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body
A	noun
	1	body
			the external structure of a vehicle; "the body of the car was badly rusted"
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚structure; construction ╚body ╚fuselage ╚bodywork
	2	consistency, consistence, body
			the property of holding together and retaining its shape; "when the dough has enough consistency it is ready to bake"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚attribute ╚property ╚consistency, consistence, body ╚solidity; solidness ╚porosity; porousness ╚unbreakableness ╚breakableness ╚softness ╚hardness ╚thinness ╚thickness ╚viscosity; viscousness ╚gaseousness
	3	body, organic structure, physical structure
			the entire physical structure of an organism (especially an animal or human being); "he felt as if his whole body were on fire"
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚natural object ╚body, organic structure, physical structure ╚live body ╚human body; physical body; material body; soma; build; figure; physique; anatomy; shape; bod; chassis; frame; form; flesh ╚life form
	4	body, dead body
			body of a dead animal or person; "they found the body in the lake"
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚natural object ╚body, dead body ╚mummy ╚cadaver; corpse; stiff; clay; remains ╚carrion ╚carcase; carcass
	5	torso, trunk, body
			the body excluding the head and neck and limbs; "they moved their arms and legs and bodies"
		Category Tree: entity ╚thing ╚part; piece ╚body part ╚torso, trunk, body
	6	body
			the central message of a communication; "the body of the message was short"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚message; content; subject matter; substance ╚body
	7	body
			a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity; "the whole body filed out of the auditorium"
		Category Tree: group; grouping ╚social group ╚gathering; assemblage ╚body ╚staff; faculty ╚university ╚college ╚school ╚electoral college ╚constituency ╚corps ╚administration; governance; governing body; establishment; brass; organization; organisation ╚Sacred College; College of Cardinals ╚church ╚Christendom; Christianity ╚sector ╚public
	8	body
			a collection of particulars considered as a system; "a body of law"; "a body of doctrine"; "a body of precedents"
		Category Tree: group; grouping ╚system; scheme ╚body
	9	body
			an individual 3-dimensional object that has mass and that is distinguishable from other objects; "heavenly body"
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚natural object ╚body ╚particle ╚mass ╚inclusion body; cellular inclusion; inclusion ╚chromosome
B	verb
	1	body, personify
			invest with or as with a body; give body to
		Category Tree: act; move ╚interact ╚communicate; intercommunicate ╚convey; impart ╚mean; intend ╚typify; symbolize; symbolise; stand for; represent ╚embody; be; personify ╚body, personify

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