flesh

Plural: fleshes

Noun

• the soft tissue of the body of a vertebrate: mainly muscle tissue and fat
• alternative names for the body of a human being
  • "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak"
• a soft moist part of a fruit
• The soft tissue of the body, especially muscle and fat.
• The skin of a human or animal.
• 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 color; the color of some Caucasian human skin.

Verb

Verb Forms: fleshed, fleshing, fleshes

• To plunge into or embody as soft body tissue.
• remove adhering flesh from (hides) when preparing leather manufacture
• 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.

Examples

• He needed to flesh out his two-letter word with a suffix to make it a bingo.

Synonyms

anatomy, bod, build, chassis, figure, form, frame, human body, material body, physical body, physique, pulp, shape, soma

Related Words

carrion, incarnate, sarcoid

Anagrams of flesh