body

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. The entire material or physical structure of an organism, especially of a human or animal.
2. n. The physical part of a person.
3. n. A corpse or carcass.
4. n. The trunk or torso of a human or animal.
5. n. The part of a garment covering the torso.
6. n. A human; a person.
7. n. A group of individuals regarded as an entity; a corporation.
8. n. A number of persons, concepts, or things regarded as a group: We walked out in a body.
9. n. The main or central part, as:
10. n. Anatomy The largest or principal part of an organ; corpus.
11. n. The nave of a church.
12. n. The content of a book or document exclusive of prefatory matter, codicils, indexes, or appendixes.
13. n. The passenger- and cargo-carrying part of an aircraft, ship, or other vehicle.
14. n. Music The sound box of an instrument.
15. n. A mass of matter that is distinct from other masses: a body of water; a celestial body.
16. n. A collection or quantity, as of material or information: the body of evidence.
17. n. Consistency of substance, as in paint, textiles, or wine: a sauce with body.
18. n. Printing The part of a block of type underlying the impression surface.
19. v. To furnish with a body.
20. v. To give shape to. Usually used with forth: "Imagination bodies forth the forms of things unknown” ( Shakespeare).

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. The physical structure of an animal; the material organized substance of an animal, whether living or dead, in distinction from the soul, spirit, or vital principle.
2. n. The main portion of an animal, tree, etc.; the trunk, as distinct from the head and limbs or branches; in ichthyology, often used for the whole fish exclusive of the fins.
3. n. The part of a dress which covers the body, as distinct from the parts which cover the arms or extremities; in female dress, a bodice; a waist.
4. n. The main, central, or principal part of anything, as of an army, country, building, etc., as distinguished from subordinate or less important parts.
5. n. Specifically— In a blast-furnace, the core or main portion between the top, or opening at the throat, and the boshes.
6. n. In music: The whole of the hollow part of a string-instrument, designed to increase its resonance.
7. n. All that part of a wind-instrument that remains after removing its appendages, mouthpiece, crooks, and bell.
8. n. The higher resonant part of an organ-pipe, above the reed or the mouth, which causes the air to vibrate.
9. n. The shank of a type, as determining its size: as, minion on nonpareil body.
10. n. The main part of a tool; the main part of a blade, as of a sword, as distinguished from the heel and point, etc.
11. n. That part of a wagon, railroad-car, etc., which contains the load.
12. n. The main portion; the bulk of anything; the larger part; the majority: as, the body of the people are opposed to the measure.
13. n. The person; an individual as recognized by law: as, body execution; held in body and goods.
14. n. A person; a human being: now generally combined with any, every, some, or no: as, somebody, nobody.
15. n. A number of individuals spoken of collectively, usually associated for a common purpose, joined in a certain cause, or united by some common tie or occupation; an incorporated or other aggregate: as, a legislative body; the body of the clergy; a body corporate.
16. n. A material thing; anything having inertia. See matter.
17. n. In geometry, any solid having the three dimensions, length, breadth, and thickness.
18. n. A united mass; a number of things or particulars taken together; a general collection; a code; a system: as, a body of laws.
19. n. A certain consistency or density; substance; strength, as opposed to thinness, weakness, transparency, or flimsiness: as, wine, paper, etc., of good body. As applied to paints, body denotes opacity or density, as opposed to transparency.
20. n. In music, the resonance of a tone, whether instrumental or vocal.
21. n. The space inclosed within the interior works of a fortification.
22. To provide with a body; embody.
23. To form into a body or company.
24. To represent in bodily form; exhibit in tangible form or outward reality: with forth.
25. n. All the strapping of a harness back of the collar; specifically, that part of the breeching and other straps which bears against the horse.
26. n. In ceramics, the substance or base of pottery and porcelain. See frit body, kaolinic body.
27. n. An ore body, or pocket of mineral deposit.
28. n. The thickness of a lubricating oil or other liquid: also the measure of that thickness expressed in the number of seconds in which a given quantity of the oil at a given temperature flows through a given aperture.

Wiktionary

1. n. Physical frame.
2. n. Main section.
3. n. Coherent group.
4. n. Material entity.
5. v. To give body or shape to something.
6. v. To construct the bodywork of a car.
7. v. transitive To embody.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. The material organized substance of an animal, whether living or dead, as distinguished from the spirit, or vital principle; the physical person.
2. n. The trunk, or main part, of a person or animal, as distinguished from the limbs and head; the main, central, or principal part, as of a tree, army, country, etc.
3. n. The real, as opposed to the symbolical; the substance, as opposed to the shadow.
4. n. A person; a human being; -- frequently in composition.
5. n. A number of individuals spoken of collectively, usually as united by some common tie, or as organized for some purpose; a collective whole or totality; a corporation.
6. n. A number of things or particulars embodied in a system; a general collection.
7. n. Any mass or portion of matter; any substance distinct from others.
8. n. Amount; quantity; extent.
9. n. That part of a garment covering the body, as distinguished from the parts covering the limbs.
10. n. The bed or box of a vehicle, on or in which the load is placed.
11. n. (Print.) The shank of a type, or the depth of the shank (by which the size is indicated).
12. n. (Geom.) A figure that has length, breadth, and thickness; any solid figure.
13. n. Consistency; thickness; substance; strength.
14. n. (Aëronautics) The central, longitudinal framework of a flying machine, to which are attached the planes or aërocurves, passenger accommodations, controlling and propelling apparatus, fuel tanks, etc. Also called fuselage.
15. v. To furnish with, or as with, a body; to produce in definite shape; to embody.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. the external structure of a vehicle
2. n. the main mass of a thing
3. n. a collection of particulars considered as a system
4. n. the entire structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)
5. n. the central message of a communication
6. n. a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity
7. n. the body excluding the head and neck and limbs
8. n. a natural object consisting of a dead animal or person
9. n. a resonating chamber in a musical instrument (as the body of a violin)
10. n. the property of holding together and retaining its shape
11. v. invest with or as with a body; give body to
12. n. an individual 3-dimensional object that has mass and that is distinguishable from other objects