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Sounds | baa'diy |
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Rhymes | already, antibody, attendee, and 118 more rhymes in diy at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | The entire physical structure of an organism (especially an animal or human being). |
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Examples | "he felt as if his whole body were on fire" |
Synonyms | organic structure, physical structure |
Category | animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna; homo, man, human being, human |
Parts | body substance; articulatory system; cavity, bodily cavity, cavum; digestive system, gastrointestinal system, systema alimentarium, systema digestorium; endocrine system; lymphatic system, systema lymphaticum; musculoskeletal system; nervous system, systema nervosum; respiratory system, systema respiratorium; sensory system; vascular system; circulatory system, cardiovascular system; head, caput; neck, cervix; torso, trunk, body; leg; arm; crotch, fork; pressure point |
Narrower | life form; human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh; live body |
Broader | natural object |
Meaning | Body of a dead animal or person. |
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Examples | "they found the body in the lake" |
Synonyms | dead body |
Narrower | carcase, carcass; carrion; cadaver, corpse, stiff, clay, remains; mummy |
Broader | natural object |
Verbs | body |
Meaning | A group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity. |
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Examples | "the whole body filed out of the auditorium" |
Narrower | public; sector; Christendom, Christianity; church; Sacred College, College of Cardinals; administration, governance, governing body, establishment, brass, organization, organisation; corps; constituency; electoral college; school; college; university; staff, faculty; representation; colony, settlement; ulema, ulama; leadership, leaders; militia; membership, rank; occupational group, vocation; opposition; immigration; inspectorate; jury; panel; panel, venire; registration, enrollment; vote; diaspora |
Broader | gathering, assemblage |
Meaning | The body excluding the head and neck and limbs. |
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Synonyms | torso, trunk |
Part of | body, organic structure, physical structure |
Parts | diaphragm, midriff; shoulder; shoulder, shoulder joint, articulatio humeri; serratus, serratus muscles; side; thorax, chest, pectus; middle, midriff, midsection; waist, waistline; belly, paunch; spare tire, love handle; hip; haunch; abdomen, venter, stomach, belly; back, dorsum; buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass; buttock, cheek; loins |
Broader | body part |
Meaning | An individual 3-dimensional object that has mass and that is distinguishable from other objects. |
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Examples | "heavenly body" |
Narrower | chromosome; inclusion body, cellular inclusion, inclusion; mass; particle |
Broader | natural object |
Meaning | A collection of particulars considered as a system. |
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Examples | "a body of law"; "a body of doctrine"; "a body of precedents" |
Broader | system, scheme |
Meaning | The external structure of a vehicle. |
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Examples | "the body of the car was badly rusted" |
Narrower | bodywork; fuselage |
Broader | structure, construction |
Meaning | The property of holding together and retaining its shape. |
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Synonyms | consistency, consistence |
Attributes | thick; thin |
Narrower | gaseousness; viscosity, viscousness; thickness; thinness; hardness; softness; breakableness; unbreakableness; porosity, porousness; solidity, solidness |
Broader | property |
Meaning | The central message of a communication. |
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Examples | "the body of the message was short" |
Part of | narration, recital, yarn; address, speech |
Broader | message, content, subject matter, substance |
Meaning | Invest with or as with a body. Give body to. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Synonyms | personify |
Broader | embody, be, personify |
Nouns | body |