: having a body of a specified kind
—used in combination
full-bodied
glass-bodied
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Medium-bodied with good acidity.
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Tom Hyland, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Like aphids and other soft-bodied pests, sawfly larvae will dry out or suffocate when covered in these products.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 10 Sep. 2025
The confusion or decision led to Worthy running into the big-bodied tight end, resulting in the injury.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
To give that price range context, in 2024, a 1962 Park Ward example of the model sold through RM Sotheby’s for €85,100 (approximately $99,700), and a year before that, another 1960 example—bodied by the same coachbuilder—fetched £196,875 (approximately $265,700) through Gooding & Company.
—Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 8 Sep. 2025
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Tom Hyland, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Like aphids and other soft-bodied pests, sawfly larvae will dry out or suffocate when covered in these products.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 10 Sep. 2025
The confusion or decision led to Worthy running into the big-bodied tight end, resulting in the injury.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
To give that price range context, in 2024, a 1962 Park Ward example of the model sold through RM Sotheby’s for €85,100 (approximately $99,700), and a year before that, another 1960 example—bodied by the same coachbuilder—fetched £196,875 (approximately $265,700) through Gooding & Company.
—Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 8 Sep. 2025
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“Bodied.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bodied. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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bodied
adjective
bod·ied
ˈbäd-ēd 
: having a body of a certain kind
—used in combination
long-bodied
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