| 1. physical form of a person or animal; corpse, carcass; torso; main part, mass; group (of people, things, ideas, etc.); substance; human being. bodybody, n. (aëronautics) the central, longitudinal framework of a flying machine, to which are attached the planes or aërocurves, passenger accommodations, controlling and propelling apparatus, fuel tanks, etc.body body , n.; pl. bodies . [oe. bodi, as. bodig; akin to ohg. botah. ?257. cf. bodice.] |