Body Building

â 4c9 €“noun

1.	the physical structure and material substance of an animal or plant, living or dead.

2.	a corpse; carcass.

3.	the trunk or main mass of a thing: the body of a tree.

4.	Anatomy, Zoology. the physical structure of a human being or animal, not including the head, limbs, and tail; trunk; torso.

5.	Architecture. the principal mass of a building.

6.	the section of a vehicle, usually in the shape of a box, cylindrical container, or platform, in or on which passengers or the load is carried.

7.	Nautical. the hull of a ship.

8.	Aeronautics. the fuselage of a plane.

9.	Printing. the shank of a type, supporting the face.

10.	Geometry. a figure having the three dimensions of length, breadth, and thickness; a solid.

11.	Physics. a mass, esp. one considered as a whole.

12.	the major portion of an army, population, etc.: The body of the American people favors the president's policy.

13.	the principal part of a speech or document, minus introduction, conclusion, indexes, etc.

14.	a person: She's a quiet sort of body.

15.	Law. the physical person of an individual.

16.	a collective group: student body; corporate body.

17.	Astronomy. an object in space, as a planet or star.

18.	a separate physical mass or quantity, esp. as distinguished from other mas 3e8 ses or quantities.

19.	consistency or density; richness; substance: This wine has good body. Wool has more body than rayon.

20.	the part of a dress that covers the trunk or the part of the trunk above the waist.

21.	Ceramics. the basic material of which a ceramic article is made.

–verb (used with object)

22.	to invest with or as with a body.

23.	to represent in bodily form (usually fol. by forth).

–adjective 5af

24.	of or pertaining to the body; bodily.

25.	of or pertaining to the main reading matter of a book, article, etc., as opposed to headings, illustrations, or the like.

—Idioms

26.	in a body, as a group; together; collectively: We left the party in a body.

27.	keep body and soul together, to support oneself; maintain life: Few writers can make enough to keep body and soul together without another occupation.

–noun

1.	a relatively permanent enclosed construction over a plot of land, having a roof and usually windows and often more than one level, used for any of a wide variety of activities, as living, entertaining, or manufacturing.

2.	anything built or constructed.

3.	the act, business, or practice of constructing houses, office buildings, etc.