/ˈbɒdi/
Translation
The whole physical part of a person or animal.
Word origin
From Old English bodig, the word for the trunk or whole frame of a person.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- bodig
Grammar
Examples
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"Body" means all the physical parts of a person together.
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"Bodies" is the plural, meaning more than one body.
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Here "body" means the physical part of a person.
"Body" means the whole physical part of a person or animal, from head to foot. Note the spelling change in the plural: one body, two bodies.
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