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noun
1.
the soft substance of a human or other animal body, consisting of muscle and fat.
2.
muscular and fatty tissue.
3.
this substance or tissue in animals, viewed as an article of food, usually excluding fish and sometimes fowl; meat.
4.
fatness; weight.
5.
the body, especially as distinguished from the spirit or soul: The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.
verb (used with object)
13.
to plunge (a weapon) into the flesh.
14.
Hunting. to feed (a hound or hawk) with flesh in order to make it more eager for the chase. Compare blood ( def 16 ).
15.
to incite and accustom (persons) to bloodshed or battle by an initial experience.
16.
to inflame the ardor or passions of by a foretaste.
17.
to overlay or cover (a skeleton or skeletal frame) with flesh or with a fleshlike substance.
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| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
21.
Idioms flesh out,
a.
to gain weight: He realized to his dismay that he had fleshed out during the months of forced inactivity.
b.
to add details to or make more complete: She fleshed out her proposal considerably before presenting it to the committee for action.
22.
in the flesh, present and alive before one's eyes; in person: The movie star looked quite different in the flesh.
23.
pound of flesh, something that strict justice demands is due, but can only be paid with great loss or suffering to the payer.
24.
press the flesh, Informal. to shake hands, as with voters while campaigning: The senator is busy as ever pressing the flesh on the campaign trail.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English flesc, Old English flǣsc; cognate with Old Frisian flēsk, Old High German fleisk (German Fleisch), Old Norse flesk bacon
before 900; Middle English flesc, Old English flǣsc; cognate with Old Frisian flēsk, Old High German fleisk (German Fleisch), Old Norse flesk bacon
Related forms
flesh·less, adjective
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World English Dictionary
flesh (flɛʃ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the soft part of the body of an animal or human, esp muscular tissue, as distinct from bone and visceraRelated: sarcoid |
| 2. | informal excess weight; fat |
| 3. | archaic the edible tissue of animals as opposed to that of fish or, sometimes, fowl; meat |
| 4. | the thick usually soft part of a fruit or vegetable, as distinct from the skin, core, stone, etc |
| 5. | the human body and its physical or sensual nature as opposed to the soul or spiritRelated: carnal |
| 6. | mankind in general |
| 7. | animate creatures in general |
| 8. | one's own family; kin (esp in the phrase one's own flesh and blood) |
| 9. | a yellowish-pink to greyish-yellow colour |
| 10. | Christian Science belief on the physical plane which is considered erroneous, esp the belief that matter has sensation |
| 11. | (modifier) tanning of or relating to the inner or under layer of a skin or hide: a flesh split |
| 12. | in the flesh in person; actually present |
| 13. | make one's flesh creep (esp of something ghostly) to frighten and horrify one |
| 14. | informal press the flesh to shake hands, usually with large numbers of people, esp in political campaigning |
| —vb | |
| 15. | (tr) hunting to stimulate the hunting instinct of (hounds or falcons) by giving them small quantities of raw flesh |
| 16. | to wound the flesh of with a weapon |
| 17. | archaic, poetic or to accustom or incite to bloodshed or battle by initial experience |
| 18. | tanning to remove the flesh layer of (a hide or skin) |
| 19. | to fatten; fill out |
| Related: sarcoid, carnal | |
| [Old English flǣsc; related to Old Norse flesk ham, Old High German fleisk meat, flesh] | |
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Word Origin & History
flesh
O.E. flæsc "flesh, meat," also "near kindred" (a sense now obsolete except in phrase flesh and blood), common W. and N.Gmc. (cf. O.Fris. flesk, M.L.G. vlees, Ger. Fleisch "flesh," O.N. flesk "pork, bacon"), of unknown origin, perhaps from P.Gmc. *flaiskoz-. Figurative use for "animal or physical
nature of man" (O.E.), is from the Bible, especially Paul's use of Gk. sarx, which yielded sense of "sensual appetites" (c.1200). Flesh-wound is from 1670s; flesh-color, the hue of "Caucasian" skin, is first recorded 1610s, described as a tint composed of "a light pink with a little yellow" [O'Neill, "Dyeing," 1862]. An O.E. poetry-word for "body" was flæsc-hama, lit. "flesh-home."
flesh
1520s, "to render (a hunting animal) eager for prey by rewarding it with flesh from a kill," with figurative extensions, from flesh (n.). Meaning "to clothe or embody with flesh," with figurative extensions, is from 1660s.
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Medical Dictionary
flesh (flěsh)
n.
The soft tissue of the body of a vertebrate, covering the bones and consisting mainly of skeletal muscle and fat.
flesh'y adj.
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Slang Dictionary
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Bible Dictionary
Flesh definition
in the Old Testament denotes (1) a particular part of the body of man and animals (Gen. 2:21; 41:2; Ps. 102:5, marg.); (2) the whole body (Ps. 16:9); (3) all living things having flesh, and particularly humanity as a whole (Gen. 6:12, 13); (4) mutability and weakness (2 Chr. 32:8; comp. Isa. 31:3; Ps. 78:39). As suggesting the idea of softness it is used in the expression "heart of flesh" (Ezek. 11:19). The expression "my flesh and bone" (Judg. 9:2; Isa. 58:7) denotes relationship. In the New Testament, besides these it is also used to denote the sinful element of human nature as opposed to the "Spirit" (Rom. 6:19; Matt. 16:17). Being "in the flesh" means being unrenewed (Rom. 7:5; 8:8, 9), and to live "according to the flesh" is to live and act sinfully (Rom. 8:4, 5, 7, 12). This word also denotes the human nature of Christ (John 1:14, "The Word was made flesh." Comp. also 1 Tim. 3:16; Rom. 1:3).
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