Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The soft tissue of the body of a vertebrate, covering the bones and consisting mainly of skeletal muscle and fat.
- noun Such tissue of an animal, used as food.
- noun The surface or skin of the human body.
- noun Fatty tissue.
- noun Botany The pulpy, usually edible part of a fruit or vegetable.
- noun The human body.
- noun Sensual appetites.
- noun Substance; reality.
- intransitive verb To give substance or detail to; fill out. Often used with out:
- intransitive verb To clean (a hide) of adhering flesh.
- intransitive verb To encourage (a falcon, for example) to participate in the chase by feeding it flesh from a kill.
- intransitive verb To plunge or thrust (a weapon) into flesh.
- intransitive verb Archaic To inure (troops, for instance) to battle or bloodshed.
- intransitive verb To become plump or fleshy; gain weight.
- idiom (go the way of all flesh) To die.
- idiom (go the way of all flesh) To come to an end.
- idiom (in the flesh) Alive.
- idiom (in the flesh) In person; present.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To feed full with flesh, and hence with fleshly enjoyments, spoil, etc.
- To encourage by giving flesh to; initiate to the taste of flesh: with reference to the practice of training hawks and dogs by feeding them with the first game they take, or other flesh; hence, to introduce or incite to battle or carnage.
- In leather manufacturing, to remove flesh, fat, and loose membrane from the flesh side of, as skins and hides.
- To clothe with flesh; make fleshy.
- noun A substance forming a large part of an animal body, consisting of the softer solids which constitute muscle and fat, as distinguished from the bones, the skin, the membranes, and the fluids; in the most restricted sense, muscular tissue alone.
- noun Animal food, in distinction from vegetable; in the most restricted sense, the substance of beasts and fowls used as food, as distinguished from fish.
- noun The body, as distinguished from the soul; the corporeal person.
- noun Man, or the human race; mankind; humanity.
- noun Man's animal or physical nature, as distinguished from or opposed to his moral or spiritual nature; the body as the seat of appetite: a Biblical use: as, to mortify the flesh.
- noun Kindred; stock; family; near relative or relatives.
- noun In botany, the soft cellular or pulpy substance of a fruit or vegetable, as distinguished from the kernel or core, skin, shell, etc.
- noun In Scripture, to be under the control of the animal nature: opposed to spiritual.
- Consisting of animal substance not fish: as, a flesh diet.
- To become more fleshy, as one who has been ill and is convalescent: used with up.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The aggregate of the muscles, fat, and other tissues which cover the framework of bones in man and other animals; especially, the muscles.
- noun Animal food, in distinction from vegetable; meat; especially, the body of beasts and birds used as food, as distinguished from
fish . - noun The human body, as distinguished from the soul; the corporeal person.
- noun The human eace; mankind; humanity.
- noun Human nature.
- noun In a good sense, tenderness of feeling; gentleness.
- noun In a bad sense, tendency to transient or physical pleasure; desire for sensual gratification; carnality.
- noun (Theol.) The character under the influence of animal propensities or selfish passions; the soul unmoved by spiritual influences.
- noun Kindred; stock; race.
- noun The soft, pulpy substance of fruit; also, that part of a root, fruit, and the like, which is fit to be eaten.
- noun after the manner of man; in a gross or earthly manner.
- noun human strength or aid.
- noun See under
Blood . - noun broth made by boiling flesh in water.
- noun (Zoöl.) one of several species of flies whose larvæ or maggots feed upon flesh, as the bluebottle fly; -- called also
meat fly ,carrion fly , andblowfly . SeeBlowly . - noun animal food.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Examples
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Paul, too, says, Though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh (2 Cor.x. 3), and The life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God (Gal. ii.
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Scrape the leftover pumpkin flesh from the skins, and remove the burnt, papery skins from the onions.
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The word flesh made Eliza aware of the flecks of pink and cream paint that lingered on the portrait in the grooves of the artists final strokes.
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The word flesh made Eliza aware of the flecks of pink and cream paint that lingered on the portrait in the grooves of the artists final strokes.
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The word flesh made Eliza aware of the flecks of pink and cream paint that lingered on the portrait in the grooves of the artists final strokes.
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The word flesh made Eliza aware of the flecks of pink and cream paint that lingered on the portrait in the grooves of the artists final strokes.
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The word flesh made Eliza aware of the flecks of pink and cream paint that lingered on the portrait in the grooves of the artists final strokes.
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"Tom Brady & Janet" Bobby Moynihan, Channing Tatum, Jay Pharoah The phrase "flesh cube" almost got this into "The Good" all by itself.
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And perhaps if I substitute the word "flesh" for "meat" on a regular basis, I will become a vegetarian!
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And perhaps if I substitute the word "flesh" for "meat" on a regular basis, I will become a vegetarian!
sonofgroucho commented on the word flesh
There is something very fleshy about this word.
November 5, 2007
bilby commented on the word flesh
Flesh! Saw I Mimi wash self!
October 18, 2008