flesh🔊

The soft tissue of the body, especially muscle and fat.

The skin of a human or animal.

(by extension) Bare arms, bare legs, bare torso.

Animal tissue regarded as food; meat (but sometimes excluding fish).

The human body as a physical entity.

(religion) The mortal body of a human being, contrasted with the spirit or soul.

(religion) The evil and corrupting principle working in man.

The soft, often edible, parts of fruits or vegetables.

(obsolete) Tenderness of feeling; gentleness.

(obsolete) Kindred; stock; race.

A yellowish pink color; the color of some Caucasian human skin.

To reward (a hound, bird of prey etc.) with flesh of the animal killed, to excite it for further hunting; to train (an animal) to have an appetite for flesh.

To bury (something, especially a weapon) in flesh.

(obsolete) To inure or habituate someone (in) or (to) a given practice. (18th c.)

To glut.

To put flesh on; to fatten.

To remove the flesh from the skin during the making of leather.