physical

I UK [ˈfɪzɪk(ə)l] / US adjective ***

1) relating to your body rather than your mind

The emotional and physical strain of the previous day had left him exhausted.

Depressed people often complain of physical symptoms such as headaches.

children who have physical disabilities

physical violence

hard physical work

2) able to be seen, touched, or felt

There was little physical evidence linking the suspects with the crime.

3) relating to the way that someone or something looks

physical appearance/characteristics:

She is obsessed with her physical appearance.

4) used about activities that involve people touching or hitting each other a lot

Rugby is a very physical game.

physical contact (= touching):

There was little physical contact between mother and children.

a) a physical person touches people a lot, either in a friendly or a rough way

Children tend to be very physical.

b) used about sexual activity

Did they have a physical relationship?

5) existing in the real world, rather than in someone's imagination

a physical impossibility

the physical universe

6) [only before noun] relating to physics

physical and theoretical chemistry

II UK [ˈfɪzɪk(ə)l] / US noun [countable]
Word forms "physical":
singular physical plural physicals

a physical examination