Flesh

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The soft tissue of the body of a vertebrate, covering the bones and consisting mainly of skeletal muscle and fat.
  • noun. Such tissue of an animal, used as food.
  • noun. The surface or skin of the human body.
  • noun. Fatty tissue.
  • noun. The pulpy, usually edible part of a fruit or vegetable.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The human body.
  • noun. Sensual appetites.
  • noun. Substance; reality.
  • intransitive verb. To give substance or detail to; fill out. Often used with out:
  • intransitive verb. To clean (a hide) of adhering flesh.
  • intransitive verb. To encourage (a falcon, for example) to participate in the chase by feeding it flesh from a kill.
  • intransitive verb. To plunge or thrust (a weapon) into flesh.
  • intransitive verb. To inure (troops, for instance) to battle or bloodshed.
  • intransitive verb. To become plump or fleshy; gain weight.
  • idiom. (go the way of all flesh) To die.
  • idiom. (go the way of all flesh) To come to an end.
  • idiom. (in the flesh) Alive.
  • idiom. (in the flesh) In person; present.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To feed full with flesh, and hence with fleshly enjoyments, spoil, etc.
  • To encourage by giving flesh to; initiate to the taste of flesh: with reference to the practice of training hawks and dogs by feeding them with the first game they take, or other flesh; hence, to introduce or incite to battle or carnage.
  • In leather manufacturing, to remove flesh, fat, and loose membrane from the flesh side of, as skins and hides.
  • To clothe with flesh; make fleshy.
  • To become more fleshy, as one who has been ill and is convalescent: used with up.
  • noun. A substance forming a large part of an animal body, consisting of the softer solids which constitute muscle and fat, as distinguished from the bones, the skin, the membranes, and the fluids; in the most restricted sense, muscular tissue alone.
  • noun. Animal food, in distinction from vegetable; in the most restricted sense, the substance of beasts and fowls used as food, as distinguished from fish.
  • noun. The body, as distinguished from the soul; the corporeal person.
  • noun. Man, or the human race; mankind; humanity.
  • noun. Man's animal or physical nature, as distinguished from or opposed to his moral or spiritual nature; the body as the seat of appetite: a Biblical use: as, to mortify the flesh.
  • noun. Kindred; stock; family; near relative or relatives.
  • noun. In botany, the soft cellular or pulpy substance of a fruit or vegetable, as distinguished from the kernel or core, skin, shell, etc.
  • noun. In Scripture, to be under the control of the animal nature: opposed to spiritual.
  • Consisting of animal substance not fish: as, a flesh diet.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The aggregate of the muscles, fat, and other tissues which cover the framework of bones in man and other animals; especially, the muscles.
  • noun. Animal food, in distinction from vegetable; meat; especially, the body of beasts and birds used as food, as distinguished from fish.
  • noun. The human body, as distinguished from the soul; the corporeal person.
  • noun. The human eace; mankind; humanity.
  • noun. Human nature.
  • noun. In a good sense, tenderness of feeling; gentleness.
  • noun. In a bad sense, tendency to transient or physical pleasure; desire for sensual gratification; carnality.
  • noun. The character under the influence of animal propensities or selfish passions; the soul unmoved by spiritual influences.
  • noun. Kindred; stock; race.
  • noun. The soft, pulpy substance of fruit; also, that part of a root, fruit, and the like, which is fit to be eaten.
  • noun. after the manner of man; in a gross or earthly manner.
  • noun. human strength or aid.
  • noun. See under Blood.
  • noun. broth made by boiling flesh in water.
  • noun. one of several species of flies whose larvæ or maggots feed upon flesh, as the bluebottle fly; -- called also meat fly, carrion fly, and blowfly. See Blowly.
  • noun. animal food.
  • Word Usage
    "” Paul, too, says, “Though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh” (2 Cor.x. 3), and “The life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God” (Gal. ii."
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