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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.


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