English > body: 12 senses > noun 1, body| Meaning | The entire structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being). |
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| Example | "he felt as if his whole body were on fire" |
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| Synonym | organic structure |
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| Category | animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna | A living organism characterized by voluntary movement |
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| homo, man, human being, human | Any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage |
| Parts | arm | A human limb |
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| articulatory system | The system of joints in the body |
| body substance | The substance of the body |
| cavity, bodily cavity, cavum | (anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus / sinus within the body |
| circulatory system, cardiovascular system | The organs and tissues involved in circulating blood and lymph through the body |
| crotch, fork | The angle formed by the inner sides of the legs where they join the human trunk |
| digestive system, gastrointestinal system, systema alimentarium, systema digestorium | The system that makes food absorbable into the body |
| endocrine system | The system of glands that produce endocrine secretions that help to control bodily / bodily metabolic activity |
| head, caput | The upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals |
| leg | A human limb |
| lymphatic system, systema lymphaticum | The interconnected system of spaces and vessels between body tissues and organs by which lymph circulates throughout the body |
| musculoskeletal system | The system of muscles and tendons and ligaments and bones and joints and associated tissues that move the body and maintain its form |
| neck, cervix | The part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body |
| nervous system, systema nervosum | The sensory and control apparatus consisting of a network of nerve cells |
| pressure point | Any of several points on the body where the pulse can be felt and where pressure on an underlying artery will control bleeding from that artery at a more distal point |
| respiratory system, systema respiratorium | The system for taking in oxygen and giving off carbon dioxide |
| sensory system | The body's system of sense organs |
| torso, trunk, body | The body excluding the head and neck and limbs |
| vascular system | The vessels and tissue that carry or circulate fluids such as blood or lymph or sap through the body of an animal or plant |
| Narrower | human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh | Alternative names for the body of a human being |
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| life form | The characteristic bodily form of a mature organism |
| live body | The body of a living animal or person |
| Broader | natural object | An object occurring naturally |
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| Spanish | cuerpo, estructura física, estructura orgánica |
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| Catalan | cos, estructura física, estructura orgànica |
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| Adjectives | bodily | of or relating to or belonging to the body |
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| bodily | having or relating to a physical material body |
English > body: 12 senses > noun 2, group| Meaning | A group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity. |
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| Examples | - "the whole body filed out of the auditorium"
- "the student body"
- "administrative body"
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| Narrower | Christendom, Christianity | The collective body of Christians throughout the world and history (found predominantly in Europe and the Americas and Australia) |
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| Sacred College, College of Cardinals, cardinalate, Sacred College of Cardinals | cardinals collectively |
| administration, governance, governing body, establishment, brass, organization, organisation | The persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something |
| church | The body of people who attend or belong to a particular local church |
| college | The body of faculty and students of a college |
| colony, settlement | A body of people who settle far from home / home / home but maintain ties with their homeland |
| constituency | The body of voters who elect a representative / representative for their area |
| corps | A body of people associated together |
| diaspora | The body of Jews (or Jewish communities) outside Palestine or modern Israel |
| electoral college | The body of electors who formally elect the United States president and vice president |
| immigration | The body of immigrants arriving during a specified interval |
| inspectorate | A body of inspectors |
| jury | A body of citizens sworn to give a true verdict according to the evidence presented in a court of law |
| leadership, leaders | The body of people who lead a group |
| membership, rank | The body of members of an organization or group |
| militia | The entire body of physically fit civilians eligible by law for military service |
| occupational group, vocation | A body of people doing the same kind of work |
| opposition | A body of people united in opposing something |
| panel | A group of people gathered for a special purpose as to plan or discuss an issue or judge a contest etc |
| panel, venire | (law) a group of people summoned for jury service (from whom a jury will be chosen) |
| public | A body of people sharing some common interest |
| registration, enrollment | The body of people (such as students) who register or enroll at the same time |
| representation | A body of legislators that serve in behalf of some constituency |
| school | A body of creative artists or writers or thinkers linked by a similar style or by similar teachers |
| staff, faculty | The body of teachers and administrators / administrators at a school |
| ulema, ulama | The body of Mullahs (Muslim scholars trained in Islam / Islam and Islamic law) who are the interpreters of Islam's sciences and doctrines and laws and the chief guarantors of continuity in the spiritual and intellectual history of the Islamic community |
| university | The body of faculty and students at a university |
| vote | A body of voters who have the same interests |
| Broader | social group | People sharing some social relation |
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| Spanish | asociación, comunidad, corporación, cuerpo |
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| Catalan | associació, comunitat, corporació, cos |
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English > body: 12 senses > noun 3, body| Meaning | A natural object consisting of a dead animal or person. |
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| Example | "they found the body in the lake" |
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| Synonym | dead body |
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| Narrower | cadaver, corpse, stiff, clay, remains | The dead body of a human being |
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| carcase, carcass | The dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food |
| carrion | The dead and rotting body of an animal |
| kill | The body of an animal, or bodies of animals, killed by a person or another animal |
| mummy | A body embalmed and dried / dried and wrapped / wrapped for burial (as in ancient Egypt) |
| roadkill | The dead body of an animal that has been killed on a road by a vehicle |
| Broader | natural object | An object occurring naturally |
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| Spanish | cadáver, cuerpo, muerto, restos |
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| Catalan | cadàver, cos, restes |
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| Verbs | body | invest with or as with a body |
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English > body: 12 senses > noun 5, body| Meaning | The body excluding the head and neck and limbs. |
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| Synonyms | torso, trunk |
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| Part of | body, organic structure | The entire structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being) |
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| Parts | abdomen, venter, stomach, belly | The region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis |
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| back, dorsum | The posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine |
| belly, paunch | A protruding abdomen |
| buttock, cheek | Either of the two large fleshy masses of muscular tissue that form the human rump |
| buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass | The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on |
| diaphragm, midriff | (anatomy) a muscular partition separating the abdominal and thoracic cavities |
| haunch | The hip and buttock and upper thigh in human beings |
| hip | Either side of the body below the waist and above the thigh |
| loins | The region of the hips and groin and lower abdomen |
| middle, midriff, midsection | The middle area of the human torso (usually in front) |
| serratus, serratus muscles | Any of several muscles of the trunk |
| shoulder | The part of the body between the neck and the upper arm |
| shoulder, shoulder joint, articulatio humeri | A ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapula |
| side | Either the left or right half of a body |
| spare tire, love handle | excess fat around the waistline |
| thorax, chest, pectus | The part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates |
| waist, waistline | The narrowing of the body between the ribs and hips |
| Broader | body part | Any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity |
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| Spanish | torso, tronco |
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| Catalan | cos, tors, tronc |
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