body
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(verb) invest with or as with a body |
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Synonyms: personify |
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Related Words: be, embody, personify |
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(noun) the external structure of a vehicle; "the body of the car was badly rusted" |
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Related Words: bodywork, construction, fuselage, structure |
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(noun) the entire physical structure of an organism (especially an animal or human being); "he felt as if his whole body were on fire" |
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Synonyms: organic structure, physical structure |
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Related Words: anatomy, bod, build, chassis, figure, flesh, form, frame, human body, live body, material body, natural object, physical body, physique, shape, soma |
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(noun) body of a dead animal or person; "they found the body in the lake" |
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Synonyms: dead body |
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Related Words: cadaver, carcase, carcass, carrion, clay, corpse, mummy, natural object, remains, stiff |
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(noun) the central message of a communication; "the body of the message was short" |
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Related Words: content, message, subject matter, substance |
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(noun) a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity; "the whole body filed out of the auditorium" |
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Related Words: Christendom, Christianity, Sacred College, administration, assemblage, brass, college, colony, constituency, corps, electoral college, establishment, faculty, gathering, governance, inspectorate, jury, leaders, leadership, membership, occupation, occupational group, opposition, organisation, organization, panel, public, rank, school, sector, settlement, staff, university, vocation, vote |
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(noun) a collection of particulars considered as a system; "a body of law"; "a body of doctrine"; "a body of precedents" |
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Related Words: system |
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(noun) an individual 3-dimensional object that has mass and that is distinguishable from other objects; "heavenly body" |
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Related Words: chromosome, inclusion, inclusion body, mass, natural object, particle |
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(noun) the property of holding together and retaining its shape; "when the dough has enough consistency it is ready to bake" |
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Synonyms: consistence, consistency |
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Related Words: breakableness, gaseousness, hardness, porosity, porousness, property, softness, solidity, solidness, thickness, thinness, unbreakableness, viscosity, viscousness |
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(noun) the body excluding the head and neck and limbs; "they moved their arms and legs and bodies" |
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Synonyms: torso, trunk |
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Related Words: body part |
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