body

About 199.30 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Physical frame. The physical structure of a human or animal seen as one single organism. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}

   I saw them walking from a distance, their bodies strangely angular in the dawn light.

2. noun The physical structure of a human or animal seen as one single organism. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}

   I saw them walking from a distance, their bodies strangely angular in the dawn light.

3. noun The fleshly or corporeal nature of a human, as opposed to the spirit or soul.

   The body is driven by desires, but the soul is at peace.

4. noun A corpse.

   Her body was found at four o’clock, just two hours after the murder.

5. noun A murder.

   His gun had two bodies on it.

6. noun A person.

   What’s a body gotta do to get a drink around here?

7. noun A human being, regarded as marginalized or oppressed.
8. noun Main section. The torso, the main structure of a human or animal frame excluding the extremities (limbs, head, tail).

   The boxer took a blow to the body.

Similar words

consistence personify consistency torso trunk dead body organic structure physical structure bodily corporal

Often followed by

of and is to was in weight as with

Word family

bodied bodies bodying