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Definition flesh

Etymology

From Middle English flesh, flesch, fl�sch, from Old English fl?s?, from Proto-Germanic *flaisk?, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh??- (�to tear, peel off�). Cognate Saterland Frisian Flaask (�flesh�), West Frisian fleis (�flesh�), Dutch vlees (�flesh�), Low German Fleesch (�flesh�), German Fleisch (�flesh�), Swedish fl�sk (�flesh�), Danish fl�sk (�flesh�), Norwegian flesk (�flesh�), Icelandic flesk (�flesh�).

Noun

flesh (usually uncountable, plural fleshes)

1. The soft tissue of the body, especially muscle and fat.
2. The skin of a human or animal.
3. (by extension) Bare arms, bare legs, bare torso.
4. Animal tissue regarded as food; meat (but sometimes excluding fish).
5. The human body as a physical entity.
6. (religion) The mortal body of a human being, contrasted with the spirit or soul.
7. (religion) The evil and corrupting principle working in man.
8. The soft, often edible, parts of fruits or vegetables.
9. (obsolete) Tenderness of feeling; gentleness.
10. (obsolete) Kindred; stock; race.
11. A yellowish pink colour; the colour of some Caucasian human skin.

Verb

flesh (third-person singular simple present fleshes, present participle fleshing, simple past and past participle fleshed)

1. (transitive) To bury (something, especially a weapon) in flesh.
2. (obsolete) To inure or habituate someone in or to a given practice. [16th-18th c.]
3. (transitive) To train to an appetite for flesh, as dogs for hunting.
4. (transitive) To glut.
5. (transitive) To put flesh on; to fatten.
6. To remove the flesh from the skin during the making of leather.

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