body has definitions from the fields of transportation,zoology
1
[ noun ] the entire physical structure of an organism (especially an animal or human being)

Examples

"he felt as if his whole body were on fire"

Used in print

(Walter H. Buchsbaum, "Advances in Medical Electronics"...)

A sonar or radar type of pulse_generator and time-delay_measuring_system is required for body tissue evaluation .

Because the body contains so much liquid , transmission of ultrasonic signals proceeds fairly well in muscles and blood_vessels .

The transducer is coupled to the body through a water bath , not shown .

(Bell I. Wiley, "Home Letters of Johnny Reb and Billy...)

`` Now I lay me down to sleep , The gray-backs o ' er my body creep ; If they should bite before I wake , I pray the Lord their jaws to break '' `` .

(Kenneth Allsop, The Bootleggers and Their Era...)

He had a round , frank Irish face , creased in a jovial grin that stayed bleakly in_place even when he was pumping bullets into someone 's body .

2
[ noun ] body of a dead animal or person

Synonyms

dead_body

Examples

"they found the body in the lake"

Used in print

(L. Don Leet and Florence J. Leet, editors, The World of...)

Not until they sailed home at the end of the day , through a sea strewn with bodies and the wreckage of houses , were they aware of what had happened .

(Richard S. Prather, "The Bawdy Beautiful," Cavalier...)

A_few yards beyond the group of men , a man 's nude body lay face down on a patch of thick green dichondra .

Actually , only two men know what the formula is , Blake and '' - He stopped and looked at Thor 's body .

3
[ noun ] a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity

Examples

"the whole body filed out of the auditorium"

Used in print

(The Atlanta Constitution...)

Schley_County_Rep._B._D._Pelham will offer a resolution Monday in the House to rescind the body 's action of Friday in voting itself a $ 10 per day increase in expense allowances .

(Joyce O. Hertzler, American Social Institutions;...)

In America also all_of our major religious bodies officially sanction a universalistic ethic which is reflective of our common religion .

(Glayds H. Barr, The Master of Geneva....)

The canons , in a body , had tried to force him on his deathbed to let them give him the last_rites of the Church , but he had died still proclaiming salvation by faith .

4
[ noun ] (zoology) the body excluding the head and neck and limbs

Synonyms

torso trunk

Examples

"they moved their arms and legs and bodies"

Used in print

(Mr. America, 4:6...)

But he was totally dissatisfied with his upper body .

(Bonnie Prudden, "The Dancer and the Gymnast"...)

As strength improves start in a standing position with legs wide apart and upper body bent forward .

(William S. Haymond, "Is Distance an Original...)

This meant , concretely , that the patient could not read at_all without making writing like movements of the head or body , became easily confused by `` hasher_marks '' inserted between hand-written words and thus confused the mark for one of the letters , and could recognize a simple straight_line or a curved one only by tracing it .

Then he might finally recognize it , apparently by combining the visual blot , actually being seen , with tactual feelings in_the_head or body accompanying the tracing movements .

(Evan Esar, Humorous English; a guide to comic ,...)

In news items a man is less often shot in the body or head than in the suburbs .

5
[ noun ] an individual 3-dimensional object that has mass and that is distinguishable from other objects

Examples

"heavenly body"

Used in print

(Richard I. McCosh, "Recreation Site Selection"...)

Frontage on a body of clear , clean water will be vastly different from the same amount of frontage on polluted water .

(J. W. C. Hagstrom et al., "Debilitating muscular...)

The bone of the vertebral bodies , ribs , and sternum was soft and was easily compressed .

The marrow of the vertebral bodies was pale and showed areas of fatty replacement .

(A. N. Nagaraj and L. M. Black, "Localization of...)

In some tumor sections small spherical bodies , possibly inclusion_bodies ( Littau and Black , 1952 ) stained more intensely than the rest of cytoplasm and probably contained more antigen .

(Evan Esar, Humorous English; a guide to comic ,...)

The bodies must be cleaned and seats wiped_off '' .

6
[ noun ] a collection of particulars considered as a system

Examples

"a body of law" "a body of doctrine" "a body of precedents"

Used in print

(Joyce O. Hertzler, American Social Institutions;...)

The credo unifies and socializes men by attaching them completely to an identical body of doctrine ; the more extensive and firm the body of doctrine , the firmer the group .

The credo unifies and socializes men by attaching them completely to an identical body of doctrine ; the more extensive and firm the body of doctrine , the firmer the group .

Related terms

system

7
[ noun ] (transportation) the external structure of a vehicle

Examples

"the body of the car was badly rusted"

Related terms

structure fuselage bodywork

8
[ noun ] the property of holding together and retaining its shape

Examples

"when the dough has enough consistency it is ready to bake"

Used in print

(Organic Gardening and Farming,...)

I fingered it and had the feeling of adequacy that comes_with the right texture , tilth and body .

(Joyce O. Hertzler, American Social Institutions;...)

Closely related to this function is the fact that the religious system provides a body of ultimate ends for the society , which are compatible with the supreme eternal ends .

9
[ noun ] the central message of a communication

Examples

"the body of the message was short"

Used in print

(Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)

The horrifying humor , the specifically sexual embarrassment of the joke gone_wrong , the monstrous image of the fat man dressed_up as a whore dressing_up as a baby ; the epiphany of that quivering flesh ; the bringing_together around it of the secret liaison between indolent , mindless sensuality and sharp , shrewd talent , cleverness with an occasional touch of genius ( which , however , does not know `` how to attack the problem of suffering '' ) ; the miraculous way in which music , revelation and death are associated in a single instant - all this seems a triumph of art , a rather desperate art , in itself ; beyond itself , also , it evokes numerous and distant resonances from the entire body of Mann 's work .

Related terms

message narration address

10
[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 11915
11
[ verb ] invest with or as with a body; give body to

Synonyms

personify

Related terms

embody personification

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