embodied
Sayim-BOD-eedUS/ɪmˈbɑdid/UK/ɪmˈbɒdid/AUSim-BAW-deed/ɪmˈbɔdid/
- 1Simple past and past participle of embody. Use this form when talking about giving an idea a clear shape in the past.
The team embodied the spirit of the whole school.
Her short speech embodied everything we believe in.
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- 2Felt or lived through the body rather than only in the mind.
Like knowing how to ride a bike: your body remembers, not just your mind.
Learning to swim is an embodied skill you feel in your muscles.
Fear can be an embodied feeling, sitting heavy in the chest.
Similarbodily, somatic, physical
Oppositedisembodied
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embodied is a form of embody
embody, verb: To give a clear, real form to an idea, quality, or feeling. Full entry
- Spelling
- embody → embodied: change y to i, add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /d/.
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