to body
1
9.9
- verb
- /ˈbɑːdi/
- Archaic
- "It was a form of God, a mirror of creative imagination," and in it God beheld and might "body forth images of his thought." (n72)
- to body forth
Examples
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He'd forgotten the basic shape of his head; now it bodied forth, all presence and strength, the cranium of a hero.
Fiction book (1992) -
Tonight, after playing all of 26 seconds in the first half, Tucker defended LeBron down the stretch and did a fantastic job bodying him.
Blog text (13) -
The burden for bodying forth that image rests in the subject's skill at making itself semiotically present.
Academic text (1992) -
The artist aimed to body his vision in a magnificent sculpture that captured the essence of beauty.
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The novel's themes body the struggles of the human condition in an evocative and relatable manner.
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In his speech, he tried to body the hopes of the people, transforming ideas into a tangible message.
Synonyms
96
5.1
Show an idea, quality or feeling in a clear visible way
1
9.7
To show an idea or feeling in a visible way
Idioms
- Offensive
1
9.9
To find a dead person, often during police work or as slang for killing someone
Phrasal Verbs
- Specialized
1
9.8
To stop a dead body from decaying by using chemicals or other methods
Compounds
78
2.7
The way a person moves their face, hands, and body to show feelings without words
- Specialized
33
4.1
Clothing made of strong material that protects the body from bullets and blows
19
3.4
A group of people or organization that manages and sets rules for an institution
- NSFW
10
9.9
A person who steals dead bodies from graves to sell to medical schools for study
- Specialized
10
2.8
A liquid from the body of people and animals, for example blood, saliva or urine
- Formal
8
4.5
An official group of people who make and change laws for a country or state
- Specialized
6
3.2
A number that shows if a person's weight is healthy for their height
- Specialized
6
4.4
A natural object in space like a star or planet that you can see in the sky
6
3.1
A tight, stretchy piece of clothing that covers the torso and sometimes the arms and legs
- Specialized
3
8.5
An object that absorbs all light and other kinds of radiation that hit it
- Specialized
1
8.7
A small insect that lives in clothing, bites people, and can spread disease
- Specialized
1
4.0
The way the parts of a living body are arranged to give it shape and help it move
- Specialized
1
7.6
Light and heat given off by an object that absorbs all light, changing colour with temperature
- Specialized
1
9.9
An object that emits less light and heat than a perfect emitter at the same temperature
1
5.0
The physical part of a person with skin, bones, and organs, not the mind or spirit
- NSFW
1
6.8
A tight one-piece underwear that covers the torso and sometimes arms and legs
- Specialized
1
4.4
The temperature you measure right after waking and before you move or eat
- Specialized
1
8.1
Small area in a cell near the nucleus that holds centrioles and arranges tiny tubes
- Jargon
1
9.0
A movement of your body after throwing or hitting a ball to change its direction
- Specialized
1
8.2
A small gland in the brain that makes melatonin and helps control sleep and daily body rhythms
- Specialized
1
3.9
A large passenger plane with two aisles that carries many people
- Specialized
1
9.1
A medical machine with a chamber that surrounds the body to measure lung size and how well you breathe
- Specialized
1
8.6
A clear jelly that fills the space between the lens and the back of the eye
- Specialized
1
8.5
A muscle disease that slowly makes arm and thigh muscles weak in older adults
- Jargon
1
8.9
A difficulty when two partners both need jobs in the same place, making moving hard
- Specialized
1
5.8
An airplane with one aisle that airlines often use on short or domestic flights
- Specialized
1
9.2
A physics question about how two objects move when they pull on each other, for example by gravity
- Specialized
1
9.9
A very small cell with little liquid that forms when an egg divides and that the body usually discards
- Specialized
1
7.2
A small group of cells near the split of the neck artery that senses blood oxygen and helps control breathing
- Specialized
1
5.8
A small oval gland at the base of the brain that controls other glands
- Specialized
1
9.9
A small oval group of nerve cells under the thalamus that send signals from the senses to the brain's cortex
Surface Forms
Etymology
A helpful way to remember the old verb body ('to give form') is to think of 'giving something a body'—that is, making an idea into a real, physical form.