: having a body of a specified kind
—used in combination
full-bodied
glass-bodied
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The concours’ 11 classes run from Zagato-bodied Alfas from the 1920s to the Ferrari 499P—the latter winning Le Mans three times a century later.
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Ben Oliver, Robb Report, 3 Apr. 2026
Like Missouri edge Zion Young (our pick at this spot in the first mock), Clemson’s TJ Parker is a big-bodied pass rusher who helped himself at this year’s Senior Bowl.
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At the time, Egan had worked exclusively with able-bodied individuals and only knew how to safely train around his own disability.
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The big-bodied Japanese smasher of baseballs has done just that, hitting a home run in each of the first three games of the season.
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Ben Oliver, Robb Report, 3 Apr. 2026
Like Missouri edge Zion Young (our pick at this spot in the first mock), Clemson’s TJ Parker is a big-bodied pass rusher who helped himself at this year’s Senior Bowl.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 1 Apr. 2026
At the time, Egan had worked exclusively with able-bodied individuals and only knew how to safely train around his own disability.
—Paloma Chavez, PEOPLE, 30 Mar. 2026
The big-bodied Japanese smasher of baseballs has done just that, hitting a home run in each of the first three games of the season.
—Tyler Erzberger, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2026
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“Bodied.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bodied. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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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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