Definition of Body

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Definition of Body

Body

The material organized substance of an animal, whether living or dead, as distinguished from the spirit, or vital principle; the physical person.

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.

The real, as opposed to the symbolical; the substance, as opposed to the shadow.

A person; a human being; -- frequently in composition; as, anybody, nobody.

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; as, a legislative body; a clerical body.

A number of things or particulars embodied in a system; a general collection; as, a great body of facts; a body of laws or of divinity.

Any mass or portion of matter; any substance distinct from others; as, a metallic body; a moving body; an aeriform body.

Amount; quantity; extent.

That part of a garment covering the body, as distinguished from the parts covering the limbs.

The bed or box of a vehicle, on or in which the load is placed; as, a wagon body; a cart body.

The shank of a type, or the depth of the shank (by which the size is indicated); as, a nonpareil face on an agate body.

A figure that has length, breadth, and thickness; any solid figure.

Consistency; thickness; substance; strength; as, this color has body; wine of a good body.

To furnish with, or as with, a body; to produce in definite shape; to embody.

The central, longitudinal framework of a flying machine, to which are attached the planes or aerocurves, passenger accommodations, controlling and propelling apparatus, fuel tanks, etc.

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Body Quotations

An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.
Buddha

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, nor to worry about the future, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly.
Buddha

To keep the body in good health is a duty... otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.
Buddha

If the present Congress errs in too much talking, how can it be otherwise in a body to which the people send one hundred and fifty lawyers, whose trade it is to question everything, yield nothing, and talk by the hour?
Thomas Jefferson

Liberty is to the collective body, what health is to every individual body. Without health no pleasure can be tasted by man; without liberty, no happiness can be enjoyed by society.
Thomas Jefferson

Bodily decay is gloomy in prospect, but of all human contemplations the most abhorrent is body without mind.
Thomas Jefferson

Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.
Thomas Jefferson

Happiness is not being pained in body or troubled in mind.
Thomas Jefferson

I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best both for the body and the mind.
Albert Einstein

Begin to see yourself as a soul with a body rather than a body with a soul.
Wayne Dyer

Body Translations

body in Afrikaans is liggaam, lyf
body in Danish is legeme, krop
body in Dutch is carrosserie
body in Finnish is keho
body in French is corps
body in Italian is addome, corpo
body in Latin is corpus corporis
body in Norwegian is legeme
body in Portuguese is corpo

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