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bodied

adj · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • General-American: /ˈbɑdid/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: B AA1 D IY0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Having a specified form of body.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: in-compounds

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Having a bodily form; corporeal or incarnate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

simple past and past participle of body

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective

Meaning 4

having a body or a body of a specified kind; often used in combination

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • strong-bodied
  • big-bodied

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: unbodied

5

adjective satellite

Meaning 5

possessing or existing in bodily form- Shakespeare

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • what seemed corporal melted as breath into the wind
  • an incarnate spirit
  • `corporate' is an archaic term

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: corporal, corporate, embodied, incarnate

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bhewdh- Proto-West Germanic *bodag Old English bodiġ Middle English bodi English body English -ed English bodied From body + -ed.

Real reading context

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