Body meaning in English

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Definition

a body: a physical form (of a person or an animal); a physical structure noun
a body of evidence a (large) amount of proof

UK: I love to rub cocoa butter all over my body.
US: The bodies were found in an alley outside the club.

Examples

  • "Brian : We know for a fact that barking was heard in the vicinity of the copy machine at 7.15pm, just 3 minutes before Stink's body was discovered in the hallway!"
  • "Good: Covers smell of bad body odour"
  • "Host : Ok, Edward, you have 30 seconds on the human body, starting now!"
  • "You can see me in the parts of the body where the skin is thin, and I look blue!"
  • "I maintain the balance of fluid in the body by removing waste from the blood and excreting it as urine."
  • "Lawyer : Let's just put the body in this office."
  • "Get somebody to clean up this body, okay?"
  • "Trial runs in towns with high obesity levels have shown that consumers are likely to avoid unhealthy products if they have a picture of an unhealthy body on them. As part of the new regulations, healthier food options will also feature photos of unrealistic slim body types in an attempt to lure consumers towards these products."
  • "As one of our patients, your body will be frozen when you die and preserved in cryonic suspension."
  • "You haven't got a body."
  • "Brian : We know for a fact that barking was heard in the vicinity of the copy machine at 7.15 pm, just 3 minutes before Stink's body was discovered in the hallway!"
  • "Your pale body has seen many hamburgers."
  • "Ok, keep the head, lose the body."
  • "Helen : Cryonic suspension of the whole body costs $200,000."
  • "But you gotta move your body!"
  • "I am a pair of organs in the abdominal region of the body."
  • "Bruno : I admire so much Brian Jones and I imagine he's sleeping in the room beside my office and I dream that Brian is loving me and he kisses me on all my body."
  • "This fresh mountain air is good for the mind, body and soul."
  • "It was quite perplexing to hear this, because in your email, you used the phrase "bodies everywhere", which evokes an image of multiple deaths."
  • "My head isn't attached to my body."

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