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   flesh

   /fleSH/

   noun

   • 1. the soft substance consisting of muscle and fat that is found between the skin and bones of an animal or a human: "she grabbed Anna's arm, her fingers sinking into the flesh" Similar muscletissuemuscle tissuemeatbrawninformal:beef
   • ▪ the flesh of an animal, regarded as food: "the food an animal eats will affect the taste and texture of its flesh" Similar meat
   • ▪ the pulpy substance of a fruit or vegetable, especially the part that is eaten: "halve the avocados and scrape out the flesh" Similar pulpsoft partfleshy partmarrowmeat
   • ▪ the skin or surface of the human body with reference to its color, appearance, or sensual properties: "she gasped as the cold water hit her flesh"
   • ▪ the human body and its physical needs and desires, especially as contrasted with the mind or the soul: "I have never been one to deny the pleasures of the flesh" Similar the bodythe human bodyhuman natureman's physical naturephysicalitycorporealitycarnalityanimalitysensualitysensualismsexuality
   • ▪ a light brownish pink color: "acrylic paints in flesh, red, and pink"

   verb

   • 1. put weight on: "he had fleshed out to a solid 220 pounds"
   • ▪ add more details to something that exists only in a draft or outline form: "the theorists have fleshed out a variety of scenarios"
   • 2. give (a hound or hawk) a piece of the flesh of game that has been killed in order to incite it: "I have fleshed my bloodhound"
   • ▪ initiate (someone) in bloodshed or warfare: literary "he fleshed his troops by indulging them with enterprises against the enemy's posts"
   • 3. remove the flesh adhering to (a skin or hide): "chemicals remove the hair and preserving salts, and then the hides are fleshed"

   Word Origin Old Englishflǣsc, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vlees and German Fleisch.

   Derivatives

   • 1. fleshless adjective

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