body

CEFRA1

/ˈbɒd.iː/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The physical structure of a person or animal.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Physical frame., A corpse.

Examples

  • A bear will not touch a dead body.

  • The climate has much to do with our mind and body.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • [ˈbɑ.ɾɪi̯]
  • /ˈbɑ.di/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Physical frame., The fleshly or corporeal nature of a human, as opposed to the spirit or soul.

  2. Physical frame.

  3. The physical structure of a human or animal seen as one single organism.

More examples

In context

  • The human body is a complex structure.

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

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

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English body, bodi, bodiȝ, from Old English bodiġ, bodeġ (“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 (“body, corpse, trunk, torso”) (whence Swabian Bottich (“body, torso”), Bavarian Bottich (“body, torso, carcass; lower part of a shirt or jacket”)).