INDEX:
1. the body of a person or animal
2. the shape, size, or strength of a person’s body
3. a part of the body
4. the body of a dead person or animal
5. relating to the body
RELATED WORDS
see also
↑ FAT
↑ THIN
↑ TALL
↑ STRONG
↑ WEAK
↑ HEALTHY/UNHEALTHY
↑ DISABLED
↑ EXERCISE
↑ MOVE/NOT MOVE
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1. the body of a person or animal
▷ body /ˈbɒdiǁˈbɑːdi/ [countable noun]
your body is your head, arms, chest, waist, legs, feet, and all the other physical parts of you :
▪ By the time I got home my body ached all over and I knew I was getting the flu.
▪ If you don’t start taking care of your body, you’re going to have a heart attack one of these days.
the human body
▪ There are over 1000 muscles in the human body.
2. the shape, size, or strength of a person’s body
▷ body /ˈbɒdiǁˈbɑːdi/ [countable noun]
the shape, size, and appearance of someone’s body :
▪ Calvin was not happy with his body, no matter how much he exercised.
▪ Jane Fonda has an amazing body for a woman of her age.
▷ build /bɪld/ [singular noun]
the natural size and shape of someone’s body :
▪ You’re exactly the right build for a rugby player -- you’ve got good strong broad shoulders.
▪ He looks rather like me -- we both have the same build.
of medium/slim/large/small etc build
▪ The man the police are looking for is about thirty years old, blond, and of medium build.
▷ figure /ˈfɪgəʳǁˈfɪgjər/ [countable noun usually singular]
the shape of someone’s body, especially a woman’s body :
▪ When she was younger, Margaret was good-looking and charming, and had a lovely figure.
▪ Susie wore a close-fitting black dress which made the most of her figure.
keep your figure
keep your body an attractive shape
▪ She eats enormous meals but still manages to keep her figure.
get your figure back
make your body an attractive shape again after having a baby etc
▪ Exercise and a sensible diet will help you get your figure back after having a baby.
▷ physique /fɪˈziːk, fəˈziːk/ [singular noun]
the shape of someone’s body, especially a man’s body - used especially to say how strong they look :
▪ William was tall and handsome and had a slim, muscular physique.
▪ Brad had a superb physique and the looks of a young Marlon Brando.
3. a part of the body
▷ part of the body /ˌpɑːʳt əv ðə ˈbɒdiǁ-ˈbɑːdi/ [noun phrase]
▪ The cancer may have spread to other parts of her body.
▪ More heat is lost through the head than through any other part of the body.
▪ Each exercise is designed to build up muscles in a different part of your body.
▷ body /ˈbɒdiǁˈbɑːdi/ [countable noun]
someone’s body, not including the head, legs, or arms :
▪ Mr Price’s long body and short arms and legs gave him a rather strange appearance.
▪ The black widow spider has red-orange markings on its body.
▪ Baby monkeys cling to their mothers’ bodies until they are old enough to start climbing by themselves.
▷ torso /ˈtɔːʳsəʊ/ [countable noun]
the main part of a person’s body, but not including the head, arms, or legs :
▪ Kevin liked to walk around the house in nothing but a pair of jeans, showing off his muscular torso.
▪ The search led to the discovery of a headless torso in the woods.
▷ limb /lɪm/ [countable noun] formal
an arm or a leg :
▪ When babies are born they have very little control over their limbs.
▪ Hundreds of children have lost limbs after stepping on mines.
▪ The calf stood up slowly, with trembling limbs and took its first, uncertain steps.
▷ organ /ˈɔːʳgən/ [countable noun]
a part of a body, for example the heart or lungs, that does a particular job :
▪ The liver is an extremely complex organ.
▪ This diagram shows the position of the main organs of speech.
vital organs
the most important organs such as the heart
▪ Her vital organs are intact and she has a good chance of recovery.
4. the body of a dead person or animal
▷ body /ˈbɒdiǁˈbɑːdi/ [countable noun]
the body of someone who has recently died :
▪ Police found the body of a young boy in Epping Forest last night.
▪ The woman fell to her knees beside her son’s body and began crying and wailing.
▪ The bodies of the two soldiers were buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery.
dead body
▪ The first time I ever saw a dead body was at my grandfather’s funeral.
▷ corpse /kɔːʳps/ [countable noun]
the body of a dead person, used when you consider the body as an object and not as a person :
▪ Thieves are digging up corpses in order to steal jewellery and gold teeth.
▪ The streets were filled with the stench of decaying corpses.
▷ remains /rɪˈmeɪnz/ [plural noun]
the parts of someone’s body that remain after they die, especially after their body has been dead for a long time :
▪ They found the remains of a young woman under the floor boards.
▪ These rocks contain the fossilised remains of extinct animals.
▪ The architect’s remains are interred in St Paul’s cathedral.
▷ ashes /ˈæʃɪz, ˈæʃəz/ [plural noun]
the white powder that is left after a body has been burned as part of a funeral ceremony :
▪ They burned Gandhi’s body and scattered the ashes on the waters of the Jumna river.
▪ Kay kept her father’s ashes in an urn on the mantelpiece.
5. relating to the body
▷ physical /ˈfɪzɪk ə l/ [adjective]
relating to the body, not the mind :
▪ Your son appears to be in good physical health.
▪ She has suffered terrible physical as well as emotional abuse for over 12 years.
▪ A lot of British people avoid physical contact with strangers.
▪ Man’s primary needs are physical -- food, drink and sleep.
physical fitness
▪ Nearly three quarters of the women surveyed said they were satisfied with their physical fitness.
physically [adverb]
▪ At the end of the race she was completely exhausted, both mentally and physically.
▪ At the age of 70 he’s still physically very active.
▷ bodily /ˈbɒdɪli, ˈbɒdəliǁˈbɑː-/ [adjective only before noun]
relating to the body or produced by the body :
bodily fluids
▪ Albert agreed to turn over samples of his hair and bodily fluids to the court.
bodily harm
damage to the body
▪ Parretti had a lengthy criminal record that included fraud and conspiracy to commit bodily harm.
perform your bodily functions
go to the toilet, wash yourself etc
▪ The villagers have to go down to the lake to perform most of their bodily functions.