body

Meaning

Noun

1. Physical frame.
2. Physical frame.
3. Physical frame.
4. Physical frame.
5. Physical frame.
6. Main section.
7. Main section.
8. Main section.
9. Main section.
10. Main section.
11. Main section.
12. Main section.
13. Coherent group.
14. Coherent group.
15. Coherent group.
16. Material entity.
17. Material entity.
18. Material entity.
19. Material entity.
20. The shank of a type, or the depth of the shank (by which the size is indicated).
21. A three-dimensional object, such as a cube or cone.

Verb

1. To give body or shape to something.
2. To construct the bodywork of a car.
3. To embody.
4. (slang) To murder someone.
5. (slang) To murder someone.

Hyphenated as

bod‧y

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbɒdi/

Etymology

From Middle English bodi, bodiȝ, from Old English bodiġ (“body, trunk, chest, torso, height, stature”), from Proto-West Germanic *bodag (“body, trunk”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“to be awake, observe”). Cognate with Old High German botah (whence Swabian Bottich (“body, torso”)).