Definitions for bodies

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bodies bod·y

Spelling: [bod-ee]

IPA: /ˈbɒd i/

Bodies is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 119 anagrams from letters in bodies (bdeios).

Definitions for bodies

noun

1. the physical structure and material substance of an animal or plant, living or dead.
2. a corpse; carcass.
3. the trunk or main mass of a thing:
4. Anatomy, Zoology. the physical structure of a human being or animal, not including the head, limbs, and tail; trunk; torso.
5. Architecture. the principal mass of a building.
6. the section of a vehicle, usually in the shape of a box, cylindrical container, or platform, in or on which passengers or the load is carried.
7. Nautical. the hull of a ship.
8. Aeronautics. the fuselage of a plane.
9. Printing. the shank of a type, supporting the face.
10. Geometry. a figure having the three dimensions of length, breadth, and thickness; a solid.
11. Physics. a mass, especially one considered as a whole.
12. the major portion of an army, population, etc.:
13. the principal part of a speech or document, minus introduction, conclusion, indexes, etc.
14. a person:
15. Law. the physical person of an individual.
16. a collective group:
17. Astronomy. an object in space, as a planet or star.
18. a separate physical mass or quantity, especially as distinguished from other masses or quantities.
19. consistency or density; richness; substance:
20. the part of a dress that covers the trunk or the part of the trunk above the waist.
21. Ceramics. the basic material of which a ceramic article is made.

Idioms

1. in a body, as a group; together; collectively:
2. keep body and soul together, to support oneself; maintain life:

adjective

1. of or relating to the body; bodily.
2. of or relating to the main reading matter of a book, article, etc., as opposed to headings, illustrations, or the like.

verb (used with object)

1. to invest with or as with a body.
2. to represent in bodily form (usually followed by forth).

Origin of bodies

before 900; Middle English; Old English bodig; akin to Old High German botah

Examples for bodies

Their bodies were later found incinerated and buried in mass graves outside of town.

His body was laid away in the grave, where our bodies shall decay.

These women interred the bodies of saints on their own properties and occasionally managed to influence papal politics.

So that their bodies might rear up, and no man resist their attack.

Within hours, the Indonesian navy said dozens of bodies were being seen.

So soon as they reached it, Indians separated into two bodies.

Hundreds of cops saluting as the bodies were rolled out with a full escort by highway patrol.

Girls and women are employed in examining the bodies of the moths with microscopes.

He observes the bodies floating away on the river, pulling on his cigarette with a sneer.

The door was piled with bodies, and the stone floor was slippery with blood.