# bodies

Pronunciation: US say "BAH-deez" /ˈbɑ.diz/; UK say "BO-deez" /ˈbɒd.iz/

## Noun

1. Plural of body. — plural of body.
   - Simple: Plural of body. Use this form when you mean more than one.
   - _The forensic team examined the bodies recovered from the river._
   - _Astronomers catalog thousands of small bodies orbiting beyond Neptune._

## Verb

2. Third-person singular simple present of body. — third-person singular simple present indicative of body
   - Simple: The form of body used in the present with he, she, it, or a singular noun such as the dog or water.
   - _The cathedral bodies forth the faith of the people who built it._
   - _Each chapter bodies forth the author's argument in vivid, concrete detail._

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