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bod·y
body
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- pronunciation:
- ba
di
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Explorer
part of speech: |
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bodies |
definition 1: |
the physical substance and form of a person or animal, including limbs, organs, tissue, and all other parts.
The disease caused a rash all over the patient's body.
- antonyms:
- soul
- similar words:
- figure, form, frame, person, physique, soma, system
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definition 2: |
a dead body of a human being; corpse.
Some hikers came across a body in the woods and called the police.- synonyms:
- carcass, corpse
- similar words:
- cadaver, remains, stiff
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definition 3: |
the torso of a person or animal.
A lizard has a long body and short legs.- synonyms:
- torso, trunk
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definition 4: |
the main part of anything.
The body of the rocket will remain in orbit.- synonyms:
- bulk, core, mass
- similar words:
- kernel, lion's share, majority, preponderance, weight
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definition 5: |
a group of people, things, or ideas regarded in its entirety.
the student bodya body of knowledge- similar words:
- aggregation, core, corporation, crowd, group, mass
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definition 6: |
a large portion of land, water, air, or other matter with specific boundaries.
Oceans and lakes are bodies of water.
- similar words:
- area, territory
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definition 7: |
fullness or strength.
Her hair is a nice color but it has no body.a wine with body- synonyms:
- fullness, substance
- similar words:
- density, richness
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related words: |
band, build, category, class, contingent, force, literature, object, organism, thing |
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automatic reactions of the body |
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allergy, reflex, shock |
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conventionally associated with the body |
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mind, soul |
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some accessories for the body |
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armor, clothing, cosmetic, jewelry, razor |
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some activities of the body |
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digest, excrete, exercise, perspire, secrete, sweat |
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some conditions of the body |
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balance, breakdown, health, hypothermia, illness, paralysis, tension, unconsciousness |
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some descriptions of the body |
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burly, muscular, short, stout, strong, sturdy, tall, weak |
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some kinds of damage to the body |
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cripple, frostbite, sore, sprain, wound |
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some movements of the body |
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bend, bow, creep, crouch, curtsy, dance, duck, jump, reach, shake, somersault, squirm, stoop, stroke, twitch, wriggle |
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some parts of the body |
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abdomen, arm, back, bone, brain, breast, buttock, chest, extremity, finger, foot, gland, hair, hand, head, hips, joint, lap, leg, limb, muscle, neck, nerves, organ, penis, shoulder, skeleton, skin, thorax, tissue, toe, trunk, vagina, waist |
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some positions of the body |
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attention, attitude, pose, posture |
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some representations of the body |
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bust, doll, dummy, statue |
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some terms for the shape of the body |
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build, figure, form, frame |
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some things that affect the body |
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drug, exercise, food, gravity, massage, medicine, mineral, nutrient, rest, sleep, vitamin, water |
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some things that are done to the body |
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acupuncture, autopsy, burial, checkup, implant, injection, spank, surgery, transplant |
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some things that are produced by the body |
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antitoxin, cell, hormone, insulin, lymph, mucus, red blood cell, sweat, waste, white blood cell |
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some things the body is able to do |
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express, feel, gesture, move, sense |
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study of the body |
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anatomy |
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