Torso
noun
The middle part of the human body, between the neck and the legs.
She has a strong and muscular torso.
Often appears as...
- upper torso
- lower torso
noun
The body of a sculpture or statue without the head and limbs.
The museum's exhibit features a Greek torso from the 5th century BC.
Often appears as...
- marble torso
- bronze torso
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Academic
noun
The middle part of the human body, between the neck and the legs.
She has a strong and muscular torso.
Often appears as...
- upper torso
- lower torso
noun
The body of a sculpture or statue without the head and limbs.
The museum's exhibit features a Greek torso from the 5th century BC.
Often appears as...
- marble torso
- bronze torso
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Human Anatomy
Refers specifically to the central structure of the body excluding limbs and head.
After the accident, his torso was immobilized to prevent further injury.
Pro Tip 2/3Athletic Context
Often mentioned in sports and fitness to discuss core strength and muscle.
The boxer's torso showed the results of intense training.
Pro Tip 3/3Descriptive Imagery
Used for visual descriptions in literature or art, showcasing form or posture.
The dancer moved her torso gracefully with the music.
Pro Tip 1/3Human Anatomy
Refers specifically to the central structure of the body excluding limbs and head.
After the accident, his torso was immobilized to prevent further injury.
Pro Tip 2/3Athletic Context
Often mentioned in sports and fitness to discuss core strength and muscle.
The boxer's torso showed the results of intense training.
Pro Tip 3/3Descriptive Imagery
Used for visual descriptions in literature or art, showcasing form or posture.
The dancer moved her torso gracefully with the music.
Pro Tip 1/3Human Anatomy
Refers specifically to the central structure of the body excluding limbs and head.
After the accident, his torso was immobilized to prevent further injury.
Pro Tip 2/3Athletic Context
Often mentioned in sports and fitness to discuss core strength and muscle.
The boxer's torso showed the results of intense training.
Pro Tip 3/3Descriptive Imagery
Used for visual descriptions in literature or art, showcasing form or posture.
The dancer moved her torso gracefully with the music.
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Caleb Chung: Come play...
I came out of the movie business, as I said, and I said, let's make these animatronic robots. Let's make these things. And so I've always had a big interest in this. This one actually didn't go anywhere, but I got my feet wet doing this. This is a smaller one, and I have a little moving torso on there.
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A queer vision of love...
that said that I didn't exist. But when we met, she loved me for exactly how I showed up. She would trace her fingers along the numb keloid scars left by my top surgery. Scars that run from the middle of my chest all the way out to my outer torso. She said that these were reminders of my strength
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How Engineers Hack...
him to get back and cross the distance but it would seem like an eternity I remember you told me at right right when you you got to the boat you were like oh my like my torso is above the water so now that's part Crittercam is a video tape recorder enclosed in underwater
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Neanderthals 101 PIPE...
The north's cold environment may have influenced neanderthals' physique. Their bodies were relatively short, with males averaging five feet, five inches and females five feet, one inch tall, and they were stocky with broad chests, bulky torsos, and muscular limbs.
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How do fish make...
with an electric organ that occupies most of its torso, and the electric ray, with kidney-shaped electric organs on either side of its head that produce as much as 220 volts. There is one mystery in the world of electric why don't they electrocute themselves?
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What does it take to...
trees are conceptualized as torsos being buried in the soil so with that idea the great fig leafy part of the tree is the head that is the same word for head and Dothraki is used for that leafy part of the tree which means of course that the
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Zeresenay Alemseged:...
and the whole torso encased in a sandstone block, because she was buried by a river. What you have here seems to be nothing, but contains an incredible amount of scientific information that helps us explore what makes us human.
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How Amazon, Apple,...
in your history. Let's move further down the torso. One of the other wonderful things about our species is we not only need to be loved, but we need to love others. Children with poor nutrition but a lot of affection
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Bite of the Tasmanian...
massive head is disproportionately larger than the rest of its torso and supports an unusually prominent and powerful mouth to date Taz's have killed
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There are a lot of shark...
torso of a shark highly respected he helped fishermen stay safe protected them from sea monsters and he even made sure they caught ample fish
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Caleb Chung: Come play...
I came out of the movie business, as I said, and I said, let's make these animatronic robots. Let's make these things. And so I've always had a big interest in this. This one actually didn't go anywhere, but I got my feet wet doing this. This is a smaller one, and I have a little moving torso on there.
Video examples
A queer vision of love...
that said that I didn't exist. But when we met, she loved me for exactly how I showed up. She would trace her fingers along the numb keloid scars left by my top surgery. Scars that run from the middle of my chest all the way out to my outer torso. She said that these were reminders of my strength
Video examples
How Engineers Hack...
him to get back and cross the distance but it would seem like an eternity I remember you told me at right right when you you got to the boat you were like oh my like my torso is above the water so now that's part Crittercam is a video tape recorder enclosed in underwater
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Neanderthals 101 PIPE...
The north's cold environment may have influenced neanderthals' physique. Their bodies were relatively short, with males averaging five feet, five inches and females five feet, one inch tall, and they were stocky with broad chests, bulky torsos, and muscular limbs.
Video examples
How do fish make...
with an electric organ that occupies most of its torso, and the electric ray, with kidney-shaped electric organs on either side of its head that produce as much as 220 volts. There is one mystery in the world of electric why don't they electrocute themselves?
Video examples
What does it take to...
trees are conceptualized as torsos being buried in the soil so with that idea the great fig leafy part of the tree is the head that is the same word for head and Dothraki is used for that leafy part of the tree which means of course that the
Video examples
Zeresenay Alemseged:...
and the whole torso encased in a sandstone block, because she was buried by a river. What you have here seems to be nothing, but contains an incredible amount of scientific information that helps us explore what makes us human.
Video examples
How Amazon, Apple,...
in your history. Let's move further down the torso. One of the other wonderful things about our species is we not only need to be loved, but we need to love others. Children with poor nutrition but a lot of affection
Video examples
Bite of the Tasmanian...
massive head is disproportionately larger than the rest of its torso and supports an unusually prominent and powerful mouth to date Taz's have killed
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There are a lot of shark...
torso of a shark highly respected he helped fishermen stay safe protected them from sea monsters and he even made sure they caught ample fish
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Robert Gottlieb
American Writer
Empty Moves' is elegantly and coolly inventive. Two pairs of dancers shadow each other in slow, deliberate rearrangements and manipulations of legs and torsos, only occasionally switching partners or breaking free of the formal patterning.
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Amal Clooney
Lebanese Activist
A horseman's head is in Athens, and his body is in London: Poseidon's torso is separated between Greece and the U.K. This means that they cannot be celebrated and appreciated as a whole in the country they came from.
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Clark Gable
American Actor
Everything Marilyn does is different from any other woman, strange and exciting, from the way she talks to the way she uses that magnificent torso.
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Cyndi Lauper
American Musician
My torso is short, but my arms are really long and gangly and my legs and my neck, and my feet and hands are really long, and I look like a duck.
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Sonu Sood
Indian Actor
It is not easy to pull off your shirt, bare your torso and go beyond it. It needs a lot of conviction. You have to be comfortable in your skin.
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Ted Shawn
American Dancer
I wanted to see if the American man in plain brown pants and a bare torso could speak profound things.
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Aisling Bea
Irish Actress
I've got a short torso and long legs, so I tend to wear longer tops and things that sit on my hips.
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Ricky Whittle
British Actor
My favourite compliment now is that people are talking about my acting, my craft - not my torso.
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Jaime Pressly
American Dancer
Your core supports your spine and your torso. Everything you do depends on it.
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Ludwig Erhard
German Politician
Without Britain, Europe would remain only a torso.
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Robert Gottlieb
American Writer
Empty Moves' is elegantly and coolly inventive. Two pairs of dancers shadow each other in slow, deliberate rearrangements and manipulations of legs and torsos, only occasionally switching partners or breaking free of the formal patterning.
Quote examples
Amal Clooney
Lebanese Activist
A horseman's head is in Athens, and his body is in London: Poseidon's torso is separated between Greece and the U.K. This means that they cannot be celebrated and appreciated as a whole in the country they came from.
Quote examples
Clark Gable
American Actor
Everything Marilyn does is different from any other woman, strange and exciting, from the way she talks to the way she uses that magnificent torso.
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Cyndi Lauper
American Musician
My torso is short, but my arms are really long and gangly and my legs and my neck, and my feet and hands are really long, and I look like a duck.
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Sonu Sood
Indian Actor
It is not easy to pull off your shirt, bare your torso and go beyond it. It needs a lot of conviction. You have to be comfortable in your skin.
Quote examples
Ted Shawn
American Dancer
I wanted to see if the American man in plain brown pants and a bare torso could speak profound things.
Quote examples
Aisling Bea
Irish Actress
I've got a short torso and long legs, so I tend to wear longer tops and things that sit on my hips.
Quote examples
Ricky Whittle
British Actor
My favourite compliment now is that people are talking about my acting, my craft - not my torso.
Quote examples
Jaime Pressly
American Dancer
Your core supports your spine and your torso. Everything you do depends on it.
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Ludwig Erhard
German Politician
Without Britain, Europe would remain only a torso.
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