body (countable and uncountable , plural bodies )
Physical frame.
The physical structure of a human or animal seen as one single organism . [from 9th c.]
I saw them walking from a distance, their bodies strangely angular in the dawn light.
The fleshly or corporeal nature of a human, as opposed to the spirit or soul . [from 13th c.]
The body is driven by desires, but the soul is at peace.
A corpse . [from 13th c.]
Her body was found at four o'clock, just two hours after the murder.
( archaic or informal except in compounds) A person . [from 13th c.]
1749 , Henry Fielding , Tom Jones , Folio Society 1973, page 463:
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 [ …]
1876 , Mark Twain , The Adventures of Tom Sawyer , Chapter 28:
Sometime I've set right down and eat WITH him. But you needn't tell that. A body 's got to do things when he's awful hungry he wouldn't want to do as a steady thing.
1913 , Joseph C. Lincoln , chapter 5, in Mr. Pratt's Patients :“Well,” I says, “I cal'late a body could get used to Tophet if he stayed there long enough.” ¶ She flared up; the least mite of a slam at Doctor Wool was enough to set her going.
What's a body gotta do to get a drink around here?
( sociology ) A human being , regarded as marginalized or oppressed.
1999 , Devon Carbado, Black Men on Race, Gender, and Sexuality: A Critical Reader (page 87)
This, of course, was not about the State, but it was certainly an invasion: black bodies acting out in a public domain circumscribed by a racist culture. The Garvey movement presents an example of black bodies transgressing racialized spatial boundaries.
2012 , Trystan T. Cotten, Transgender Migrations (page 3)
In doing so, Haritaworn also rethinks the marginality of transgender bodies and practices in queer movements and spaces.
2016 , Laura Harrison, Brown Bodies, White Babies (page 5)
As the title suggests, this project is particularly interested in how race intersects with reproductive technologies—how brown bodies are deployed in the creation of white babies. Spirit definition The
soul of a person or other creature. What moves through experience into self-definition as souls purpose. (1 of 13
spirit definitions )
Soul definition The
spirit or
essence of a person usually thought to consist of one's thoughts and personality. Often believed to live on after the person's death. (1 of 7
soul definitions )
Sociology definition The study of
society , human
social interaction and the rules and
processes that bind and separate people not only as individuals, but as members of associations, groups and institutions
Main section.
The torso , the main structure of a human or animal frame excluding the extremities (limbs, head, tail). [from 9th c.]
The boxer took a blow to the body .
The largest or most important part of anything, as distinct from its appendages or accessories . [from 11th c.]
The bumpers and front tyres were ruined, but the body of the car was in remarkable shape.
( archaic ) The section of a dress extending from the neck to the waist, excluding the arms. [from 16th c.]
Penny was in the scullery, pressing the body of her new dress.
The content of a letter, message, or other printed or electronic document, as distinct from signatures, salutations, headers, and so on. [from 17th c.]
(The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought): A bodysuit . [from 19th c.]
( programming ) The code of a subroutine , contrasted to its signature and parameters . [from 20th c.]
In many programming languages, the method body is enclosed in braces. Accessory definition Having a secondary, supplementary or subordinate function by
accompanying as a subordinate;
aiding in a secondary way; being additional; being connected as an
incident or subordinate to a principal;
contributing or being
contributory . Said of people and things, and, when of people, usually in a bad sense (1 of 3
accessory definitions )
Bodysuit definition A one-piece, skin-tight
garment rather like a
leotard .
Code definition A short symbol, often with little relation to the item it represents. (1 of 11
code definitions )
Subroutine definition A section of
code , called by the
main body of a
program , that implements a task.
Parameter definition A value kept constant during an experiment, equation, calculation or similar, but varied over other versions of the experiment, equation, calculation, etc. (1 of 8
parameter definitions )
Coherent group.
A group of people having a common purpose or opinion ; a mass . [from 16th c.]
I was escorted from the building by a body of armed security guards.
An organisation , company or other authoritative group. [from 17th c.]
The local train operating company is the managing body for this section of track.
A unified collection of details , knowledge or information . [from 17th c.]
We have now amassed a body of evidence which points to one conclusion. Company definition A
team ; a group of people who work together professionally.
A group of individuals who work together for a common purpose . (1 of 11 company definitions ) Unified definition simple past tense and past participle of unify Detail definition Something small enough to escape casual notice. (1 of 9
detail definitions )
Knowledge definition The fact of
knowing about something; general understanding or familiarity with a subject, place, situation etc. (1 of 12
knowledge definitions )
Information definition That which resolves uncertainty; anything that answers the question of "what a given entity is". (1 of 13
information definitions )
Material entity.
Any physical object or material thing. [from 14th c.]
All bodies are held together by internal forces.
( uncountable ) Substance; physical presence. [from 17th c.]
1922 , Virginia Woolf , Jacob's Room Chapter 1
The voice had an extraordinary sadness. Pure from all body , pure from all passion, going out into the world, solitary, unanswered, breaking against rocks—so it sounded.
We have given body to what was just a vague idea.
( uncountable ) Comparative viscosity , solidity or substance (in wine, colours etc.). [from 17th c.]
The red wine, sadly, lacked body .
An agglomeration of some substance, especially one that would be otherwise uncountable.
1806 June 26, Thomas Paine, "The cause of Yellow Fever and the means of preventing it, in places not yet infected with it, addressed to the Board of Health in America", The political and miscellaneous works of Thomas Paine , page 179:
In a gentle breeze, the whole body of air, as far as the breeze extends, moves at the rate of seven or eight miles an hour; in a high wind, at the rate of seventy, eighty, or an hundred miles an hour [ …]
2012 March 19, Helge Løseth, Nuno Rodrigues and Peter R. Cobbold, "World's largest extrusive body of sand? ", Geology , volume 40, issue 5
Using three-dimensional seismic and well data from the northern North Sea, we describe a large (10 km3 ) body of sand and interpret it as extrusive.
2018 , VOA Learning English > China's Melting Glacier Brings Visitors, Adds to Climate Concerns
The huge body of ice is in the southeastern edge of a Central Asian region called the Third Pole.
The English Channel is a body of water lying between Great Britain and France.
( printing ) The shank of a type , or the depth of the shank (by which the size is indicated).
a nonpareil face on an agate body
( geometry ) A three-dimensional object, such as a cube or cone.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Pages starting with “body” .
Translations
physical structure of a human or animal
Afrikaans: liggaam (af)
Ainu: ネトパケ ( netopake ) , トゥマㇺ ( tumam ) , トゥママ ( tumama )
Albanian: trup (sq) m
Aleut: ingiyux
Angor: fi
Apache:
Western Apache: kitsʼį́hzí
Arabic: بَدَن (ar) m ( badan ) , جِسْم (ar) m ( jism ) , جَسَد m ( jasad )
Egyptian Arabic: جسم m ( gesm ) , بدن m ( badan )
Hijazi Arabic: جِسِم m ( jisim )
Moroccan Arabic: جسم m ( jism )
Armenian: մարմին (hy) ( marmin )
Aromanian: corpu
Assamese: শৰীৰ ( xorir ) , গা ( ga )
Asturian: cuerpu (ast) m
Avestan: 𐬙𐬀𐬥𐬎 ( tanu ) , 𐬐𐬆𐬵𐬭𐬞 ( kəhrp )
Azerbaijani: bədən (az) , vücud (az)
Bashkir: тән ( tän )
Basque: soin (eu)
Belarusian: це́ла n ( cjéla )
Bengali: শরীর ( śôrīr ) , দেহ ( dehô ) , জেসম (bn) ( jeśôm ) , ওজুদ ( ojud )
Breton: korv m
Bulgarian: тя́ло (bg) n ( tjálo )
Burmese: ကိုယ် (my) ( kuiy ) , ကာယ (my) ( kaya. ) , ခန္ဓာ (my) ( hkandha )
Buryat: бэе ( beje )
Catalan: cos (ca) m
Central Sierra Miwok: míw·eˀa- ( human body )
Chamicuro: c̈homakano
Cherokee: ( his/her/its body ) ᎠᏰᎸᎢ ( ayelvi )
Chinese:
Cantonese: 身體 , 身体 ( san1 tai2 )
Mandarin: 身體 (zh) , 身体 (zh) ( shēntǐ )
Chukchi: uwik
Chuvash: ӳт ( üt )
Coptic: ⲥⲱⲙⲁ m ( sōma ) , ϣⲟⲗϩⲥ f ( šolhs )
Crimean Tatar: kevde n
Czech: tělo (cs) n
Dalmatian: cuarp m , quarp m
Danish: krop (da) c
Dutch: lichaam (nl) n
Eastern Mari: кап ( kap )
Esperanto: korpo (eo)
Estonian: keha
Faroese: kroppur m
Finnish: ruumis (fi) , keho (fi) , elimistö (fi)
French: corps (fr) m
Friulian: cuarp m
Galician: corpo (gl) m
Georgian : სხეული ( sxeuli ) , ტანი ( ṭani )
German: Körper (de) m , Leib (de) m ( elevated )
Gothic: 𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺 ( leik )
Greek: σώμα (el) n ( sóma )
Ancient: σῶμα n ( sôma )
Greenlandic: timi
Guaraní: rete , tete (gn)
Guinea-Bissau Creole: kurpu
Gujarati: શરીર (gu) ( śarīr )
Hawaiian: kino
Hebrew: גוּף (he) m ( gúf )
Hindi: शरीर (hi) m ( śarīr ) , देह (hi) m or f ( deh ) , बदन (hi) m ( badan ) , तन (hi) ( tan )
Hungarian: test (hu)
Icelandic: líkami (is) m
Ido: korpo (io)
Indonesian: tubuh (id) , badan (id)
Interlingue: córpor
Inuktitut: ᑎᒥ (iu) ( timi )
Irish: corp (ga) m
Istriot: cuorpo m
Italian: corpo (it) m
Itelmen: kilx-ɫ uvik
Ivatan: karakohan
Japanese: 体 (ja) ( からだ, karada )
Javanese: badan
Kabuverdianu: korpu , korpe
Kalenjin: borto
Kalmyk: цогц ( tsogts ) , бий ( biy )
Kannada: ಮೈ (kn) ( mai ) , ಶರೀರ (kn) ( śarīra )
Kapampangan: katawan
Kazakh: дене (kk) ( dene )
Khmer: តួ (km) ( tuə ) , រាងកាយ ( riəng kaay ) , ខ្លួន (km) ( khluən ) , តួខ្លួន ( tuə khluən )
Korean: 몸 (ko) ( mom ) , 신체 (ko) ( sinche )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: لەش (ku) ( leş )
Northern Kurdish: beden (ku)
Kyrgyz: дене (ky) ( dene ) , тулку (ky) ( tulku )
Ladin: corp m
Lao: ຮ່າງກາຍ ( hāng kāi ) , ກາຍ (lo) ( kāi )
Latgalian: augums m
Latin: corpus (la) n
Latvian: ķermenis m
Lithuanian: kūnas (lt) m
Luxembourgish: Kierper (lb) m
Macedonian: те́ло (mk) n ( télo )
Malay: badan (ms) , tubuh (ms)
Malayalam: ശരീരം (ml) ( śarīraṃ )
Maltese: ġisem m
Maori: tinana
Marathi: शरीर ( śarīr )
Mazanderani: تن , بتیم
Megleno-Romanian: trup
Meru: mwiri
Middle Persian: tan
Miyako: ドゥー ( dū )
Mongolian: бие (mn) ( bije )
Mwani: mwiri
Nama: soros
Navajo: atsʼíís , hatsʼíís
Nepali: शरीर ( śarīr )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kropp (no) m
Nynorsk: kropp (no) m
Occitan: còs (oc) m
Ojibwe: ( my body ) niiyaw
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: тѣло n ( tělo )
Glagolitic: ⱅⱑⰾⱁ n ( tělo )
Old English: līchama m
Old Occitan: corps
Old Persian: [script needed] ( tanu )
Ottoman Turkish: جسم ( cism ) , تن ( ten ) , وجود ( vücûd ) , بدن ( beden )
Papiamentu: kurpa
Pashto: بدن (ps) m ( badán ) , باډۍ (ps) f ( bāḍǝ́y )
Persian: بدن (fa) ( badan ) , تن (fa) ( tan ) , پیکر (fa) ( peykar )
Polish: ciało (pl) n , organizm (pl) m
Portuguese: corpo (pt) m
Punjabi: ਬਦਨ m ( badan ) , ਸਰੀਰ (pa) m ( sarīr ) , ਦੇਹ f ( dēh )
Quechua: kurku
Romani: trupo m
Romanian: corp (ro) n , trup (ro) n
Russian: те́ло (ru) n ( télo )
Saanich: S¸EȽTÁLṈEW̱
Sami:
Northern: rumaš
Southern: kråahpe
Sanskrit: शरीर (sa) n ( śarīra ) , देह (sa) m ( deha ) , तनू (sa) ( tanū )
Santali: ᱪᱳᱞᱚ ( colô )
Scottish Gaelic: corp m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: те̑ло n ( Ekavian ) , тије̑ло n ( Ijekavian ) , тило n ( Ikavian )
Roman: tȇlo (sh) n ( Ekavian ) , tijȇlo (sh) n ( Ijekavian ) , tilo n ( Ikavian )
Sicilian: corpu (scn) m
Sinhalese: ශරීරය (si) ( śarīraya )
Slovak: telo (sk) n
Slovene: telo (sl) n
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: śěło n
Upper Sorbian: ćĕło n
Spanish: cuerpo (es) m
Svan: ტა̈ნ ( ṭän )
Swahili: mwili (sw)
Swedish: kropp (sv) c
Tajik: ҷисм ( jism ) , бадан (tg) ( badan ) , тан (tg) ( tan )
Tamil: உடல் (ta) ( uṭal )
Tatar: бәдән (tt) ( bädän )
Telugu: శరీరము (te) ( śarīramu ) , కాయము (te) ( kāyamu )
Thai: ร่างกาย (th) ( râang-gaai ) , กาย (th) ( gaai )
Tibetan: སྒལ་པ ( sgal pa ) , གཟུགས་པོ་ ( gzugs po ) , སྐུ་གཟུགས ( sku gzugs ) ( honorific )
Tocharian B: kektseñe
Tok Pisin: bodi
Turkish: vücut (tr) , beden (tr)
Turkmen: beden (tk)
Ukrainian: ті́ло n ( tílo )
Umbundu: etimba
Urdu: بدن m ( badan ) , تن ( tan ) , شریر ( śarīr ) , جسم ( jism ) , دیہ m or f ( deh )
Uyghur: بەدەن ( beden ) , تەن ( ten )
Uzbek: vujud (uz) , badan (uz) , tan (uz)
Venetian: corpo (vec) m , corp m
Vietnamese: thân thể (vi) (身體 ), cơ thể (vi) , thân (vi) , mình (vi) , người (vi)
Volapük: koap (vo)
Walloon: coir (wa) m
Welsh: corff (cy)
West Frisian: liif (fy)
Wolof: yaram (wo)
Yagnobi: тан ( tan )
Yiddish: גוף m ( guf ) , קערפּער m ( kerper )
Yup'ik: tema
Zhuang: ndang
fleshly or corporeal nature of a human
corpse
Albanian: please add this translation if you can
Arabic: جُثَّة f ( juṯṯa ) , جِيفَة f ( jīfa )
Armenian: մարմին (hy) ( marmin )
Asturian: cuerpu (ast) m
Bashkir: мәйет ( mäyet )
Basque: please add this translation if you can
Bulgarian: труп (bg) m ( trup )
Catalan: cos (ca) m , cadàver (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 軀體 (zh) , 躯体 (zh) ( qūtǐ )
Czech: tělo (cs) n
Danish: lig (da) n
Dutch: lijk (nl) n
Esperanto: kadavro
Estonian: laip (et)
Finnish: ruumis (fi) , kalmo (fi)
French: corps (fr) m , cadavre (fr) m , corps sans vie m ( euphemism )
Galician: corpo (gl) m
Georgian : გვამი ( gvami ) , ცხედარი ( cxedari )
German: Leiche (de) f , Leichnam (de) m , Kadaver (de) m
Greek: πτώμα (el) n ( ptóma )
Ancient: πτῶμα n ( ptôma ) , νεκρός (el) m ( nekrós ) , ( Epic ) νέκυς m ( nékus )
Hebrew: גוויה f ( gviyá ) , גופה (he) f ( gufá )
Hindi: please add this translation if you can
Hungarian: holttest (hu)
Icelandic: lík (is) n
Ido: kadavro (io) , korpo (io)
Interlingue: cadavre
Italian: corpo (it) m
Japanese: 死体 (ja) ( したい , shitai)
Khmer: សវ (km) ( sa’va’ ) , សរីរៈ (km) ( sa’rəyra’ )
Korean: 주검 ( jugeom ) , 송장 ( songjang ) , 시신 (ko) ( sisin ) (屍身 (ko) ), 시체 (ko) ( siche ) (屍體 (ko) ), 사체 ( sache ) (死體 (ko) )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: لەش (ku) ( leş )
Latgalian: myrūņs
Latvian: mironis m
Lithuanian: lavonas m
Maori: tūpāpaku
Mongolian: цогцос (mn) ( tsogtsos )
Ngazidja Comorian: maiti
Norman: cadâvre m
Old English: līċ n
Persian: جنازه (fa) ( jenâze ) , کالبد (fa) ( kâlbod ) , لش (fa) ( laš )
Plautdietsch: Leich f
Polish: zwłoki (pl) pl , ciało (pl) n
Portuguese: corpo (pt) m
Romanian: please add this translation if you can
Russian: труп (ru) m ( trup )
Scottish Gaelic: corp m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: тру́пло n , ле̏ш m
Roman: trúplo (sh) n , lȅš (sh) m
Slovak: telo (sk) n , mŕtvola , pozostatky
Slovene: truplo (sl) n
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: śěło n
Spanish: cuerpo (es) m , cadáver (es) m
Swedish: lik (sv) n
Tatar: бәдән (tt) ( bädän )
Thai: ศพ (th) ( sòp )
Tok Pisin: daiman
Turkish: ceset (tr)
Ugaritic: 𐎔𐎂𐎗 ( pgr )
Ukrainian: труп (uk) m ( trup )
Vietnamese: xác (vi) , thây (vi)
Volapük: fun (vo)
Walloon: coir (wa) m , curêye (wa) f ( animals )
torso
Armenian: մարմին (hy) ( marmin ) , իրան (hy) ( iran )
Bashkir: кәүҙә ( käwðä )
Bulgarian: ко́рпус (bg) m ( kórpus )
Catalan: cos (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 軀幹 (zh) , 躯干 (zh) ( qūgàn )
Czech: tělo (cs) n , trup (cs) n
Dutch: corpus (nl) n , lijf (nl) n
Estonian: kere
Finnish: vartalo (fi)
French: torse (fr) m
Galician: corpo (gl) m
German: Rumpf (de) m , Leib (de) m , Torso (de) m
Greek: κορμός (el) m ( kormós )
Hebrew: טורסו m ( tórso ) , גֵו (he) m ( gév ) ( proper ) , גוף (he) m ( gúf )
Hungarian: törzs (hu)
Icelandic: búkur (is) m , bolur (is) m
Ido: korpo (io)
Italian: corpo (it) m
Japanese: 胴体 ( どうたい, dōtai )
Korean: 몸통 (ko) ( momtong )
Lithuanian: (please verify ) approxim. visuma (lt) f
Polish: tułów (pl) m
Portuguese: corpo (pt) m , torso (pt) m
Romanian: trunchi (ro) n , trup (ro) n , tors (ro) n
Russian: ту́ловище (ru) n ( túlovišče ) , ко́рпус (ru) m ( kórpus ) , торс (ru) m ( tors )
Scottish Gaelic: corp m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: тру̑п m , то̏рзо m
Roman: trȗp (sh) m , tȍrzo (sh) m
Slovak: telo (sk) , trup (sk) , driek (sk)
Slovene: trup (sl) m
Spanish: torso (es) m
Swahili: kiwiliwili (sw)
Swedish: kropp (sv) c
Tatar: бәдән (tt) ( bädän )
Telugu: మొండెము (te) ( moṇḍemu )
Vietnamese: thân (vi) , mình (vi)
Walloon: coir (wa) m , bodje (wa)
largest or most important part of anything (e.g. car bodywork)
Italian: carrozzeria (it) f ( of vehicles ) , scafo (it) m ( of boats )
Japanese: 本体 (ja) ( ほんたい, hontai )
Maltese: qafas
Maori: kaunoti , kātua , kōhiwi , tukunui ( of an army )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: ( vehicle ) karosseri (no) n
Nynorsk: ( vehicle ) karosseri n
Polish: korpus (pl) m , kadłub (pl) m , karoseria (pl) f
Portuguese: grosso (pt) m , carroceria (pt) f
Russian: ку́зов (ru) m ( kúzov ) ( of vehicles ) , ко́рпус (ru) m ( kórpus )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: главнѝна f , сре̏дӣште n , тру̑п m , каросѐрија f
Roman: glavnìna (sh) f , srȅdīšte (sh) n , trȗp (sh) m , karosèrija (sh) f
Slovene: trup (sl) m
Spanish: carrocería (es) f ( of vehicles )
Swedish: kaross (sv) c ( of vehicles ) , kropp (sv) c
Turkish: gövde (tr) , karoser (tr)
Uzbek: kuzov (uz)
organisation, company or other authoritative group
Armenian: մարմին (hy) ( marmin )
Bulgarian: организация (bg) f ( organizacija ) , корпорация (bg) f ( korporacija )
Catalan: cos (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 機構 (zh) , 机构 (zh) ( jīgòu ) , 法人 (zh) ( fǎrén )
Czech: orgán (cs) m , organizace (cs) f
Dutch: orgaan (nl) n , organisatie (nl) f
Estonian: asutus
Finnish: elin (fi) , toimielin (fi)
French: organisation (fr) f
German: Körper (de) m , Körperschaft (de) f
Greek: οργανισμός (el) m ( organismós ) , σώμα (el) m ( sóma )
Hebrew: גוף (he) m ( gúf )
Hungarian: testület (hu) , szervezet (hu)
Ido: korpo (io)
Irish: comhlacht m
Italian: organo (it) m , ente (it) m
Maori: hope ( of an army )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: organ (no) n
Nynorsk: organ n
Persian: سازمان (fa) ( sâzmân )
Polish: ciało (pl) n , organ (pl) m
Portuguese: organismo (pt) m , ente (pt) m
Russian: организа́ция (ru) f ( organizácija ) , структу́ра (ru) f ( struktúra ) , соста́в (ru) m ( sostáv ) , о́рган (ru) m ( órgan ) , аппара́т (ru) m ( apparát )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: о̀рга̄н m , тије̑ло n
Roman: òrgān (sh) m , tijȇlo (sh) n
Slovak: organizácia , orgán
Turkish: kuruluş (tr)
Uzbek: sostav (uz)
Vietnamese: phường hội (vi) , xô viết (vi)
group having a common purpose or opinion
Persian: اندام (fa) ( handâm )
Polish: grupa (pl) f , grono (pl) n , oddział (pl) m
Portuguese: organização (pt) f , equipe (pt) f , corpo (pt) m
Russian: гру́ппа (ru) f ( grúppa ) , организа́ция (ru) f ( organizácija )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ску̑п m , мно̀штво n , о̏дре̄д m
Roman: skȕp (sh) m , mnòštvo (sh) n , ȍdrēd (sh) m
Slovak: útvar (sk) , skupina (sk) , masa
Ukrainian: колекти́в m ( kolektýv )
Vietnamese: hội (vi)
any physical object or material thing
substance, material presence
comparative viscosity, solidity or substance
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Verb
body (third-person singular simple present bodies , present participle bodying , simple past and past participle bodied )
To give body or shape to something.
To construct the bodywork of a car.
( transitive ) To embody .
1955 , Philip Larkin, Toads :I don't say, one bodies the other / One's spiritual truth; / But I do say it's hard to lose either, / When you have both.
( transitive , slang , African-American Vernacular ) To murder someone.
( transitive , slang , African-American Vernacular , by extension) To utterly defeat someone.
( transitive , slang , video games ) to hard counter a particular character build or play style . Frequently used in the passive voice form, get bodied by .
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Anagrams
Czech
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From English body , bodysuit .
Noun
body n ( indeclinable )
bodysuit , leotard
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Noun
body
nominative / accusative / vocative / instrumental plural of bod
Anagrams
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English body .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈbɔ.di/
Hyphenation: bo‧dy
Noun
body m (plural body's , diminutive body'tje n )
A leotard .
Body , substance.
Finnish
Pronunciation
Noun
body
snapsuit , diaper shirt, onesies ( infant bodysuit )
Declension
Pronunciation ˈbody :
Inflection of body (Kotus type 1/valo , no gradation)
nominative
body
bodyt
genitive
bodyn
bodyjen
partitive
bodya
bodyja
illative
bodyyn
bodyihin
singular
plural
nominative
body
bodyt
accusative
nom.
body
bodyt
gen.
bodyn
genitive
bodyn
bodyjen
partitive
bodya
bodyja
inessive
bodyssa
bodyissa
elative
bodysta
bodyista
illative
bodyyn
bodyihin
adessive
bodylla
bodyilla
ablative
bodylta
bodyilta
allative
bodylle
bodyille
essive
bodyna
bodyina
translative
bodyksi
bodyiksi
instructive
—
bodyin
abessive
bodytta
bodyitta
comitative
—
bodyineen
Possessive forms of body (type valo )
possessor
singular
plural
1st person
bodyni
bodymme
2nd person
bodysi
bodynne
3rd person
bodynsa
Italian
Pronunciation
Noun
body m (invariable )
leotard
Synonym: calzamaglia
Further reading
body in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line , Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Scots
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English body , bodiȝ , from Old English bodiġ , bodeġ ( “ body, trunk, chest, torso, height, stature ” ) .
Noun
body (plural bodies )
body
person , human being
Spanish
Noun
body m (plural bodys or bodies )
bodysuit