bodies

Noun

body (countable and uncountable, plural bodies)

1. (countable) The physical structure of a human or animal seen as one single organism.
   • I saw them walking from a distance, their bodies strangely angular in the dawn light.
2. 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.

   Synonyms:

   tabernacle

3. (countable) A corpse.
   • Her body was found at four o’clock, just two hours after the murder.
4. (slang, African-American Vernacular) A murder.
   • His gun had two bodies on it.
5. (archaic or informal except in compounds) A person.
   • Indeed, if it belonged to a poor body, it would be another thing; but so great a lady, to be sure, can never want it […]
6. A human being, regarded as marginalized or oppressed.
   • the early modern English husband not only took control over his wife's property upon marriage, he also acquired property in her body.1994, M. Lindsey Kaplan, Katherine Eggert, ““Good queen, my lord, good queen” - Sexual Slander and the Trials of Female Authority in “The Winter's Tale””, in Renaissance Drama, volume 25, →DOI, page...

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