[ US /ˈfɫɛʃ/ ]
[ UK /flˈɛʃ/ ]
VERB
  1. remove adhering flesh from (hides) when preparing leather manufacture
NOUN
  1. a soft moist part of a fruit
  2. alternative names for the body of a human being
    he has a strong physique
    the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak
    Leonardo studied the human body
  3. the soft tissue of the body of a vertebrate: mainly muscle tissue and fat
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How To Use flesh In A Sentence

  • But that means there will be a lot of pumpkin flesh left over - and it shouldn't go to waste. The Sun
  • By the same token, if you pick up a strange rash, you will want to see a doctor in case it really is flesh-eating bacteria.
  • _Phyllocactus_ in having the branches dilated into the form of fleshy leaves, but differ in haying them divided into short truncate leaf-like portions, which are articulated, that is to say, provided with a joint by which they separate spontaneously; the margins are crenate or dentate, and the flowers, which are large and showy, magenta or crimson, appear at the apex of the terminal joints. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"
  • The white fleshy oviduct is extruded, and the eggs are squeezed out.
  • Monasteries, breaking the Lawes of obedience, and being addicted to pleasures of the flesh, are become lascivious and dissolute, making the world beleeve, that whatsoever is convenient for other women, is no way unbeseeming them, as thinking in that manner to escape. The Decameron
  • His skin had felt deliciously cool against her heated flesh as his hard body moved against hers.
  • We have virtually no fossils of tropical fleshy algae, especially the small soft epilithic species that characterize primary productivity on modern reefs.
  • I shrank inside and out from the fog and what it held-so alien to my flesh and spirit that to come even this close to it was befoulment beyond the finding of words. Year of the Unicorn
  • The flesh contains tiny, edible seeds and you can even eat the skin.
  • Two flannels, draped across this, were mermaids, who swam and flopped and basked on islands of flesh.
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