flesh and blood Definition

flesh
noun

1. In animals: the soft tissues covering the bones, consisting chiefly of muscle.

Thesaurus: tissue, body, brawn, fat, substance, pulp.
2. The meat of animals, as distinct from that of fish, used as food; sometimes the meat of birds, used as food. Compare fish noun 2, fowl noun 2.
3. The pulp of a fruit or vegetable.
4. The body as distinct from the soul or spirit; bodily needs.
5. poetic
Humankind.
6. Excess fat; plumpness.
7. A yellowish-pink colour.

verb

fleshed, fleshing
1. To train (eg dogs) for hunting by giving them raw meat.

Derivative: fleshless
adj

Idiom: flesh and blood

Bodily or human nature.

Idiom: one's flesh and blood

One's family or relations.
Thesaurus: relatives, family, relations, kin, kinsfolk, kindred.

Idiom: in the flesh

In person; actually present.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon flæsc.

Phrasal Verb: flesh something out

To add descriptive detail to it.