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How to pronounce body
Say it like this: /ˈbɑdi/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does body mean?
nounPhysical frame.
“I saw them walking from a distance, their bodies strangely angular in the dawn light.”
The fleshly or corporeal nature of a human, as opposed to the spirit or soul.
“The body is driven by desires, but the soul is at peace.”
A corpse.
“Her body was found at four o’clock, just two hours after the murder.”
verbTo give body or shape to something.
To construct the bodywork of a car.
To embody.
“I don’t say, one bodies the other / One’s spiritual truth; / But I do say it’s hard to lose either, / When you have both.”
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