flesh

Formsfleshes, fleshing, fleshed

1. 1
   noununcountable

   The soft parts of the body, like muscle and fat, found under the skin.

   Like the soft part you feel when you gently squeeze your arm.

   The thorn dug deep into the flesh of her thumb.

   Bears build up fat and flesh to last through the long winter.

   Similartissue, muscle, meat

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2. 2
   noununcountable

   Animal meat eaten as food, though fish is sometimes not included.

   Many people give up flesh and live on vegetables and grains.

   The hunters roasted the flesh of the wild boar over the fire.

   Similarmeat

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3. 3
   noununcountable

   The soft inside part of a fruit or vegetable that you can eat.

   Like the juicy part inside an apple that you bite into.

   She scooped the sweet flesh out of the ripe melon.

   A peach has soft, juicy flesh around a hard pit.

   Similarpulp, meat

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4. 4
   noununcountable

   The skin that covers a person or an animal.

   The cold wind stung the bare flesh of his cheeks.

   The barber's blade glided smoothly over the flesh of his chin.

   Similarskin, hide

5. 5
   noununcountable

   The human body seen as a real, physical thing.

   After years of letters, they finally met in the flesh.

   The statue felt almost like warm, living flesh.

   Similarbody, person

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6. 6
   noununcountable

   The human body that can die, seen as different from the soul or spirit.

   The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.

   The monks fasted to tame the flesh and free the soul.

   Similarbody

   Oppositespirit, soul

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7. 7
   noununcountable

   Bare skin of the arms, legs, or body shown out in the open.

   The summer dress showed a lot of flesh.

   The torn shirt left a strip of flesh bare across his back.

   Similarskin

8. 8
   noununcountable

   A pale pinkish color, like some light human skin.

   The walls were painted a soft flesh pink.

   He mixed white and red to get a warm flesh color.

   Similarnude, peach

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9. 9
   noununcountable

   The sinful, corrupting part of human nature.

   He prayed for the strength to resist the pull of the flesh.

   The preacher warned that the flesh leads the soul astray.

   Similarcarnality, sinfulness

   Oppositespirit

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10. 10
    verbtransitive

    To scrape the leftover meat and fat off an animal skin while making leather.

    Like scraping the last bits of fruit off the inside of a peel.

    Workers flesh the hides before soaking them in the tanning pit.

    She fleshed the deerskin carefully with a curved blade.

    Similarscrape

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