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What (who) is flesh - definition

SOFT TISSUE OF AN ORGANISM
Human flesh

flesh         
  • Cow flesh ([[beef]])
  • Flesh of a papaya fruit
  • Cut mushroom (''[[Neoboletus luridiformis]]'') revealing blue flesh
¦ noun
1. the soft substance in the body consisting of muscle tissue and fat.
2. the edible pulpy part of a fruit or vegetable.
3. the surface of the human body (with reference to its appearance or sensory properties).
4. (the flesh) the physicality of the human body as contrasted with the mind or the soul.
¦ verb
1. (flesh out) put weight on.
(flesh something out) add more details to something.
2. give (a hound or hawk) a piece of flesh in order to stimulate it to hunt.
literary initiate in bloodshed or warfare.
3. remove the flesh from (a hide).
Phrases
all flesh all human and animal life.
one's flesh and blood a close relative.
in the flesh in person or (of a thing) in its actual state.
make someone's flesh creep (or crawl) cause someone to feel fear, horror, or disgust.
put flesh on (the bones of) something flesh something out.
Derivatives
-fleshed adjective
fleshless adjective
Origin
OE flsc, of Gmc origin.
Flesh         
  • Cow flesh ([[beef]])
  • Flesh of a papaya fruit
  • Cut mushroom (''[[Neoboletus luridiformis]]'') revealing blue flesh
·noun Human nature.
II. Flesh ·noun Kindred; stock; race.
III. Flesh ·noun The human eace; mankind; humanity.
IV. Flesh ·noun In a good sense, tenderness of feeling; gentleness.
V. Flesh ·vt To remove flesh, membrance, ·etc., from, as from hides.
VI. Flesh ·noun The human body, as distinguished from the soul; the corporeal person.
VII. Flesh ·vt To Glut; to Satiate; hence, to harden, to accustom.
VIII. Flesh ·noun In a bad sense, tendency to transient or physical pleasure; desire for sensual gratification; carnality.
IX. Flesh ·noun The soft, pulpy substance of fruit; also, that part of a root, fruit, and the like, which is fit to be eaten.
X. Flesh ·noun The character under the influence of animal propensities or selfish passions; the soul unmoved by spiritual influences.
XI. Flesh ·noun Animal food, in distinction from vegetable; meat; especially, the body of beasts and birds used as food, as distinguished from fish.
XII. Flesh ·noun The aggregate of the muscles, fat, and other tissues which cover the framework of bones in man and other animals; especially, the muscles.
XIII. Flesh ·vt To feed with flesh, as an incitement to further exertion; to Initiate;
- from the practice of training hawks and dogs by feeding them with the first game they take, or other flesh. Hence, to use upon flesh (as a murderous weapon) so as to draw blood, especially for the first time.
flesh         
  • Cow flesh ([[beef]])
  • Flesh of a papaya fruit
  • Cut mushroom (''[[Neoboletus luridiformis]]'') revealing blue flesh
(fleshes, fleshing, fleshed)
1.
Flesh is the soft part of a person's or animal's body between the bones and the skin.
...maggots which eat away dead flesh.
...the pale pink flesh of trout and salmon.
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2.
You can use flesh to refer to human skin and the human body, especially when you are considering it in a sexual way.
...the sins of the flesh.
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3.
The flesh of a fruit or vegetable is the soft inside part of it.
Cut the flesh from the olives and discard the stones.
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4.
You use flesh and blood to emphasize that someone has human feelings or weaknesses, often when contrasting them with machines.
I'm only flesh and blood, like anyone else.
PHRASE [emphasis]
5.
If you say that someone is your own flesh and blood, you are emphasizing that they are a member of your family.
The kid, after all, was his own flesh and blood. He deserved a second chance.
PHRASE: usu v-link PHR [emphasis]
6.
If something makes your flesh creep or makes your flesh crawl, it makes you feel disgusted, shocked or frightened.
It makes my flesh creep to think of it...
I was heading on a secret mission that made my flesh crawl.
PHRASE: make inflects
7.
If you meet or see someone in the flesh, you actually meet or see them, rather than, for example, seeing them in a film or on television.
The first thing viewers usually say when they see me in the flesh is 'You're smaller than you look on TV.'
PHRASE: usu PHR after v, v-link PHR

Wikipedia

Flesh

Flesh is any aggregation of soft tissues of an organism. Various multicellular organisms have soft tissues that may be called "flesh". In mammals, including humans, flesh encompasses muscles, fats and other loose connective tissues, but sometimes excluding non-muscular organs (liver, lung, spleen, kidney) and typically discarded parts (hard tendon, brain tissue, intestines, etc.). In a culinary context, consumable animal flesh is called meat, while processed visceral tissues are known as offal.

In particular animal groups such as vertebrates, molluscs and arthropods, the flesh is distinguished from tougher body structures such as bone, shell and scute, respectively. In plants, the "flesh" is the juicy, edible structures such as the mesocarp of fruits and melons as well as soft tubers, rhizomes and taproots, as opposed to tougher structures like nuts and stems. In fungi, flesh refers to trama, the soft, inner portion of a mushroom, or fruit body. A more restrictive usage may be found in some contexts, such as the visual arts, where flesh may refer only to visibly exposed human skin, as opposed to parts of the body covered by clothing and hair. Flesh as a descriptor for colour usually refers to the non-melanated pale or pinkish skin colour of white humans, however, it can also be used to refer to the colour of any human skin.

In Christian religious circles, the flesh is a metaphor associated with carnality.

Examples of use of flesh
1. Rather, they are flesh of the flesh of religious Zionism, the second and third generation of the settlements.
2. He got a lot of flesh." For most of the works depicting her, Freud covered Ms Tilley‘s tattoos with fresh–coloured paint, because, the sitter has said: "He adores flesh so much, and to have sort of green flesh and pink flesh isn‘t really normal." Scroll down for more...
3. His portraits of Dyer and Freud are brutally exposing of the fragility of flesh – and insist that flesh is all we are.
4. Television footage showed pieces of flesh strewn on the road.
5. QUESTION:В Could you flesh that out a little bit?