1. the physical structure and material substance of an animal or plant, living or dead.
2. a corpse; carcass.
3. the trunk or main mass of a thing: the body of a tree.
4. the physical structure of a human being or animal, not including the head, limbs, and tail; trunk; torso.
5. the principal mass of a building.
6. the section of a vehicle, usually in the shape of a box, cylindrical container, or platform, in or on which passengers or the load is carried.
7. the hull of a ship.
8. the fuselage of a plane.
9. the shank of a type, supporting the face.
10. a figure having the three dimensions of length, breadth, and thickness; a solid.
11. a mass, especially one considered as a whole.
12. the major portion of an army, population, etc.: The body of the American people favors the president's policy.
13. the principal part of a speech or document, minus introduction, conclusion, indexes, etc.
14. a person: She's a quiet sort of body.
15. the physical person of an individual.
16. a collective group: student body;corporate body.
17. an object in space, as a planet or star.
18. a separate physical mass or quantity, especially as distinguished from other masses or quantities.
19. consistency or density; richness; substance: This wine has good body.Wool has more body than rayon.
20. the part of a dress that covers the trunk or the part of the trunk above the waist.
21. the basic material of which a ceramic article is made.

22. to invest with or as with a body.
23. to represent in bodily form (usually followed by forth).

24. of or relating to the body; bodily.
25. of or relating to the main reading matter of a book, article, etc., as opposed to headings, illustrations, or the like.

26. as a group; together; collectively: We left the party in a body.
27. to support oneself; maintain life: Few writers can make enough to keep body and soul together without another occupation.

• the entire physical structure of an animal or human being
• (as modifier)
2. the flesh, as opposed to the spirit
3. 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
6. a separate or distinct mass of water or land
7. the main part; majority
8. the central part of a written work
9. a number of individuals regarded as a single entity; group
10. a three-dimensional region with an interior
11. an object or substance that has three dimensions, a mass, and is distinguishable from surrounding objects
12. 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
14. substance or firmness, esp of cloth
15. the sound box of a guitar, violin, or similar stringed instrument
16. a woman's close-fitting one-piece garment for the torso
17. the part of a dress covering the body from the shoulders to the waist
18. another name for shank (def. 11)
• the pigment contained in or added to paint, dye, etc
• the opacity of a paint in covering a surface
• the apparent viscosity of a paint
20. (in watercolour painting)
• a white filler mixed with pigments to make them opaque
• (as modifier)
21. 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. to manage to keep alive; survive
24. of or relating to the main reading matter of a book as distinct from headings, illustrations, appendices, etc

25. to give a body or shape to

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