flesh
flesh /fl'eʃ/ (fleshes fleshing fleshed)
1 [N-UNCOUNT]
Flesh is the soft part of a person's or animal's body between the bones and the skin.
...maggots which eat away dead flesh.
...the pale pink flesh of trout and salmon.
2 [N-UNCOUNT]
You can use flesh to refer to human skin and the human body, especially when you are considering it in a sexual way.
...the sins of the flesh.
3 [N-UNCOUNT]
The flesh of a fruit or vegetable is the soft inside part of it.
Cut the flesh from the olives and discard the stones.
4 [PHRASE]
You use flesh and blood to emphasize that someone has human feelings or weaknesses, often when contrasting them with machines.
I'm only flesh and blood, like anyone else.
5 [PHRASE] usu v-link PHR
If you say that someone is your own flesh and blood, you are emphasizing that they are a member of your family.
The kid, after all, was his own flesh and blood. He deserved a second chance.
6 [PHRASE] make inflects
If something makes your flesh creep or makes your flesh crawl, it makes you feel disgusted, shocked or frightened.
It makes my flesh creep to think of it...
I was heading on a secret mission that made my flesh crawl.
7 [PHRASE] usu PHR after v, v-link PHR
If you meet or see someone in the flesh, you actually meet or see them, rather than, for example, seeing them in a film or on television.
The first thing viewers usually say when they see me in the flesh is `You're smaller than you look on TV.'flesh out
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron), also V n P
If you flesh out something such as a story or plan, you add details and more information to it.
He talked with him for an hour and a half, fleshing out the details of his original five-minute account...flesh wound (flesh wounds)
[N-COUNT]
A flesh wound is a wound that breaks the skin but does not damage the bones or any of the body's important internal organs.
1 [N-UNCOUNT]
Flesh is the soft part of a person's or animal's body between the bones and the skin.
...maggots which eat away dead flesh.
...the pale pink flesh of trout and salmon.
2 [N-UNCOUNT]
You can use flesh to refer to human skin and the human body, especially when you are considering it in a sexual way.
...the sins of the flesh.
3 [N-UNCOUNT]
The flesh of a fruit or vegetable is the soft inside part of it.
Cut the flesh from the olives and discard the stones.
4 [PHRASE]
You use flesh and blood to emphasize that someone has human feelings or weaknesses, often when contrasting them with machines.
I'm only flesh and blood, like anyone else.
5 [PHRASE] usu v-link PHR
If you say that someone is your own flesh and blood, you are emphasizing that they are a member of your family.
The kid, after all, was his own flesh and blood. He deserved a second chance.
6 [PHRASE] make inflects
If something makes your flesh creep or makes your flesh crawl, it makes you feel disgusted, shocked or frightened.
It makes my flesh creep to think of it...
I was heading on a secret mission that made my flesh crawl.
7 [PHRASE] usu PHR after v, v-link PHR
If you meet or see someone in the flesh, you actually meet or see them, rather than, for example, seeing them in a film or on television.
The first thing viewers usually say when they see me in the flesh is `You're smaller than you look on TV.'flesh out
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron), also V n P
If you flesh out something such as a story or plan, you add details and more information to it.
He talked with him for an hour and a half, fleshing out the details of his original five-minute account...flesh wound (flesh wounds)
[N-COUNT]
A flesh wound is a wound that breaks the skin but does not damage the bones or any of the body's important internal organs.