flesh

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Synonyms: flush, fresh, flash, blesh, flosh, plesh, fles, flesch, lesh, flish, feesh

Antonyms: flush, fresh, flash, blesh, flosh, plesh, fles, flesch, lesh, flish, feesh

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Noun

1. {{senseid|en|Q13119823}}The [[soft tissue]] of the [[body]], especially [[muscle]] and [[fat]].
2. The skin of a human or animal.
3. {{lb|en|by extension}} [[bare|Bare]] [[arms]], [[bare]] [[legs]], bare torso.
4. [[animal|Animal]] tissue regarded as [[food]]; [[meat]] (but sometimes excluding [[fish]]).
5. The [[human]] body as a physical entity.
6. {{lb|en|religion}} The [[mortal]] body of a human being, contrasted with the [[spirit]] or [[soul]].
7. {{lb|en|religion}} The [[evil]] and corrupting principle working in man.
8. The soft, often edible, parts of [[fruit]]s or [[vegetable]]s.
9. {{lb|en|obsolete}} Tenderness of feeling; gentleness.
10. {{lb|en|obsolete}} Kindred; stock; race.
11. A [[yellow]]ish [[pink]] [[color]]; the color of some [[Caucasian]] human skin.

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} 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.
2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[bury]] (something, especially a weapon) in flesh.
3. {{lb|en|obsolete}} To [[inure]] or [[habituate]] someone {{m|en|in}} or {{m|en|to}} a given practice. {{defdate|16th|18th c.}}
4. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[glut]].
5. {{lb|en|transitive}} To put flesh on; to [[fatten]].
6. To remove the flesh from the skin during the making of [[leather]].

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