What is the meaning of body?

noun

• The entire structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being. )
  • usage: "he felt as if his whole body were on fire"
  • synonyms: organic structure, physical structure
• A group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity.
  • usage: "the whole body filed out of the auditorium"; "the student body"; "administrative body"
• A natural object consisting of a dead animal or person.
  • usage: "they found the body in the lake"
  • synonyms: dead body
• An individual 3-dimensional object that has mass and that is distinguishable from other objects.
  • usage: "heavenly body"
• The body excluding the head and neck and limbs.
  • usage: "they moved their arms and legs and bodies"
  • synonyms: torso, trunk
• A collection of particulars considered as a system.
  • usage: "a body of law"; "a body of doctrine"; "a body of precedents"
• The property of holding together and retaining its shape.
  • usage: "wool has more body than rayon"; "when the dough has enough consistency it is ready to bake"
  • synonyms: consistency, consistence, eubstance
• The central message of a communication.
  • usage: "the body of the message was short"
• The main mass of a thing.
• A resonating chamber in a musical instrument (as the body of a violin.
  • synonyms: soundbox
• The external structure of a vehicle.
  • usage: "the body of the car was badly rusted"

verb

• Invest with or as with a body; give body to.
  • synonyms: personify