flesh — ozdic

Collocations

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1

(noun.) soft part of sb's body

ADJ

VERB + FLESH

touch

cut (into)

The tight elastic band cut into her flesh, leaving red marks on her waist.

strip, tear at/off

The butcher carefully stripped the flesh from the chicken bones to prepare it for the soup.

dig into, pierce (into), tear (into)

The surgeon carefully dug into the flesh to remove the infected tissue.

eat

The butcher trimmed the meat carefully before selling the fresh flesh to his regular customers.

become, make sth

The author's detailed descriptions helped make the vague character sketch become flesh on the page.

FLESH + VERB

tingle

My skin tingled with excitement as I waited to hear the competition results.

crawl, creep

When I watched the horror film, my flesh crawled at the sight of the giant spider.

FLESH + NOUN

wound

The knife made a deep flesh wound on his arm, but it wasn't serious.

tone

The makeup artist blended different flesh tones to match the actor's skin perfectly.

PREP

in the ~

I finally met my online friend in the flesh when she visited my city last month.

PHRASES

flesh and blood

My grandmother was real flesh and blood, not just a character in my imagination.

flesh and bone

My grandmother was just skin and flesh and bone after her long illness.

the lusts/pleasures/sins/temptations of the flesh

Many people struggle to resist the temptations of the flesh when they are stressed or unhappy.

the smell of flesh

The dog's keen nose detected the smell of flesh from the butcher shop down the street.

2

(noun.) soft part of fruit/vegetables

ADJ

soft | sweet | juicy

VERB + FLESH

chop, cut

The butcher chopped the flesh into smaller pieces for the stew.

scoop (out)

When preparing the pumpkin for soup, I scooped out all the flesh from inside the shell.

Definitions

noun

1

The soft tissue of the body, especially muscle and fat.

The flesh of chicken, fowl, and turkey has much shorter fibre than that of ruminating animals, and is not intermingled with fat,—the fat always being found in layers directly under the skin, and surrounding the intestines.

2

The skin of a human or animal.

3

Bare arms, bare legs, bare torso.

4

Animal tissue regarded as food; meat (but sometimes excluding fish).

Thenne syr launcelot sayd / fader what shalle I do / Now sayd the good man / I requyre yow take this hayre that was this holy mans and putte it nexte thy skynne / and it shalle preuaylle the gretely / syr and I wille doo hit sayd sir launcelot / Also I charge you that ye ete no flesshe as longe as ye be in the quest of the sancgreal / nor ye shalle drynke noo wyne / and that ye here masse dayly and ye may doo hit

The fleſh that twycheth any vnclene thinge ſhall not be eaten. but burnt with fire: and all that be clene in their fleſh, maye eate fleſh. Yf any ſoule eate of the fleſh of the peaceofferynges, that pertayne vnto the Lorde and hys vnclenneſſe yet apon him, the ſame ſoule ſhall periſſhe from amonge his peoole.^([sic]) Moreouer yf a ſoule twych any vnclene thinge, whether it be the vnclenneſſe of man or of any vnclene beeſt or any abhominacion that is vnclene: ãd thẽ eate of the fleſh of the peaceoffrynges whiche pertayne vnto the Lord, that ſoule ſhall periſſh from his people.

5

The human body as a physical entity.

And the preaſt ſhall put on his lynen albe and his lynen breches apon his fleſh, and take awaye the aſſhes whiche the fire of the burntſacrifice in the altare hath made, and put them beſyde the alter, […]

In my political/cultural mythology Carl remained this larger-than-life figure […] But knowing Carl, the fantasy made flesh, was a different experience. The keen mind that wrote "A Gay Manifesto" was even more perceptive and challenging in real life.

verb

1

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.

Before they had fleshed the hounds, however, he recollected himself […].

2

To bury (something, especially a weapon) in flesh.

Give me a clean sword and a clean foe to flesh it in.

3

To inure or habituate someone in or to a given practice.

And whosoever could now joyne us together, and eagerly flesh all our people to a common enterprise, we should make our ancient military name and chivalrous credit to flourish againe.

4

To glut.

5

To put flesh on; to fatten.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — alternative names for the body of a human being

noun — a soft moist part of a fruit

pulp

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

flesh out

To complete; to create details from a basic outline, structure, or skeleton.

The model shows the basics, but we still need to flesh out the details.

thorn in the flesh

A persistent difficulty or something very annoying that will not go away.

Whereas the growth of new middle and upper classes remains a thorn in the flesh to the Communist Party, the military element is inclined to favor this development, in the belief th

the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak

As much as one wishes to achieve something, the frailties of the human body often make it impossible. Sometimes extended to jocular or organizational referents.

It’s obvious that when it comes to business vs government regulation the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.

press the flesh

To shake hands and socialize, especially in a political gathering.

Bill Clinton was in full campaign form Tuesday. Hours behind schedule, he stopped to press the flesh with everyone in sight.

pound of flesh

Something which is owed and which will be hurtful or difficult to provide; a debt owed to someone who is merciless and demanding.

You must be under the impression that I'm one of these damned New England sharks that get their pound of flesh off the widow and orphan.

Example Bank

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The flesh of chicken, fowl, and turkey has much shorter fibre than that of ruminating animals, and is not intermingled with fat,—the fat always being found in layers directly under the skin, and surro

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Thenne syr launcelot sayd / fader what shalle I do / Now sayd the good man / I requyre yow take this hayre that was this holy mans and putte it nexte thy skynne / and it shalle preuaylle the gretely /

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03

The fleſh that twycheth any vnclene thinge ſhall not be eaten. but burnt with fire: and all that be clene in their fleſh, maye eate fleſh. Yf any ſoule eate of the fleſh of the peaceofferynges, that p

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04

Before they had fleshed the hounds, however, he recollected himself […].

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05

Give me a clean sword and a clean foe to flesh it in.

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06

And whosoever could now joyne us together, and eagerly flesh all our people to a common enterprise, we should make our ancient military name and chivalrous credit to flourish againe.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, flesh is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.