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PHYSICAL definition: 1. relating to the body: 2. violent: 3. sexual: . Learn more.
physical: [adjective] of or relating to natural science. of or relating to physics. characterized or produced by the forces and operations of physics.
Physical definition: of or relating to the body. See examples of PHYSICAL used in a sentence.
When something is physical it's really there. You can see it, touch it, taste it, hear it, or smell it. The physical world is all of the stuff around you.
PHYSICAL meaning: 1. relating to the body: 2. relating to real things that you can see and touch: 3. an examination…. Learn more.
Collocations Physical appearance Physical appearance. A person may be described as having:; Eyes (bright) blue/ green/(dark/ light) brown/ hazel eyes; deep-set/ sunken/ bulging/ protruding eyes; small/ beady/ sparkling/ twinkling/ (informal) shifty eyes piercing/ penetrating/ steely eyes; bloodshot/ watery/ puffy eyes; bushy/ thick/ dark/ arched eyebrows; long/ dark/ thick/ curly/ false eyelashes/ lashes; Face
nature/science; 3 [only before noun] according to the laws of nature It is a physical impossibility to be in two places at once. There does not seem to be any physical explanation for what they saw. 4 [only before noun] connected with the scientific study of forces such as heat, light, sound, etc. and how they affect objects physical laws; sex; 5 involving sex physical love They are having a physical relationship. The attraction between them is purely physical. person
Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘relating to medicine’): from medieval Latin physicalis, from Latin physica ‘things relating to nature’, from Greek phusikē (epistēmē) ‘(knowledge) of nature’. Sense 2 dates from the late 16th cent. and sense 1 from the late 18th cent.
Jul 16, 2016 · 7 meanings: 1. of or relating to the body, as distinguished from the mind or spirit 2. of, relating to, or resembling material.... Click for more definitions.
SYNONYMS 1. somatic; fleshly. physical, bodily, corporeal, corporal agree in pertaining to the body. physical indicates connected with, pertaining to, the animal or human body as a material organism: physical strength, exercise. bodily means belonging to, concerned with, the human body as distinct from the mind or spirit: bodily pain or suffering. corporeal, a more poetic and philosophical word than bodily, refers esp. to the mortal substance of which the human body is composed as opposed to ...
