flesh

IPA: fɫˈɛʃ

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).
8 May 2018, Raj Patel, Jason W Moore, “How the chicken nugget became the true symbol of our era”, in The Guardian:
The human body as a physical entity.
(religion) The mortal body of a human being, contrasted with the spirit or soul.
(religion) The evil and corrupting principle working in man.
The soft, often edible, parts of fruits or vegetables.
(obsolete) Tenderness of feeling; gentleness.
(obsolete) Kindred; stock; race.
A yellowish pink colour; the colour of some Caucasian human skin.

(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.
(transitive) To bury (something, especially a weapon) in flesh.
(obsolete) To inure or habituate someone in or to a given practice.
(transitive) To glut.
(transitive) To put flesh on; to fatten.
To remove the flesh from the skin during the making of leather.

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