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flesh

/flɛʃ/

noun

Meaning

  • The soft tissue of the body, especially muscle and fat.

  • The skin of a human or animal.

  • (by extension) Bare arms, bare legs, bare torso.

  • Animal tissue regarded as food; meat (but sometimes excluding fish).

  • The human body as a physical entity.

  • The mortal body of a human being, contrasted with the spirit or soul.

  • The evil and corrupting principle working in man.

  • The soft, often edible, parts of fruits or vegetables.

  • Tenderness of feeling; gentleness.

  • Kindred; stock; race.

  • A yellowish pink colour; the colour of some Caucasian human skin.

verb

Meaning

  • To reward (a hound, bird of prey etc.) with flesh of the animal killed, to excite it for further hunting; to train (an animal) to have an appetite for flesh.

  • To bury (something, especially a weapon) in flesh.

  • To inure or habituate someone in or to a given practice.

  • To glut.

  • To put flesh on; to fatten.

  • To remove the flesh from the skin during the making of leather.