flesh /flesh/

1. Muscular tissue
2. All the living substance of the body of similar composition to muscle
3. The soft substance that covers the bones of animals
4. The bodies of animals and (sometimes) birds, but not fish, used as food
5. The body, not the soul
6. Animals, or animal nature
7. Human bodily nature
8. Humankind
9. Kindred
10. One's own family
11. Bodily appetites
12. Excess weight
13. The soft substance of fruit or vegetables, esp the part fit to be eaten

1. To reward with flesh
2. To train to have an appetite for flesh (esp dogs for hunting)
3. To inure or harden (eg to warfare or killing)
4. To use on flesh (eg a sword)
5. To use for the first time
6. To gratify with fleshly indulgence
7. To put flesh upon or fatten
8. To scrape flesh from

fleshed /flesht/ adjective

1. Having flesh
2. Fat

fleshˈer noun

1. An instrument for scraping hides
2. A butcher (esp Scot)

fleshˈhood noun (Elizabeth Barrett Browning)

The state of being in the flesh

fleshˈiness noun

fleshˈings plural noun

Actors' flesh-coloured tights

fleshˈless adjective

1. Without flesh
2. Lean

fleshˈliness noun

fleshˈling noun

A sensualist

fleshˈly adjective

1. Corporeal
2. Carnal
3. Not spiritual

Carnally

fleshˈment noun (Shakespeare)

1. The act of fleshing or initiating
2. Excitement arising from success

fleshˈy adjective

1. Of or relating to flesh
2. Fat
3. Pulpy
4. Plump

fleshˈ-broth noun

Broth made by boiling meat

fleshˈ-brush noun

A brush used for rubbing the skin to stimulate circulation

fleshˈ-colour noun

The normal colour of the skin of a member of a white-skinned race

fleshˈ-coloured adjective

fleshˈ-eater noun

fleshˈ-fly noun

A fly (esp Sarcophaga) whose larvae feed on damaged flesh

fleshˈ-hook noun

A hook for lifting meat from a pot

fleshˈ-market noun

A market where meat is sold

fleshˈ-meat noun

Flesh of animals used for food

fleshˈmonger noun

1. A person who deals in flesh
2. A whoremonger (Shakespeare)
3. A procurer, pimp or slave-dealer

flesh pot noun

1. High living (usu in pl)
2. A place where entertainment of a sexual nature is on offer, eg a striptease club
3. A city known to provide an abundance of this kind of entertainment
4. A pot or vessel in which meat is cooked (historical)
5. Abundance of flesh (obsolete)

fleshˈ-pottery noun (literary)

Sumptuous living

fleshˈ-pressing see press flesh under press¹

fleshˈ-tint noun

A tint or colour that represents the normal colour of the skin of a member of a white-skinned race

fleshˈworm noun (archaic)

A worm or maggot that feeds on flesh

flesh wound noun

A wound not reaching beyond the flesh

an arm of flesh (Bible)

Human strength or help

flesh and blood

Bodily or human nature

flesh out

To give substance to or elaborate on (an idea, etc)

in flesh

1. In good condition
2. Fat

in the flesh

1. In bodily life, alive
2. Incarnate
3. In person, actually present

make someone's flesh creep

To arouse a feeling of horror in someone

one flesh (religion)

United in marriage

one's own flesh and blood

One's own relations

pound of flesh see under pound¹

press flesh see under press¹

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