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flesh
(flĕsh)n.
1.
a. The soft tissue of the body of a vertebrate, covering the bones and consisting mainly of skeletal muscle and fat: thought the boy needed some more flesh on his bones.
b. Such tissue of an animal, used as food: flesh of a cow; fish with white flesh.
c. The surface or skin of the human body: goosebumps on my flesh.
d. Fatty tissue: "a woman of wide and abundant flesh" (A.S. Byatt).
2. Botany The pulpy, usually edible part of a fruit or vegetable.
3.
a. The human body: "the thousand natural shocks / That flesh is heir to" (Shakespeare).
b. Sensual appetites: gratification of the flesh.
4. Substance; reality: "The maritime strategy has an all but unstoppable institutional momentum behind it ... that has given force and flesh to the theory" (Jack Beatty).
v. fleshed, flesh·ing, flesh·es
v.tr.
1. To give substance or detail to; fill out. Often used with out: fleshed out the novel with a subplot.
2. To clean (a hide) of adhering flesh.
3. To encourage (a falcon, for example) to participate in the chase by feeding it flesh from a kill.
4. To plunge or thrust (a weapon) into flesh.
5. Archaic To inure (troops, for instance) to battle or bloodshed.
v.intr.
Idioms: To become plump or fleshy; gain weight.
go the way of all flesh
1. To die.
2. To come to an end.
in the flesh
1. Alive.
2. In person; present.
[Middle English, from Old English flǣsc.]
flesh′less adj.
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flesh
(flɛʃ)n
1. (Zoology) the soft part of the body of an animal or human, esp muscular tissue, as distinct from bone and viscera.
2. informal excess weight; fat
3. archaic the edible tissue of animals as opposed to that of fish or, sometimes, fowl; meat
4. (Botany) the thick usually soft part of a fruit or vegetable, as distinct from the skin, core, stone, etc
5. the human body and its physical or sensual nature as opposed to the soul or spirit.
6. mankind in general
7. animate creatures in general
8. one's own family; kin (esp in the phrase one's own flesh and blood)
9. (Colours) a yellowish-pink to greyish-yellow colour
10. (Theology) Christian Science belief on the physical plane which is considered erroneous, esp the belief that matter has sensation
11. (Tanning) (modifier) tanning of or relating to the inner or under layer of a skin or hide: a flesh split.
12. in the flesh in person; actually present
13. make one's flesh creep (esp of something ghostly) to frighten and horrify one
14. press the flesh informal to shake hands, usually with large numbers of people, esp in political campaigning
vb
15. (Hunting) (tr) hunting to stimulate the hunting instinct of (hounds or falcons) by giving them small quantities of raw flesh
16. to wound the flesh of with a weapon
17. archaic or poetic to accustom or incite to bloodshed or battle by initial experience
18. (Tanning) tanning to remove the flesh layer of (a hide or skin)
19. to fatten; fill out
[Old English flǣsc; related to Old Norse flesk ham, Old High German fleisk meat, flesh]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
flesh
(flɛʃ)n.
1. the soft substance of a vertebrate or other animal body between the skin and the skeleton, esp. muscular tissue.
2. muscular and fatty tissue.
3. this substance or tissue of animals as an article of food, usu. excluding fish and sometimes fowl; meat.
4. excess fat; weight: to put on flesh.
5. the body, esp. as distinguished from the spirit or soul: The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.
6. the physical or animal nature of humankind as distinguished from its moral or spiritual nature.
7. humankind.
8. living creatures generally.
9. a person's family or relatives.
10. the soft, pulpy portion of a fruit or vegetable.
11. the surface of the human body; skin.
12. flesh color.
v.t. 13. to inflame the ardor or passions of by a foretaste.
14. to overlay or cover (a skeletal frame) with flesh or a fleshlike substance.
15. to give dimension or substance to (often fol. by out): The novelist fleshed out her characters.
16. to remove adhering flesh from (hides) in leather manufacture.
v.i. 17. to become more substantial (usu. fol. by out).
Idioms: 1. in the flesh, present and alive.
2. press the flesh, Informal. to shake hands.
[before 900; Middle English flesc, Old English flǣsc; c. Old Saxon flēsk, Old High German fleisc, Old Norse flesk bacon]
flesh′less, adj.
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
Flesh
See also cannibalism.
the eating of human flesh generally not for nutritional purposes but for primitive sacramental rites. — cannibalic, cannibalistic, adj.
the use of flesh meat for sustenance. — creophagous, adj.
Rare. the eating of raw meat, especially as part of an initiation ritual. — omophagic, adj.
Rare. the act, practice, or custom of eating flesh. — sarcophagous, adj.
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flesh
Past participle: fleshed
Gerund: fleshing
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| Noun | 1. | flesh - the soft tissue of the body of a vertebrate: mainly muscle tissue and fat animal tissue - the tissue in the bodies of animals |
| 2. |  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"bod, chassis, human body, material body, physical body, physique, figure, build, anatomy, frame, shape, soma, form individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do" human, human being, man - any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage body, organic structure, physical structure - the entire structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being); "he felt as if his whole body were on fire" person - a human body (usually including the clothing); "a weapon was hidden on his person" juvenile body - the body of a young person adult body - the body of an adult human being male body - the body of a male human being female body - the body of a female human being | |
| 3. | flesh - a soft moist part of a fruit plant tissue - the tissue of a plant parenchyma - the primary tissue of higher plants composed of thin-walled cells that remain capable of cell division even when mature; constitutes the greater part of leaves, roots, the pulp of fruits, and the pith of stems | |
| Verb | 1. | flesh - remove adhering flesh from (hides) when preparing leather manufacture get rid of, remove - dispose of; "Get rid of these old shoes!"; "The company got rid of all the dead wood" |
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flesh
noun
2. fatness, fat, adipose tissue, corpulence, weight porcine wrinkles of flesh
4. physical nature, sensuality, physicality, carnality, body, human nature, flesh and blood, animality, sinful nature the sins of the flesh
5. pulp, soft part, fleshy part Cut the flesh from the olives and discard the stone.
flesh something out add to, develop, expand (on), embellish, elaborate on, enlarge on, add detail to He has since fleshed out his story.
in the flesh in person, in real life, really, actually He looked smaller in the flesh.
put flesh on something expand, develop, expand (on), add to, embellish, elaborate on, enlarge on, add detail to This is an attempt to put flesh on a very bare plan.
your own flesh and blood family, blood, relations, relatives, kin, kindred, kith and kin, blood relations, kinsfolk The kid was his own flesh and blood.
Quotations
"Bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh" Bible: Genesis
"I saw him now going the way of all flesh" [John Webster Westward Hoe]
"The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak" Bible: St. Matthew
"Bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh" Bible: Genesis
"I saw him now going the way of all flesh" [John Webster Westward Hoe]
"The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak" Bible: St. Matthew
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
flesh
nounThe American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Translations
لَحْملَحْم الثَّمَره
dužinamaso
kødkropfrugtkødhud
hedelmälihalihamalto
hús
hold; kjötkjöt
artimas giminėgyvenimemėsamėsingasminkštimas
gaļamiesamīkstums
meso
etetli kısım
flesh
[fleʃ]A. N (gen) → carne f; [of fruit] → pulpa f
in the flesh → en carne y hueso, en persona
my own flesh and blood → mi propia sangre
to put on flesh → echar carnes
the sins of the flesh → los pecados de la carne
it's more than flesh and blood can stand → no hay quien lo aguante
to make sb's flesh crawl or creep → poner carne de gallina a algn
to go the way of all flesh → pasar a mejor vida
see also press B1
in the flesh → en carne y hueso, en persona
my own flesh and blood → mi propia sangre
to put on flesh → echar carnes
the sins of the flesh → los pecados de la carne
it's more than flesh and blood can stand → no hay quien lo aguante
to make sb's flesh crawl or creep → poner carne de gallina a algn
to go the way of all flesh → pasar a mejor vida
see also press B1
B. CPD flesh colour, flesh color (US) N (gen, Art) → color m de la piel
flesh wound N → herida f superficial
flesh wound N → herida f superficial
flesh out VT + ADV → desarrollar
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
flesh
[ˈflɛʃ] n [person, animal] → chair f
to make sb's flesh creep, to make sb's flesh crawl (= horrify) → donner la chair de poule à qn
to see sb in the flesh → voir qn en personne
one's own flesh and blood → la chair de sa chair
She's my own flesh and blood → Elle est la chair de ma chair.
to put flesh on sth (= flesh out) → étoffer qch
to make sb's flesh creep, to make sb's flesh crawl (= horrify) → donner la chair de poule à qn
to see sb in the flesh → voir qn en personne
one's own flesh and blood → la chair de sa chair
She's my own flesh and blood → Elle est la chair de ma chair.
to put flesh on sth (= flesh out) → étoffer qch
[fruit, vegetable] → chair f
flesh out
vt sep (= develop) [+ story, plan] → développerflesh wound [ˈflɛʃwuːnd] n → blessure f superficielleCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
flesh
n
→ Fleisch nt; (of fruit) → (Frucht)fleisch nt; (of vegetable) → Mark nt; to put on flesh (animals) → zunehmen; (person also) → Fleisch auf die Rippen bekommen (inf); all that bare flesh on the beach → diese Fleischbeschau am Strand
(fig) one’s own flesh and blood → sein eigen(es) Fleisch und Blut; it was more than flesh and blood could bear → das war einfach nicht zu ertragen; I’m only flesh and blood → ich bin auch nur aus Fleisch und Blut; in the flesh → in Person, in natura; he’s gone the way of all flesh → er ist den Weg allen Fleisches gegangen; to press the flesh (inf) → Hände drücken; to put flesh on an idea/a proposal → eine Idee/einen Vorschlag ausgestalten
flesh
:flesh colour, (US) flesh color
n → Fleischfarbe f
flesh-coloured, (US) flesh-colored
adj → fleischfarben
flesh-eating
adj → fleischfressend
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
flesh
[flɛʃ] n (gen) → carne f; (of fruit) → polpain the flesh → in carne ed ossa
my own flesh and blood → la mia famiglia
it's more than flesh and blood can stand → è più di quanto un essere umano possa sopportare
to demand one's pound of flesh (fig) → esigere tutto il dovuto
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
flesh
(fleʃ) noun1. the soft substance (muscles etc) that covers the bones of animals.
2. the soft part of fruit. the golden flesh of a peach.
ˈfleshy adjective fat. a fleshy face.
flesh and blood1. relations; family. She is my own flesh and blood.
2. human nature. It is more than flesh and blood can tolerate.
in the flesh actually present; in person. I have seen him on television, but never in the flesh.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
flesh
n. carne, tejido muscular suave del cuerpo;
___ wound → herida superficial.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
flesh
n carne f; flesh-eating devorador de carneEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.