BODY


Meaning of BODY in English

noun

1 whole physical form of a person/an animal

ADJECTIVE

▪ entire , whole

Her whole ~ trembled.

▪ lower , upper

▪ healthy

▪ human

▪ female , male

▪ naked , nude

▪ fit , lithe , muscular , perfect , toned

▪ frail , lean , slender , slim , thin , tiny

▪ fat

▪ limp , unconscious

VERB + BODY

▪ rack

Pain racked her ~.

BODY + VERB

▪ ache

▪ shake , tremble

▪ convulse

▪ stiffen , tense

BODY + NOUN

▪ heat , temperature

▪ mass , shape , size , weight

to maintain your ideal ~ weight

▪ fat , fluids

▪ parts

▪ odour/odor

▪ armour/armor

▪ piercing

▪ image

▪ language

PREPOSITION

▪ in the/your ~

Extreme heat may cause changes in the ~.

▪ on the/your ~

She still had the marks from the ropes on her ~.

PHRASES

▪ part of the ~ , sell your ~ (= to work as a prostitute)

2 dead human body

ADJECTIVE

▪ dead , lifeless

▪ mangled , mutilated

▪ decomposed , decomposing

▪ bloated

VERB + BODY

▪ discover , find , recover

▪ examine

▪ bury , cremate , embalm

▪ exhume

BODY + NOUN

▪ count (= the number of people killed)

The ~ count is growing all the time.

▪ bag

soldiers who come home in ~ bags

PREPOSITION

▪ on a/the ~

A diary was found on the ~.

3 amount of sth

ADJECTIVE

▪ growing , large , substantial , vast

a substantial ~ of evidence

PHRASES

▪ a ~ of water

The two islands are separated by a large ~ of water.

4 main part of sth

ADJECTIVE

▪ main

The bar is in the main ~ of the hotel.

5 group of people who work/act together

ADJECTIVE

▪ advisory , corporate , executive , governing , legislative , professional , public , regulatory , sanctioning ( esp. AmE ), statutory ( BrE )

▪ international , national

▪ government , governmental

▪ student

▪ independent

▪ voluntary ( esp. BrE )

▪ elected

▪ politic (always after body )

Freedom of speech is necessary for the health of the ~ politic.

VERB + BODY

▪ create , establish , form

6 object

ADJECTIVE

▪ foreign

They removed a foreign ~ from her eye.

▪ celestial , heavenly

Stars are celestial bodies.

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .