body
Other forms: bodies; bodied; bodying
Your body is everything that makes up your physical self, including your skin, bones, muscles, and organs. Your whole body might hurt after a day spent learning to snowboard.
All animals have a body, and you can also describe some inanimate objects as having a body. For example, a car's body is its main section, mostly made of metal and plastic. A written work's body is the major part of a text, generally not including things like introductions or epilogues. In science, a body is simply any separate object that has mass. The Old English root, bodig, means "man or animal's trunk or chest."
Definitions of body
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an individual 3-dimensional object that has mass and that is distinguishable from other objects“heavenly body”types:chromosomea threadlike strand of DNA in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear ordercellular inclusion, inclusion, inclusion bodyany small intracellular body found within another (characteristic of certain diseases)massa body of matter without definite shapeparticle, subatomic particlea body having finite mass and internal structure but negligible dimensionsvirion(virology) a complete viral particle; nucleic acid and capsid (and a lipid envelope in some viruses)sex chromosome(genetics) a chromosome that determines the sex of an individualautosome, somatic chromosomeany chromosome that is not a sex chromosome; appear in pairs in body cells but as single chromosomes in spermatozoaacentric chromosomea chromosome lacking a centromereacrocentric chromosomea chromosome with the centromere near one end so that one chromosomal arm is short and one is longmetacentric chromosomea chromosome having two equal arms because the centromere is in median positiontelocentric chromosomea chromosome like a straight rod with the centromere in terminal positionalpha particlea positively charged particle that is the nucleus of the helium atom; emitted from natural or radioactive isotopesbeta particlea high-speed electron or positron emitted in the decay of a radioactive isotopebosonany particle that obeys Bose-Einstein statistics but not the Pauli exclusion principle; all nuclei with an even mass number are bosonsdeuteronthe nucleus of deuterium; consists of one proton and one neutron; used as a bombarding particle in acceleratorsdrifta large mass of material that is heaped up by the wind or by water currentselementary particle, fundamental particle(physics) a particle that is less complex than an atom; regarded as constituents of all matterfermionany particle that obeys Fermi-Dirac statistics and is subject to the Pauli exclusion principleiona particle that is electrically charged (positive or negative); an atom or molecule or group that has lost or gained one or more electronsmagnetic monopolea hypothetical particle with a single magnetic pole instead of the usual twomata mass that is densely tangled or interwovenmicellean electrically charged particle built up from polymeric molecules or ions and occurring in certain colloidal electrolytic solutions like soaps and detergentsplasmid, plasmid DNAa small cellular inclusion consisting of a ring of DNA that is not in a chromosome but is capable of autonomous replicationprion(microbiology) an infectious protein particle similar to a virus but lacking nucleic acid; thought to be the agent responsible for scrapie and other degenerative diseases of the nervous systemvirino(microbiology) a hypothetical infectious particle thought to be the cause of scrapie and other degenerative diseases of the central nervous system; consists of nucleic acid in a protective coat of host cell proteinsscintillaa sparkling glittering particlesuperstringa hypothetical particle that is the elementary particle in a theory of space-timethermionan electrically charged particle (electron or ion) emitted by a substance at a high temperaturetype of:natural objectan object occurring naturally; not made by man
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the main mass of a thingtype of:massthe property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field
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the entire structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)“he felt as if his whole body were on fire”synonyms: organic structure, physical structuretypes:life formthe characteristic bodily form of a mature organismanatomy, bod, build, chassis, figure, flesh, form, frame, human body, material body, physical body, physique, shape, somaalternate name for the body of a human beinglive bodythe body of a living animal or personpersona human body (usually including the clothing)systemthe living body considered as made up of interdependent components forming a unified wholejuvenile bodythe body of a young personadult bodythe body of an adult human beingmale bodythe body of a male human beingfemale bodythe body of a female human beingtype of:natural objectan object occurring naturally; not made by man
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the body excluding the head and neck and limbs
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a natural object consisting of a dead animal or person“they found the body in the lake”synonyms: dead bodytypes:carrionthe dead and rotting body of an animal; unfit for human foodroadkillthe dead body of an animal that has been killed on a road by a vehiclemummya body embalmed and dried and wrapped for burial (as in ancient Egypt)cremainsthe remains of a dead body after cremationtype of:natural objectan object occurring naturally; not made by man
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a resonating chamber in a musical instrument (as the body of a violin)synonyms: soundboxtype of:cavity resonator, resonating chamber, resonatora hollow chamber whose dimensions allow the resonant oscillation of electromagnetic or acoustic waves
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the external structure of a vehicle
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invest with or as with a body; give body to
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a collection of particulars considered as a system
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the central message of a communication
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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”types:publica body of people sharing some common interestChristendom, Christianitythe collective body of Christians throughout the world and history (found predominantly in Europe and the Americas and Australia)churchthe body of people who attend or belong to a particular local churchCollege of Cardinals, Sacred College(Roman Catholic Church) the body of cardinals who advise the Pope and elect new Popesadministration, brass, establishment, governance, governing body, organisation, organizationthe persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering somethingcorpsa body of people associated togetherconstituencythe body of voters who elect a representative for their areaelectoral collegethe body of electors who formally elect the United States president and vice presidentschoola body of creative artists or writers or thinkers linked by a similar style or by similar teacherscollegethe body of faculty and students of a collegeuniversitythe body of faculty and students at a universityrepresentationa body of legislators that serve in behalf of some constituencycolony, settlementa 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 governmentulama, ulemathe 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 communitymilitiathe entire body of physically fit civilians eligible by law for military serviceoppositiona body of people united in opposing somethingimmigrationthe body of immigrants arriving during a specified intervalinspectoratea body of inspectorsjurya body of citizens sworn to give a true verdict according to the evidence presented in a court of lawpanela group of people gathered for a special purpose as to plan or discuss an issue or judge a contest etcenrollment, registrationthe body of people (such as students) who register or enroll at the same timevotea body of voters who have the same interestsdiasporathe body of Jews (or Jewish communities) outside Palestine or modern IsraelRomethe leadership of the Roman Catholic ChurchCuria(Roman Catholic Church) the central administration governing the Roman Catholic Churchprofessionthe body of people in a learned occupationtop brassthe most important persons in a governing bodyexecutivepersons who administer the lawAshcan School, Eighta group of United States painters founded in 1907 and noted for their realistic depictions of sordid aspects of city lifedeconstructivisma school of architecture based on the philosophical theory of deconstructionhistorical schoola school of 19th century German economists and legal philosophers who tried to explain modern economic systems in evolutionary or historical termspointillisma school of painters who used a technique of painting with tiny dots of pure colors that would blend in the viewer's eye; developed by Georges Seurat and his followers late in 19th century Francegownthe members of a university as distinguished from the other residents of the town in which the university is locatedvarsitya British abbreviation of 'university'; usually refers to Oxford University or Cambridge Universitycounty councilthe elected governing body of a countyPlantationa newly established colony (especially in the colonization of North America)proprietary colonya colony given to a proprietor to govern (in 17th century)managementthose in charge of running a businesspress corpsa group of journalists representing different publications who all cover the same topicsINC, Iraqi National Congressa heterogeneous collection of groups united in their opposition to Saddam Hussein's government of Iraq; formed in 1992 it is comprised of Sunni and Shiite Arabs and Kurds who hope to build a new governmenthigh command, supreme headquartersthe highest leaders in an organization (e.g. the commander-in-chief and senior officers of the military)grand jurya jury to inquire into accusations of crime and to evaluate the grounds for indictmentshung jurya jury that is unable to agree on a verdict (the result is a mistrial)petit jury, petty jurya jury of 12 to determine the facts and decide the issue in civil or criminal proceedingsblue ribbon jury, special jurya jury whose members are selected for special knowledge for a case involving complicated issuesart nouveaua French school of art and architecture popular in the 1890s; characterized by stylized natural forms and sinuous outlines of such objects as leaves and vines and flowerslake poetsEnglish poets at the beginning of the 19th century who lived in the Lake District and were inspired by ittype of:social grouppeople sharing some social relation
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the property of holding together and retaining its shape“wool has more body than rayon”synonyms: consistence, consistency, eubstancetypes:gaseousnesshaving the consistency of a gasthicknessresistance to flowthinnessa consistency of low viscosityhardnessthe property of being rigid and resistant to pressure; not easily scratched; measured on Mohs scalesoftnessthe property of giving little resistance to pressure and being easily cut or moldedbreakablenessthe consistency of something that breaks under pressureunbreakablenessa consistency of something that does not break under pressurefoaminessthe property of being foamystickinessthe property of sticking to a surfacesliminessa property resembling or being covered with slimecohesiveness, glueyness, gluiness, gumminess, ropiness, tackiness, viscidity, viscidnessthe property of being cohesive and stickysemifluiditya property midway between a solid and a liquidwaterinessthe property of resembling the viscosity of waterfirmnessthe property of being unyielding to the touchincompressibilitythe property of being incompressiblesponginessthe porosity of a spongepermeability, permeablenessthe property of something that can be pervaded by a liquid (as by osmosis or diffusion)compactnessthe consistency of a compact solidtype of:propertya basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class
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