embodied

American

[em-bod-eed] / ɛmˈbɒd id /

adjective

expressed, personified, or exemplified in concrete form.

The one-day intensive workshop is designed to shift peacemaking from words and theory to costly, embodied reality.
having or provided with a body; incarnate or corporeal.

In most folklore, ghosts seem to be bound by many of the same physical laws that bind embodied beings.
Environmental Science. relating to or being the energy involved or required in the production, maintenance, or use of a particular concrete object, and therefore thought of as part of the object.

You can increase the embodied efficiency of a new house by building it in an already dense neighborhood, taking advantage of existing infrastructure and shorter distances.
(of writing) portraying the details of bodily experience as they are lived or relived by the writer so as to evoke them sympathetically in the reader.

Acting out your characters is something I recommend as part of the enlivening practice of embodied writing.

verb

the simple past tense and past participle of embody.

Other Word Forms

well-embodied adjective

Etymology

Origin of embodied

embody ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

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Zhang's rise embodied what millions of his followers aspire towards: someone from a small town who climbs the social ladder by forging their own path.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

All of us corporate hacks back in those days knew there were a lot of truths embodied in that hilarious Jack Lemmon film.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

“Libertarians talk a lot about freedom and responsibility. Brian embodied both,” Reason Editor in Chief Katherine Mangu-Ward said in his obituary.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

Wills, who is himself a Catholic, called the separation of church and state embodied in the First Amendment’s Establishment clause “a stunning innovation,” the one unique, genius thing about our nation’s founding document.

From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026

Misallying couples snapped off the future, which was to be embodied in true offspring.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston

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