noun | verb
fleshflesh1 /flɛʃ/ ●●○ noun [uncountable] 1
science, biology the soft part of the body of a person or animal that is between the skin and the bones: The lion tore the animal’s flesh with its teeth.2science, biology the outer skin of the human body: His flesh was red and covered in sores.3science, biology the soft part of a fruit or vegetable that can be eaten: Cut the melon in half and scoop out the flesh.4see/meet somebody in the flesh if you see or meet someone in the flesh, you see or meet someone whom you previously had only seen in pictures, in movies, etc.: I never thought I’d actually meet him in the flesh.5your own flesh and blood someone who is part of your family: He raised those kids like they were his own flesh and blood.6make somebody’s flesh crawl/creep to make someone feel very frightened, nervous, or uncomfortable: His touch makes my flesh crawl.7the flesh literary the physical human body, as opposed to the mind or spirit: the temptations/pleasures of the flesh (=things such as drinking, eating a lot, or having sex)8be (only) flesh and blood to be human: What more can I do? I’m only flesh and blood.9put flesh on something to give more details about something to make it clear, more interesting, etc.: Medical experts put flesh on the statistical data for the audience.10more than flesh and blood can stand/bear used to describe something that you find too bad, difficult, etc. to think about11go the way of all flesh literary to die → see also get/take etc. a pound of flesh at pound1 (5), press the flesh at press1 (12), the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak at spirit1 (14) noun | verb
fleshflesh2 verb flesh something ↔ out phrasal verb to add more details to something in order to improve it: It’s a good idea, but you need to flesh it out a bit more.