flesh

/flɛʃ/ · noun

Meaning

The soft tissue of the body, especially muscle and fat.
The skin of a human or animal.
(by extension) Bare arms, bare legs, bare torso.
Animal tissue regarded as food; meat (but sometimes excluding fish).
The human body as a physical entity.
The mortal body of a human being, contrasted with the spirit or soul.
To reward (a hound, bird of prey etc.) with flesh of the animal killed, to excite it for further hunting; to train (an animal) to have an appetite for flesh.
To bury (something, especially a weapon) in flesh.
To inure or habituate someone in or to a given practice.
To glut.
To put flesh on; to fatten.
To remove the flesh from the skin during the making of leather.

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