# bodied

Pronunciation: say "BOD-eed" US /ˈbɑdid/, UK /ˈbɒdid/

## Adjective

1. Having a body of a specified form, build, or type.
   - Simple: Having a body of a certain kind or build.
   - _Connoisseurs praised the claret as remarkably well bodied._
   - _Only able-bodied recruits passed the grueling physical test._
3. Having a physical body; corporeal or made flesh.
   - Simple: Having a real, physical body, not just a spirit or idea.
   - _Ancient myths describe gods who chose to walk the earth bodied as mortals._
   - _The philosopher asked whether a bodied soul differs from a purely spiritual one._

## Verb

2. Simple past and past participle of body. — simple past and past participle of body
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of body. Use this form for something that already happened.
   - _The poet bodied forth his grief in vivid imagery._
   - _Her fears were finally bodied in the shapes that filled her dreams._

## Origin

Formed from "body" combined with the suffix "-ed".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/bodied (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).