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.