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bod·ied /ˈbɑdid/
Bod·ied a. Having a body; -- usually in composition; as, able-bodied.
A doe . . . not altogether so fat, but very good flesh and good bodied. --Hakluyt.
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Bod·y v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bodied (░); p. pr. & vb. n. Bodying.] To furnish with, or as with, a body; to produce in definite shape; to embody.
To body forth, to give from or shape to mentally.
Imagination bodies forth
The forms of things unknown. --Shak.
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bodied
adj 1: having a body or a body of a specified kind; often used in
combination; "strong-bodied"; "big-bodied" [ant: unbodied]
2: possessing or existing in bodily form; "what seemed corporal
melted as breath into the wind"- Shakespeare; "an
incarnate spirit"; "`corporate' is an archaic term" [syn:
corporal, corporate, embodied, incarnate]
body
n 1: the entire physical structure of an organism (especially an
animal or human being); "he felt as if his whole body
were on fire" [syn: organic structure, physical
structure]
2: body of a dead animal or person; "they found the body in the
lake" [syn: dead body]
3: a group of persons associated by some common tie or
occupation and regarded as an entity; "the whole body
filed out of the auditorium"
4: the body excluding the head and neck and limbs; "they moved
their arms and legs and bodies" [syn: torso, trunk]
5: an individual 3-dimensional object that has mass and that is
distinguishable from other objects; "heavenly body"
6: a collection of particulars considered as a system; "a body
of law"; "a body of doctrine"; "a body of precedents"
7: the external structure of a vehicle; "the body of the car
was badly rusted"
8: the property of holding together and retaining its shape;
"when the dough has enough consistency it is ready to
bake" [syn: consistency, consistence]
9: the central message of a communication; "the body of the
message was short"
v : invest with or as with a body; give body to [syn: personify]
[also: bodied]