics an object or substance that has three dimensions, a mass, and is distinguishable from surrounding objects
12. (Hairdressing & Grooming) fullness in the appearance of the hair
13. the characteristic full quality of certain wines, determined by the density and the content of alcohol or tannin: a Burgundy has a heavy body.
14. substance or firmness, esp of cloth
15. (Instruments) the sound box of a guitar, violin, or similar stringed instrument
16. (Clothing & Fashion) a woman's close-fitting one-piece garment for the torso
17. (Clothing & Fashion) the part of a dress covering the body from the shoulders to the waist
18. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) another name for shank11
19. (Dyeing)
a. the pigment contained in or added to paint, dye, etc
b. the opacity of a paint in covering a surface
c. the apparent viscosity of a paint
20. (Art Terms) (in watercolour painting)
a. a white filler mixed with pigments to make them opaque
b. (as modifier): body colour. See also gouache
21. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) printing the measurement from top to bottom of a piece of type, usually ascender to descender
22. an informal or dialect word for a person
23. keep body and soul together to manage to keep alive; survive
24. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) (modifier) of or relating to the main reading matter of a book as distinct from headings, illustrations, appendices, etc: the body text.
vb (tr) , bodies, bodying or bodied
(usually foll by forth) to give a body or shape to
[Old English bodig; related to Old Norse buthkr box, Old High German botah body]
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bod•y
(ˈbɒd i)n., pl. bod•ies, n.
1.
a. the physical structure and material substance of an animal, plant, or other organism.
b. the trunk, torso, or main mass of an animal, as opposed to the head, limbs, or appendages.
c. a corpse; carcass.
2. the main or central mass of a thing, as the hull of a ship, the fuselage of a plane, or the nave of a church.
3. the section of a vehicle, usu. in the shape of a box, cylindrical container, or platform, in or on which passengers or the load is carried.
4. Print. the shank of a type, supporting the face.
5. a geometric figure having the three dimensions of length, breadth, and thickness; a solid.
6. Physics. a mass, esp. one considered as a whole.
7. the major portion of an army, population, etc.
8. the principal part of a speech or document.
9. Informal. a person: What's a body to do?
10. Law. the physical person of an individual.
11. a collective group.
12. substance; consistency or richness: a wine with good body; Wool has more body than rayon.
13. the basic material of which a ceramic article is made.
v.t. 14. to provide with or as if with a body.
15. to represent in bodily form (usu. fol. by forth).
adj. 16. of or pertaining to the body; bodily.
17. of or pertaining to the main reading matter of a book, article, etc., as distinguished from headings, prefaces, or the like.
[before 900; Middle English; Old English bodig; akin to Old High German potah]
syn: body, carcass, corpse, cadaver all refer to a physical organism, usu. human or animal. body denotes the material substance of a human or animal, either living or dead: the muscles in a horse's body; the body of an accident victim. carcass means the dead body of an animal, unless applied humorously or contemptuously to the human body: a sheep's carcass; Save your carcass. corpse usu. refers to the dead body of a human being: preparing a corpse for burial. cadaver refers to a dead body, usu. a human one used for scientific study: dissection of cadavers in anatomy classes.
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Body
a number of individuals spoken of collectively; a general collection of things or ideas; a mass of matter; the main portion of a collection or company.Examples: body of inferior clergy, 1732; of cold air; of dialects, 1875; of disciples of Christ, 1886; of discourse, 1599; of divinity, 1659; of facts; of horse, 1769; of laws, 1699; of light; of natural history, 1711; of opinion; of philosophers, 1647; of precepts, 1860; of principles, 1860; of scriptures, 1593; of troops.
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Body
See Also: AGILITY, AWKWARDNESS, BODY ORGANS, FATNESS, MUSCLES, PHYSICAL APPEARANCE, SHOULDERS, STRENGTH, STOMACH, THINNESS
- (A big soft) ass as wide as an axhandle —George Garrett
- Body and mind, like man and wife, do not always agree to die together —Charles Caleb Colton
- Body grown light as a shell, empty as a shell —Joyce Carol Oates
- The body is like a piano. It is needful to have the instrument in good order —Henry Ward Beecher
- The body, lady, is like a house: it don’t go anywhere; but the spirit, lady, is like an automobile: always on the move —Flannery O’Connor See Also: SOUL
- Body..light as milk —Philip Levine
- Body like a block of granite —Brian Glanville
- Body like a spring —Marguerite Duras
- (Had a) body like a stack of lumpy pillows —Robert Campbell
- Body like dry bone —Robert Silverberg
- Body … long like a weasel’s —Anton Chekhov
- Body … shaped like a sack half full of cement —Sterling Hayden
- Body … silvery like a white rose —Isak Dinesen
- The body turns empty as the shell of an insect, or like something inflatable but flattened —Jayne Anne Phillips
- Body warm and flat as beer that’s been standing —Marge Piercy
- Buddha-like body still as an onyx boulder —Ralph Ellison
- Build like a sack of angle irons —Loren D. Estleman
- Built like a bowling pin —Clive Cussler
- (She’s hard to fit, being) built like a cement root cellar —Louise Erdrich
- Built like a Coke machine —Joseph Wambaugh
- Built like a crate —William Diehl
- Built like a fire plug —Pat Conroy
- Built like a greyhound —Miles Gibson
- Built like a hammer —Lee K. Abbott
- Built like a Russian weightlifter —William Diehl
- Built like a skyscraper —Slogan, Shaw-Walker steel filing cabinets
- Built like a snowman. A small round head atop a large round body with no neck in between —Rick Borsten
- Built like a vault —Anon
- Built like refrigerators —Jonathan Valin
- Built solid, firm and square, like an unencumbered pine —Sylvia Berkman
- Built square, like a van —William Beechcroft
- Built with curves like the hull of a racing yacht —Ernest Hemingway
A quick simile is about as much space as a master of conciseness like Hemingway devotes to physically describing a character. The woman with the racing yacht curves is Lady Brett from The Sun Also Rises .
- Chest like a nail keg —Peter Matthiessen
- Chest like an oak wine cask —Ira Wood
- Chest like an oyster barrel —Ogden Nash
- Chests and bellies like a pair of avalanches —T. Coraghessan Boyle
- Chunky, heavy, like a Samoan swimmer —Herbert Gold
- Corded and tough as a short piece of tallowed cable —George Foy
The simile in Foy’s novel, Coaster, applies to a sailor.
- Delicate and softly rounded as a painting by Boucher —F. van Wyck Mason
- (Against the light of the lamp,) the delicate erotic lines of her slender body came up like a photographic print in a developing tray —Brian Moore
- Even her hipbones [like rest of angular body] jutted out as if her skirt was draped on a coathanger —Richard Maynard
- A figure like a beer barrel —Oscar Wilde
A variation by Charles Johnson: “Broad as a beer barrel.”
- Figure like a sack of flour —Josephine Tey
- A figure like a two-armed Venus de Milo who had been on a sensible diet —David Niven
Being an actor as well as a writer, Niven undoubtedly had a special appreciation for any device which would capture audience attention the minute the curtain rises; and so this simile from the first sentence of his autobiography, The Moon’s a Balloon .
- Figure … so delicate that she moved like a shadow —Inez Haynes Irwin
- (She had) a figure that was like a swift unexpected blow to the diaphragm —that to linger on makes the beholder feel obscene —Frederick Exley
- A fine small body, like a miniature dog bred for show —Maureen Howard
- (He was) flat and wide as a gingerbread man —Charles Portis
- Flat-chested and straight as a board —MacDonald Harris
- Graceful figure, which was as tough as hickory and as flexible as a whip —Thomas Wolfe
- Her body seemed somehow to hang on her, like somebody else’s clothing —William McIlvanney
- Her broad sexless body made her resemble a dilapidated Buddha —Ross Macdonald
- Her firm protruding ass looked like a split peach —Steve Shagan
- Hips like hills of sand —Arabian Nights
- Hips like jugs —Eugene McNamara
- His ancient, emaciated body looked as though it were already attacked by the corruption of the grave —W. Somerset Maugham
- His body was covered with a dense mat of black hair. He looked like an overfed chimpanzee —Andrew Kaplan
- His body waved like a flame in the breeze —Television obituary describing James Cagney’s physical grace, 1986
- His pectorals hung flabbily, like the breasts of an old woman —Gerald Kersh
- It [worn body] was as if it were charred by a thunderbolt —Honoré de Balzac
- Long body, devoid of developed muscles, was like a long, limp sash —Yukio Mishima
- Look like a hot-air balloon with insufficient ballast —Anna Quindlen, New York Times /Hers, March 27, 1986
The cause for the hot-air balloon appearance is pregnancy.
- (A man with) a middle like a flour bag —Sharon Sheehe Stark
- (Kaplan was examining the) midriff bulge that ballooned out over his belt like an inflated inner tube —William P. Kennedy
The simile marks the opening of Kennedy’s espionage novel, The Masakado Lesson.
- (Was halfway through the process of turning from muscular to fat, so that at present he was) of uncertain consistency, like a cheap mattress —Richard Francis
- Round and curved as a marble statue —George Garrett
- A small boned body as easy to fragment as a young grouse’s —Penelope Gilliatt
- A small, plump woman, with her waist cinctured in sternly, like a cushion with a noose around it —John Cheever
- Spine … like an iron rod —Angela Carter
- Square as a wooden block —T. Coraghessan Boyle
- Square like a block of stone —Willis Johnson
- (She no longer had her slim waist or rounded bosom but was) square like a stack of firewood —Isak Dinesen
- (A massive woman … ) square, rather like a great piece of oak furniture —Willa Cather
- Still had an athlete’s frame … but the flesh had sagged on the hanger, like an old suit with change left in the pockets —Jonathan Valin
- Straight as a mast, muscled like a gorilla —Maxwell Anderson and Laurence Stallings
- A strong, supple body, like a tigress —Anthony Powell
- Torso … thick and circular, like the bole of a tree —Madison Smartt Bell
- (His body looked soft, his) waist puffing out like rising bread dough —Sue Grafton
- We are bound to our bodies like an oyster to its shell —Plato
- Weight was … beginning to hang like slightly inferior clothing —William Mcllvanney
- (Jill Martin was what they call a healthy lady.) Well rounded, like something out of Rubens —Mike Fredman
- (He was) wide as a door —Andre Dubus
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body
Past participle: bodied
Gerund: bodying
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Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
body
The biological, physical self.
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| Noun | 1. | body - the entire structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being); "he felt as if his whole body were on fire" animal, animate being, beast, creature, fauna, brute - a living organism characterized by voluntary movement natural object - an object occurring naturally; not made by man human, human being, man - any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage life form - the characteristic bodily form of a mature organism chassis, bod, human body, material body, physical body, physique, build, anatomy, figure, flesh, frame, shape, soma, form - alternative names for the body of a human being; "Leonardo studied the human body"; "he has a strong physique"; "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak" live body - the body of a living animal or person body substance - the substance of the body articulatory system - the system of joints in the body digestive system, gastrointestinal system, systema alimentarium, systema digestorium - the system that makes food absorbable into the body endocrine system - the system of glands that produce endocrine secretions that help to control bodily metabolic activity lymphatic system, systema lymphaticum - the interconnected system of spaces and vessels between body tissues and organs by which lymph circulates throughout the body musculoskeletal system - the system of muscles and tendons and ligaments and bones and joints and associated tissues that move the body and maintain its form nervous system, systema nervosum - the sensory and control apparatus consisting of a network of nerve cells respiratory system, systema respiratorium - the system for taking in oxygen and giving off carbon dioxide; in terrestrial animals this is accomplished by breathing sensory system - the body's system of sense organs vascular system - the vessels and tissue that carry or circulate fluids such as blood or lymph or sap through the body of an animal or plant cardiovascular system, circulatory system - the organs and tissues involved in circulating blood and lymph through the body head, caput - the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains; "he stuck his head out the window" cervix, neck - the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body; "he admired her long graceful neck"; "the horse won by a neck" torso, trunk, body - the body excluding the head and neck and limbs; "they moved their arms and legs and bodies" leg - a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle arm - a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb fork - the angle formed by the inner sides of the legs where they join the human trunk pressure point - any of several points on the body where the pulse can be felt and where pressure on an underlying artery will control bleeding from that artery at a more distal point |
| 2. | body - 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" social group - people sharing some social relation public - a body of people sharing some common interest; "the reading public" Christendom, Christianity - the collective body of Christians throughout the world and history (found predominantly in Europe and the Americas and Australia); "for a thousand years the Roman Catholic Church was the principal church of Christendom" church - the body of people who attend or belong to a particular local church; "our church is hosting a picnic next week" College of Cardinals, Sacred College - (Roman Catholic Church) the body of cardinals who advise the Pope and elect new Popes governance, governing body, organisation, administration, brass, establishment, organization - the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something; "he claims that the present administration is corrupt"; "the governance of an association is responsible to its members"; "he quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment" corps - a body of people associated together; "diplomatic corps" constituency - the body of voters who elect a representative for their area electoral college - the body of electors who formally elect the United States president and vice president school - a body of creative artists or writers or thinkers linked by a similar style or by similar teachers; "the Venetian school of painting" college - the body of faculty and students of a college university - the body of faculty and students at a university faculty, staff - the body of teachers and administrators at a school; "the dean addressed the letter to the entire staff of the university" representation - a body of legislators that serve in behalf of some constituency; "a Congressional vacancy occurred in the representation from California" colony, settlement - a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government; "the American colony in Paris" ulama, ulema - the body of Mullahs (Muslim scholars trained in Islam and Islamic law) who are the interpreters of Islam's sciences and doctrines and laws and the chief guarantors of continuity in the spiritual and intellectual history of the Islamic community leaders, leadership - the body of people who lead a group; "the national leadership adopted his plan" militia - the entire body of physically fit civilians eligible by law for military service; "their troops were untrained militia"; "Congress shall have power to provide for calling forth the militia"--United States Constitution membership, rank - the body of members of an organization or group; "they polled their membership"; "they found dissension in their own ranks"; "he joined the ranks of the unemployed" occupational group, vocation - a body of people doing the same kind of work opposition - a body of people united in opposing something immigration - the body of immigrants arriving during a specified interval; "the increased immigration strengthened the colony" inspectorate - a body of inspectors jury - a body of citizens sworn to give a true verdict according to the evidence presented in a court of law panel - a group of people gathered for a special purpose as to plan or discuss an issue or judge a contest etc enrollment, registration - the body of people (such as students) who register or enroll at the same time vote - a body of voters who have the same interests; "he failed to get the Black vote" diaspora - the body of Jews (or Jewish communities) outside Palestine or modern Israel | |
| 3. |  body - a natural object consisting of a dead animal or person; "they found the body in the lake"natural object - an object occurring naturally; not made by man carrion - the dead and rotting body of an animal; unfit for human food roadkill - the dead body of an animal that has been killed on a road by a vehicle; "vultures usually feed on carrion or roadkill" cadaver, corpse, remains, stiff, clay - the dead body of a human being; "the cadaver was intended for dissection"; "the end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse"; "the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river"; "honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay" mummy - a body embalmed and dried and wrapped for burial (as in ancient Egypt) | |
| 4. | body - an individual 3-dimensional object that has mass and that is distinguishable from other objects; "heavenly body" natural object - an object occurring naturally; not made by man chromosome - a threadlike strand of DNA in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order; "humans have 22 chromosome pairs plus two sex chromosomes" cellular inclusion, inclusion body, inclusion - any small intracellular body found within another (characteristic of certain diseases); "an inclusion in the cytoplasm of the cell" mass - a body of matter without definite shape; "a huge ice mass" subatomic particle, particle - a body having finite mass and internal structure but negligible dimensions | |
| 5. |  body - the body excluding the head and neck and limbs; "they moved their arms and legs and bodies"body, organic structure, physical structure - the entire structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being); "he felt as if his whole body were on fire" body part - any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity diaphragm, midriff - (anatomy) a muscular partition separating the abdominal and thoracic cavities; functions in respiration shoulder - the part of the body between the neck and the upper arm articulatio humeri, shoulder joint, shoulder - a ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapula serratus, serratus muscles - any of several muscles of the trunk side - either the left or right half of a body; "he had a pain in his side" chest, pectus, thorax - the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates midriff, midsection, middle - the middle area of the human torso (usually in front); "young American women believe that a bare midriff is fashionable" love handle, spare tire - excess fat around the waistline hip - either side of the body below the waist and above the thigh haunch - the hip and buttock and upper thigh in human beings abdomen, belly, stomach, venter - the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis back, dorsum - the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine; "his back was nicely tanned" behind, buns, buttocks, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, derriere, fanny, rear end, tooshie, tush, fundament, seat, backside, tail end, stern, rump, bottom, bum, can, rear, tail - the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?" loins - the region of the hips and groin and lower abdomen | |
| 6. | body - a collection of particulars considered as a system; "a body of law"; "a body of doctrine"; "a body of precedents" | |
| 7. | body - 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" gaseousness - having the consistency of a gas property - a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class; "a study of the physical properties of atomic particles" viscosity, viscousness - resistance of a liquid to shear forces (and hence to flow) thickness - resistance to flow thinness - a consistency of low viscosity; "he disliked the thinness of the soup" hardness - the property of being rigid and resistant to pressure; not easily scratched; measured on Mohs scale softness - the property of giving little resistance to pressure and being easily cut or molded breakableness - the consistency of something that breaks under pressure unbreakableness - a consistency of something that does not break under pressure porosity, porousness - the property of being porous; being able to absorb fluids | |
| 8. | body - the central message of a communication; "the body of the message was short" | |
| 9. | body - the main mass of a thing mass - the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field | |
| 10. | body - a resonating chamber in a musical instrument (as the body of a violin) cavity resonator, resonating chamber, resonator - a hollow chamber whose dimensions allow the resonant oscillation of electromagnetic or acoustic waves | |
| 11. | body - the external structure of a vehicle; "the body of the car was badly rusted" bodywork - the exterior body of a motor vehicle fuselage - the central body of an airplane that is designed to accommodate the crew and passengers (or cargo) structure, construction - a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons" | |
| Verb | 1. | body - invest with or as with a body; give body to |
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body
noun
1. physique, build, form, figure, shape, make-up, frame, constitution, flesh and bones The largest organ in the body is the liver.
4. organization, company, group, society, league, association, band, congress, institution, corporation, federation, outfit (informal), syndicate, bloc, confederation the police representative body
5. main part, matter, heart, material, mass, substance, bulk, essence, hub preface, followed by the main body of the article
6. expanse, area, mass, stretch, sweep, extent, tract, breadth It is probably the most polluted body of water in the world.
body and soul completely, wholeheartedly, totally, perfectly, entirely, absolutely, altogether, thoroughly, wholly, positively, utterly, every inch, heart and soul, one hundred per cent, in all respects, from first to last, lock, stock and barrel She was now committed to the band, body and soul.
Quotations
"The human body is the best picture of the human soul" [Ludwig Wittgenstein Philosophical Investigations]
"What we think and feel and are is to a great extent determined by the state of our ductless glands and our viscera" [Aldous Huxley Music at Night]
"Body and spirit are twins: God only knows which is which:"
"The soul squats down in the flesh, like a tinker drunk in a ditch" [Algernon Charles Swinburne The Heptalogia]
see blood cells, bodily humours, bones, glands, muscles, parts of the brain, parts of the ear, parts of the eye, parts of the heart, teeth"The human body is the best picture of the human soul" [Ludwig Wittgenstein Philosophical Investigations]
"What we think and feel and are is to a great extent determined by the state of our ductless glands and our viscera" [Aldous Huxley Music at Night]
"Body and spirit are twins: God only knows which is which:"
"The soul squats down in the flesh, like a tinker drunk in a ditch" [Algernon Charles Swinburne The Heptalogia]
Parts of the body
| Part of the body | Technical name | Related adjective |
|---|---|---|
| abdomen | - | abdominal |
| adenoids | pharyngeal tonsil | adenoid or adenoidal |
| alimentary canal | - | |
| ankle | talus | - |
| anus | - | anal |
| appendix | vermiform appendix | appendicular |
| arm | brachium | brachial |
| armpit | axilla | axillary |
| artery | - | arterial |
| back | - | dorsal |
| belly | venter | ventral |
| bladder | urinary bladder | vesical |
| blood | - | haemal, haemic, or haematic |
| bone | os | osseous, osteal, or osteoid |
| brain | encephalon | cerebral |
| breast | - | |
| buttocks | nates | natal or gluteal |
| caecum | - | caecal |
| calf | - | |
| capillary | - | capillary |
| cervix | - | cervical |
| cheek | gena | genal |
| chest | - | pectoral |
| chin | - | genial or mental |
| clitoris | - | clitoral |
| colon | - | colonic |
| duodenum | - | duodenal |
| ear | - | aural |
| elbow | - | |
| epiglottis | - | epiglottal |
| external ear | auricle or pinna | - |
| eye | - | ocular or ophthalmic |
| eyebrow | - | superciliary |
| eyelash | cilium | ciliary |
| eyelid | - | palpebral |
| Fallopian tube | oviduct | oviducal or oviductal |
| finger | - | digital |
| fingernail | - | ungual or ungular |
| fist | - | |
| follicle | - | follicular |
| fontanelle or (chiefly U.S.) fontanel | - | |
| foot | pes | pedal |
| forearm | - | cubital |
| forehead | - | frontal |
| foreskin | prepuce | preputial |
| gall bladder | - | |
| gland | - | adenoid |
| glottis | - | glottic |
| groin | - | inguinal |
| gullet | oesophagus | oesophageal |
| gum | gingiva | gingival |
| hamstring | - | popliteal |
| hard palate | - | |
| hair | - | |
| half-moon | lunula or lunule | - |
| hand | manus | manual |
| head | caput | capital |
| heart | - | cardiac |
| heel | - | |
| hip | - | |
| ileum | - | ileac or ileal |
| inner ear or internal ear | labyrinth | - |
| instep | - | |
| intestine | - | alvine |
| jaw | - | gnathic or gnathal |
| jejunum | - | jejunal |
| jugular vein | - | |
| kidney | - | renal or nephritic |
| knee | genu | genicular |
| knuckle | - | |
| labia majora | - | labial |
| labia minora | - | labial |
| large intestine | - | |
| leg | crus | crural |
| lip | - | labial |
| liver | - | hepatic |
| loin | lumbus | lumbar |
| lung | - | pulmonary |
| lymph cell | lymphocyte | - |
| lymph node | - | |
| midriff | diaphragm | - |
| mons pubis | - | |
| mons veneris | - | |
| mouth | - | stomatic |
| nape | nucha | nuchal |
| navel or omphalos | umbilicus | umbilical |
| neck | cervix | cervical |
| nerve | - | neural |
| nerve cell | neuron or neurone | neuronic |
| nipple or teat | mamilla or papilla | mamillary |
| nose | - | nasal |
| nostril | naris | narial or narine |
| occiput | - | occipital |
| ovary | - | ovarian |
| pancreas | - | pancreatic |
| penis | - | penile |
| pharynx | - | pharyngeal |
| pubes | - | pubic |
| rectum | - | rectal |
| red blood cell | erythrocyte | erythrocytic |
| ribcage | - | |
| scalp | - | |
| scrotum | - | scrotal |
| shin | - | |
| shoulder | - | |
| side | - | |
| skin | cutis | cutaneous |
| small intestine | - | |
| soft palate | - | |
| sole | - | plantar |
| spleen | - | lienal or splenetic |
| stomach | - | gastric |
| tear duct | lacrimal duct | - |
| temple | - | temporal |
| tendon | - | |
| testicle | - | testicular |
| thigh | - | femoral or crural |
| thorax | - | thoracic |
| throat | - | guttural, gular, or jugular |
| thumb | pollex | pollical |
| toe | - | |
| toenail | - | ungual or ungular |
| tongue | lingua | lingual or glottic |
| tonsil | - | tonsillar or tonsillary |
| torso | - | |
| transverse colon | - | |
| trunk | - | |
| umbilical cord | - | |
| ureter | - | ureteral or ureteric |
| urethra | - | urethral |
| vagina | - | vaginal |
| vein | vena | venous |
| vocal cords | glottis | glottal |
| voice box | larynx | laryngeal |
| vulva | - | vulval, vulvar, or vulvate |
| waist | - | |
| white blood cell | leucocyte | leucocytic |
| windpipe | trachea | tracheal or tracheate |
| womb | uterus | uterine |
| wrist | carpus | - |
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
body
noun2. A member of the human race:
3. A number of individuals making up or considered a unit:
4. A group of people organized for a particular purpose:
5. A number of persons who have come or been gathered together:
assemblage, assembly, company, conclave, conference, congregation, congress, convention, convocation, crowd, gathering, group, meeting, muster, troop.
Informal: get-together.
body forth
To represent (an abstraction, for example) in or as if in bodily form:
The American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Translations
الجُزءُ الرَّئيسيجُثْمان، جُثَّهجَسَدٌ، جِسْمٌجِسْمكَميّة، كُتْلَه، مَجْموعَه
корпустяло
tělotělesozákladní částjádrokorpus
kroplegemeligmasseforsamling
korpo
asiasutusihukehakere
kehoruumiskappale
tijelotorzotruptruplocjelina
testholttestszervezetfõ résztestület
afmarkaîur hópur/heildlíklíkamimeginhlutisafn, magn
体
몸
corpus
kūnaskūniškaskūnolavonasorganas
daudzumsgalvenā daļagrupaķermeniskolektīvs
corp
hlavná časť
telotruptruplo
cjelinaglavninamnoštvoodredskup
kropp
ร่างกาย
cơ thể
body
[ˈbɒdɪ]A. N
1. [of person, animal] → cuerpo m, tronco m
body and soul (as adv) → de todo corazón, con el alma
to belong to sb body and soul → pertenecer a algn en cuerpo y alma
over my dead body! → ¡en sueños!, ¡ni pensarlo!
to keep body and soul together → ir tirando
her salary hardly keeps body and soul together → apenas se gana para vivir
body and soul (as adv) → de todo corazón, con el alma
to belong to sb body and soul → pertenecer a algn en cuerpo y alma
over my dead body! → ¡en sueños!, ¡ni pensarlo!
to keep body and soul together → ir tirando
her salary hardly keeps body and soul together → apenas se gana para vivir
2. (= corpse) → cadáver m
3. (= external structure) → armazón m or f, casco m (Aut) (also bodywork) → carrocería f
4. (= core) [of argument] → meollo m
the main body of his speech → la parte principal or el meollo de su discurso
the main body of his speech → la parte principal or el meollo de su discurso
5. (= mass, collection) [of information, literature] → conjunto m, grueso m; [of people] → grupo m; [of water] → masa f
a large body of people → un nutrido grupo de personas
the student body [of school] → el alumnado; [of university] → el estudiantado
the body politic (frm) → el estado
a fine body of men → un buen grupo de hombres
a large body of evidence → un buen conjunto de pruebas
there is a body of opinion that → hay buen número de gente que opina que ...
in a body → todos juntos, en masa
a large body of people → un nutrido grupo de personas
the student body [of school] → el alumnado; [of university] → el estudiantado
the body politic (frm) → el estado
a fine body of men → un buen grupo de hombres
a large body of evidence → un buen conjunto de pruebas
there is a body of opinion that → hay buen número de gente que opina que ...
in a body → todos juntos, en masa
7. [of wine] → cuerpo m; [of hair] → volumen m, cuerpo m
to give one's hair body → dar volumen or cuerpo al cabello
to give one's hair body → dar volumen or cuerpo al cabello
9. (o.f.) (= person) → tipo/a m/f, tío/a m/f (Sp)
10. = body stocking
B. CPD body armour, body armor (US) N equipo de protección corporal
body bag N → bolsa f para restos humanos
body blow N (fig) → golpe m duro, revés m
body clock N → reloj m biológico
body count N (US) → número m or balance m de las víctimas
to do a body count [of those present] → hacer un recuento de la asistencia; [of dead] → hacer un recuento de los muertos
body double N (Cine, TV) → doble mf
body fascism N → discriminación f por el (aspecto) físico
body fat N → grasa f corporal, grasa f (del cuerpo)
body language N → lenguaje m corporal, lenguaje m del cuerpo
body lotion N → loción f corporal
body mike N → micro m de solapa
body odour, body odor (US) N → olor m corporal
body repairs NPL (Aut) → reparación f de la carrocería
body repair shop N = body shop body scanner N → escáner m
body search N → registro m de la persona
see also body-search body shop N (Aut) → taller m de reparaciones (de carrocería)
body snatcher N (Hist) → ladrón/a m/f de cadáveres
body stocking N → body m, bodi m
body suit N = body stocking body swerve N (Sport) → finta f, regate m
body temperature N → temperatura f corporal
body warmer N → chaleco m acolchado
body weight N → peso m (del cuerpo)
body bag N → bolsa f para restos humanos
body blow N (fig) → golpe m duro, revés m
body clock N → reloj m biológico
body count N (US) → número m or balance m de las víctimas
to do a body count [of those present] → hacer un recuento de la asistencia; [of dead] → hacer un recuento de los muertos
body double N (Cine, TV) → doble mf
body fascism N → discriminación f por el (aspecto) físico
body fat N → grasa f corporal, grasa f (del cuerpo)
body language N → lenguaje m corporal, lenguaje m del cuerpo
body lotion N → loción f corporal
body mike N → micro m de solapa
body odour, body odor (US) N → olor m corporal
body repairs NPL (Aut) → reparación f de la carrocería
body repair shop N = body shop body scanner N → escáner m
body search N → registro m de la persona
see also body-search body shop N (Aut) → taller m de reparaciones (de carrocería)
body snatcher N (Hist) → ladrón/a m/f de cadáveres
body stocking N → body m, bodi m
body suit N = body stocking body swerve N (Sport) → finta f, regate m
body temperature N → temperatura f corporal
body warmer N → chaleco m acolchado
body weight N → peso m (del cuerpo)
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
body
[ˈbɒdi] n (living) [person, animal] → corps m
to keep body and soul together (= make ends meet) → joindre les deux bouts
body and soul (= the whole self) → corps et âme
to keep body and soul together (= make ends meet) → joindre les deux bouts
body and soul (= the whole self) → corps et âme
(= corpse) → cadavre m, corps m
it would happen over my dead body → il faudra (d'abord) me passer sur le corps
it would happen over my dead body → il faudra (d'abord) me passer sur le corps
[car] → carrosserie f
[plane] → fuselage m
(also body stocking) → body m, justaucorps m
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
body
n
(of man, animal) → Körper m; (of human also) → Leib m (geh); the body of Christ → der Leib des Herrn; just enough to keep body and soul together → gerade genug, um Leib und Seele zusammenzuhalten; she was committed, body and soul → sie war mit Leib und Seele bei der Sache
(= main part of structure, of plane, ship) → Rumpf m, → Körper m; (of string instrument) → Korpus m, → Schallkörper m; (of church, speech, army: also main body) → Hauptteil m; the main body of his readers/the students → das Gros seiner Leser/der Studenten; in the body of the House (Brit Parl) → im Plenum
(= coachwork: of car) → Karosserie f
(= group of people) → Gruppe f; the student body → die Studentenschaft; a body of troops → ein Truppenverband m; a great body of followers/readers → eine große Anhängerschaft/Leserschaft; a large body of people → eine große Menschenmenge; in a body → geschlossen
(= organization) → Organ nt; (= committee) → Gremium nt; (= corporation) → Körperschaft f ? corporate, politic
(= quantity) a body of facts/evidence/data → Tatsachen-/Beweis-/Datenmaterial nt; a body of laws/legislation → ein Gesetzeskomplex m; a large body of water → eine große Wassermasse
(inf: = person) → Mensch m
(Math, Phys, Chem) → Körper m
(= substance, thickness, of wine) → Körper m; (of soup) → Substanz f; (of paper, cloth) → Festigkeit f, → Stärke f; this conditioner will add body to your hair → diese Pflegespülung gibt Ihrem Haar mehr Volumen
(also body stocking) → Body m
body
:body armour, (US) body armor
n → Schutzkleidung f
body bag
n → Leichensack m
body builder
body building
n → Bodybuilding nt
adj exercise → muskelkräftigend; food → stärkend, kräftigend
bodycheck
n → Bodycheck m
body control
n → Körperbeherrschung f
body double
n (Film, TV) → Körperdouble nt
body drop
n (Judo) → Körperwurf m
body fascism
n Diskriminierung aufgrund körperlicher Merkmale
body fluids
pl (Physiol) → Körpersäfte pl
body glitter
body growth
n → körperliches Wachstum
bodyguard
body heat
n → Körperwärme f
body language
n → Körpersprache f
body lotion
n → Körperlotion f
body mike
n → Umhängemikrofon nt
body odour, body odor (US)
n → Körpergeruch m
body piercing
n → Piercing nt
body popping
n → Breakdance m
body (repair) shop
n → Karosseriewerkstatt f
body scanner
n → Scanner m
body search
n → Leibesvisitation f
bodyshell
n (Aut) → Karosserie f
body slam
n (Wrestling) → Wurf m
body snatcher
n → Leichenräuber(in) m(f)
body stocking
n → Body(stocking) m
body-surf
vi → bodysurfen
body-surfing
n no pl → Bodysurfing nt
body temperature
n → Körpertemperatur f
body warmer
n → Thermoweste f
body wash
n → Duschgel nt
bodywork
n (Aut) → Karosserie f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
body
[ˈbɒdɪ] na. (of person, animal) → corpo; (dead body) → corpo, cadavere m
to keep body and soul together → tirare avanti
over my dead body! → neanche se mi ammazzi!
to keep body and soul together → tirare avanti
over my dead body! → neanche se mi ammazzi!
b. (main part, of structure) → corpo; (of car) → carrozzeria; (of plane) → fusoliera; (of ship) → scafo, corpo; (of speech, document) → parte f principale
c. (mass, collection, of facts) → massa, quantità f inv; (of laws) → raccolta; (of people, water) → massa; (of troops) → grosso
the student body → gli studenti
in a body → in massa
the student body → gli studenti
in a body → in massa
d. (organization) → associazione f, organizzazione f, ente m
legislative body → organo legislativo
ruling body → direttivo
legislative body → organo legislativo
ruling body → direttivo
f. (also body stocking) → body m inv
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
body
(ˈbodi) – plural ˈbodies – noun1. the whole frame of a man or animal including the bones and flesh. Athletes have to look after their bodies.
2. a dead person. The battlefield was covered with bodies.
3. the main part of anything. the body of the hall.
4. a mass. a huge body of evidence.
5. a group of persons acting as one. professional bodies.
ˈbodily adjective of the body. bodily needs.
adverb by the entire (physical) body. They lifted him bodily and carried him off.
ˈbodyguard noun a guard or guards to protect (especially an important person). the president's bodyguard.
ˈbody language noun body movements, facial expressions etc that show what a person (really) feels or thinks.
ˈbodywork noun the outer casing of a car etc. The bodywork of his new car has rusted already.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
body
→ جِسْم tělo krop Körper σώμα cuerpo keho corps tijelo corpo 体 몸 lichaam kropp ciało corpo тело kropp ร่างกาย beden cơ thể 身体Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
bod·y
n. cuerpo; [dead] cadáver; tronco; materia, sustancia;
___ fluid → líquido corporal;
___ height → estatura;
___ temperature → temperatura corporal;
___ weight → peso corporal;
___ wall → tronco.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
body
adj corporal; n (pl bodies) cuerpo; — heat calor m corporal; — language lenguaje m corporal; — odor olor m corporal; foreign — cuerpo extraño; out-of-body experience experiencia — extracorpórea or extracorporal; upper — parte f superior del cuerpoEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.