: having a body of a specified kind
—used in combination
full-bodied
glass-bodied
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How did one moped — perhaps a light-bodied Eighties-era Mobylette, which Le Grand recalls seeing in the young men’s apartment — carry two adult men and a 300-pound marble bust through the streets of Paris?
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David Kushner, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2025
Most states also require work or work-search activities for able-bodied adults without dependents.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
While performing in the Gershwins’ musical Funny Face in London in 1928, Fred Astaire bought a custom-bodied 1927 Rolls-Royce Phantom I Town Car.
—Brett Berk, HollywoodReporter, 19 Oct. 2025
The winery’s current tap list includes Revolution’s staple chardonnay, chenin blanc and syrah, as well as a unique skin contact orange chardonnay and the 2024 Coco, a light-bodied red made by blending two co-fermented wines.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 18 Oct. 2025
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David Kushner, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2025
Most states also require work or work-search activities for able-bodied adults without dependents.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
While performing in the Gershwins’ musical Funny Face in London in 1928, Fred Astaire bought a custom-bodied 1927 Rolls-Royce Phantom I Town Car.
—Brett Berk, HollywoodReporter, 19 Oct. 2025
The winery’s current tap list includes Revolution’s staple chardonnay, chenin blanc and syrah, as well as a unique skin contact orange chardonnay and the 2024 Coco, a light-bodied red made by blending two co-fermented wines.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 18 Oct. 2025
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“Bodied.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bodied. Accessed 29 Oct. 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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