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Definition of 'flesh'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) flesh
the soft substance of a vertebrate or other animal body between the skin and the skeleton, esp. muscular tissue.

2.  flesh
muscular and fatty tissue.

3.  flesh
this substance or tissue of animals as an article of food, usu. excluding fish and sometimes fowl; meat.

4.  flesh
excess fat; weight:
to put on flesh.

5.  flesh
the body, esp. as distinguished from the spirit or soul:
The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.

6.  flesh
the physical or animal nature of humankind as distinguished from its moral or spiritual nature.

7.  flesh
living creatures generally.

8.  flesh
a person's family or relatives.

9.  flesh
the soft, pulpy portion of a fruit or vegetable.

10.  flesh
the surface of the human body; skin.

11. (v.t.) flesh
to inflame the ardor or passions of by a foretaste.

12.  flesh
to overlay or cover (a skeletal frame) with flesh or a fleshlike substance.

13.  flesh
to give dimension or substance to (often fol. by out):
The novelist fleshed out her characters.

14.  flesh
to remove adhering flesh from (hides) in leather manufacture.

15. (v.i.) flesh
to become more substantial (usu. fol. by out).

Definition of 'flesh'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) flesh
the soft tissue of the body of a vertebrate: mainly muscle tissue and fat

2. (noun) human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh
alternative names for the body of a human being
"Leonardo studied the human body"; "he has a strong physique"; "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak"

3. (verb) pulp, flesh
a soft moist part of a fruit

4. (verb) flesh
remove adhering flesh from (hides) when preparing leather manufacture

Definition of 'flesh'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) flesh
the soft matter beneath the skin
a flesh wound

2. flesh
the soft part inside a piece of fruit, vegetables, etc.
a mango's orange flesh

Definition of 'flesh'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) flesh
the aggregate of the muscles, fat, and other tissues which cover the framework of bones in man and other animals; especially, the muscles

2. (noun) flesh
animal food, in distinction from vegetable; meat; especially, the body of beasts and birds used as food, as distinguished from fish

3. (noun) flesh
the human body, as distinguished from the soul; the corporeal person

4. (noun) flesh
the human eace; mankind; humanity

5. (noun) flesh
human nature

6. (noun) flesh
in a good sense, tenderness of feeling; gentleness

7. (noun) flesh
in a bad sense, tendency to transient or physical pleasure; desire for sensual gratification; carnality

8. (noun) flesh
the character under the influence of animal propensities or selfish passions; the soul unmoved by spiritual influences

9. (noun) flesh
kindred; stock; race

10. (noun) flesh
the soft, pulpy substance of fruit; also, that part of a root, fruit, and the like, which is fit to be eaten

11. (verb) flesh
to feed with flesh, as an incitement to further exertion; to initiate; -- from the practice of training hawks and dogs by feeding them with the first game they take, or other flesh. Hence, to use upon flesh (as a murderous weapon) so as to draw blood, especially for the first time

12. (verb) flesh
to glut; to satiate; hence, to harden, to accustom

13. (verb) flesh
to remove flesh, membrance, etc., from, as from hides

Translation of 'flesh'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: the soft substance (muscles etc) that covers the bones of animals.
Afrikaans: vleis	Arabic: لَحْم	Bulgarian: месо
Brazilian: carne	Czech: maso	German: das Fleisch
Danish: kød	Greek: σάρκα	Spanish: carne
Estonian: liha	Farsi: گوشت	Finnish: liha
French: chair	Hebrew: בָּשָׂר	Hindi: मांस
Croatian: meso (životinjsko)	Hungarian: hús	Indonesian: daging
Icelandic: hold; kjöt	Italian: carne	Japanese: 肉
Korean: (사람, 동물의) 살, 고기	Lithuanian: mėsa	Latvian: miesa; gaļa
Malay: daging	Dutch: vlees	Norwegian: kjøtt
Polish: ciało	Persian: گوشت	Pashto: غوښه،
Portuguese: carne	Romanian: carne	Russian: (сырое) мясо
Slovak: mäso	Slovenian: meso	Serbian: meso
Swedish: kött, hull	Thai: เนื้อสัตว์	Turkish: et
Taiwanese: 肉	Ukrainian: м'ясо	Urdu: گوشت
Vietnamese: thịt	Chinese: 肉
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