Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The body considered with reference to its proportions, muscular development, and appearance.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Physical structure or organization, especially of a human being.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The natural constitution, or physical structure, of a person.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The natural constitution, or physical structure, of a person.
- noun bodybuilding : The trained
muscular structure of a person's body.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun alternative names for the body of a human being
- noun constitution of the human body
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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In this basket of cultures there is the richness of three worldviews, customs including dress, dance and other manifestations of culture, and perhaps more importantly for an artist such as Flores, differences in physique mdash; facial structure, stature, hair texture, comport, etc.
Enrique Flores: Philanthropic Oaxaca artist has the golden touch 2009
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We don't have much insight into the effects of age on the Crouch-style physique, mainly because the Crouch-style physique is pretty much confined to one man: Crouch.
Five things we learned from the Premier League this weekend Barney Ronay 2010
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In this basket of cultures there is the richness of three worldviews, customs including dress, dance and other manifestations of culture, and perhaps more importantly for an artist such as Flores, differences in physique mdash; facial structure, stature, hair texture, comport, etc.
Enrique Flores: Philanthropic Oaxaca artist has the golden touch 2009
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Her youthful glow and lean, athletic physique is most likely attributed to her clean, diet, relentless work ethic, and training with personal trainer Jason Walsh.
David Buer: Top Five List of Hollywood's Sexiest Bodies David Buer 2010
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Hiccup's less-than-macho nature and scrawny physique is not unlike Wart, the hero of Baruchel's childhood favorite, The Sword in the Stone.
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Actually Arnold's competing physique is the same stats as Steve Rogers.
Rumor: Marvel Wants Leonardo DiCaprio as Captain America? « FirstShowing.net 2008
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So obviously physique is one of the lesser factors in deciding what actor would do true justice to this epic role. patrick on Aug 5, 2008
Rumor: Matthew McConaughey Possibly Captain America - Blasphemy! « FirstShowing.net 2008
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His rail-thin physique, however, allowed opposing frontcourts to outmuscle Bradley down low.
Reader ballots tab Bowie as biggest NBA draft bust ever 2008
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His physique is alluded to in the saying, Thou resemblest Lokman
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Ichiro's wispy physique is uncommon in baseball today.
USATODAY.com - Ichiro the best leadoff hitter in the game 2002
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