man's body
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1.6
- noun
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cuerpo de hombre
- The doctor carefully examined the man's body for any signs of injury.
- the old man's body
- the dead man's body
- the young man's body
Examples
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After the accident, they reported the man's body was found lying on the road.
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A man's body has been found washed up on a beach... near Arbroath.
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I want it the same weight as a man's body.
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A man's body was also chosen, just like yours.
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At least it gives her an opportunity to learn what a man's body feels like.
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A man's body had been washed up.
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An arson investigation was underway Thursday after a man's body was discovered in an early fire.
Blog text (10) -
The rest of the man's body lies hidden beneath the wreckage of a van.
Fiction book (2000) -
Even now, lifeless, the man's body emanated the fierce heat of sickness.
Fiction book (1992) -
Gentry watches the old man's body being loaded into the coroner's wagon.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
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1.3
The physical shape and parts of a man
Surface Forms
Morphology
man's + body
This is a fully compositional possessive construction: 'man's' indicates possession (the man’s) and 'body' denotes the physical structure, so the meaning 'the physical body of an adult male' is directly derivable from the parts. Possessive noun + noun structures are standard and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows 'man' and 'body' will understand it.
Etymology
Man's body comes from the simple idea of a man and his body, a clear image of the whole physical form that belongs to an adult man. That's why it is used to mean 'the physical body of an adult man'.