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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: flesh out vb (adverb)- (transitive) to give substance to (an argument, description, etc)
- (intransitive) to expand or become more substantial
flesh /flɛʃ/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- Anatomythe soft substance of an animal body between the skin and the skeleton, esp. muscular tissue.
- this substance used as an article of food, usually excluding fish and sometimes fowl;
meat. - the body, esp. as distinguished from the spirit or soul:[the + ~]The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.
- humankind:She said that to die was the way of all flesh.
- Botanythe soft, pulpy portion of a fruit or vegetable:the flesh of the peach.
v. - flesh out:
- to give dimension or substance to;
develop: [ ~ + out + obj]:Flesh out your essay with more details.[ ~ + obj + out]:to flesh the essay out. - [no object] to become more fleshy or substantial:He had fleshed out considerably over the years.
Idioms- Idioms in the flesh, present and alive before one's eyes;
in person:She is even more beautiful in the flesh. - Idioms, Informal Terms press the flesh, [Informal.]to shake hands, as with voters during a political campaign.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024flesh (flesh),USA pronunciation n. - Anatomythe soft substance of a human or other animal body, consisting of muscle and fat.
- Anatomymuscular and fatty tissue.
- this substance or tissue in animals, viewed as an article of food, usually excluding fish and sometimes fowl;
meat. - fatness;
weight. - the body, esp. as distinguished from the spirit or soul:The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.
- the physical or animal nature of humankind as distinguished from its moral or spiritual nature:the needs of the flesh.
- humankind.
- living creatures generally.
- a person's family or relatives.
- Botanythe soft, pulpy portion of a fruit, vegetable, etc., as distinguished from the core, skin, shell, etc.
- Anatomythe surface of the human body;
skin:A person with tender flesh should not expose it to direct sunlight. - See flesh color.
- Idioms in the flesh, present and alive before one's eyes;
in person:The movie star looked quite different in the flesh. - Idioms pound of flesh, something that strict justice demands is due, but can only be paid with great loss or suffering to the payer.
- Idioms, Informal Terms 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.
v.t. - to plunge (a weapon) into the flesh.
- Sport[Hunting.]to feed (a hound or hawk) with flesh in order to make it more eager for the chase. Cf. blood (def. 23).
- to incite and accustom (persons) to bloodshed or battle by an initial experience.
- to inflame the ardor or passions of by a foretaste.
- to overlay or cover (a skeleton or skeletal frame) with flesh or with a fleshlike substance.
- to give dimension, substance, or reality to (often fol. by out):The playwright fleshed out the characters.
- to remove adhering flesh from (hides), in leather manufacture.
- [Archaic.]to satiate with flesh or fleshly enjoyments;
surfeit;
glut.
- bef. 900; Middle English flesc, Old English flǣsc; cognate with Old Frisian flēsk, Old High German fleisk (German Fleisch), Old Norse flesk bacon
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