Definition of body:

part of speech: noun

The frame of an animal; a mass of living or dead matter; an individual or single person, as no body; a substance, as opposed to spirit; a collection of individuals; quality of a material.

part of speech: verb

To produce in some form.

Usage examples:

• You've got a good body and a good head, young man,- lie by a little and I'll give ye some broth. Payne Erskine in "The Eye of Dread".

• What is the human body in the view of the Christian? G. A. Chadwick in "The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus".

• Body denotes the entire physical structure, considered as a whole, of man or animal; form looks upon it as a thing of shape and outline, perhaps of beauty; frame regards it as supported by its bony framework; system views it as an assemblage of many related and harmonious organs. Body form, frame, and system may be either dead or living; clay and dust are sometimes so used in religious or poetic style, tho ordinarily these words are used only of the dead. Corpse and remains are used only of the dead. Corpse is the plain technical word for a dead body still retaining its unity; remains may be used after any lapse of time; the latter is also the more refined and less ghastly term; as, friends are invited to view the remains. Carcass applies only to the body of an animal, or of a human being regarded with contempt and loathing. Compare COMPANY. in "".

• It was her heart, her mind, which was sick and tired, not her body Marie Belloc Lowndes in "Jane Oglander".