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FLESH

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Alternative names for the body of a human being

Example:

the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak

Synonyms:

anatomy; bod; build; chassis; figure; flesh; form; frame; human body; material body; physical body; physique; shape; soma

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("flesh" is a kind of...):

body; organic structure (the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "flesh"):

person (a human body (usually including the clothing))

juvenile body (the body of a young person)

adult body (the body of an adult human being)

male body (the body of a male human being)

female body (the body of a female human being)

Holonyms ("flesh" is a part of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

homo; human; human being; man (any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The soft tissue of the body of a vertebrate: mainly muscle tissue and fat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("flesh" is a kind of...):

animal tissue (the tissue in the bodies of animals)

Derivation:

fleshy (of or relating to or resembling flesh)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A soft moist part of a fruit

Synonyms:

flesh; pulp

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("flesh" is a kind of...):

plant tissue (the tissue of a plant)

Meronyms (substance of "flesh"):

parenchyma (the primary tissue of higher plants composed of thin-walled cells that remain capable of cell division even when mature; constitutes the greater part of leaves, roots, the pulp of fruits, and the pith of stems)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Remove adhering flesh from (hides) when preparing leather manufacture

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "flesh" is one way to...):

get rid of; remove (dispose of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Credits

 Context examples: 

An extract of the flesh from the fruit of Phaleria macrocarpa, an Indonesian herbal medicine, with potential antineoplastic activity.

(Phaleria macrocarpa Extract DLBS-1425, NCI Thesaurus)

It is for this that these men mortify their flesh, and to set us an example, who would pamper ourselves overmuch.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“It’s my flesh that’s beat me, sir,” said he.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

This bottom was littered with great gobbets of flesh, most of which was in the last state of putridity.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I won’t sell him at all, said the father; my own flesh and blood is dearer to me than all the silver and gold in the world.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

There are places in town, offices, where inquiry would soon produce something—Offices for the sale—not quite of human flesh—but of human intellect.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

But the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman, not being made of flesh, were not troubled by the scent of the flowers.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

Talking wearied her, faces troubled her, pain claimed her for its own, and her tranquil spirit was sorrowfully perturbed by the ills that vexed her feeble flesh.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

A type of pilosebaceous hamartoma characterized by the development of a linear, flesh colored, fine papular eruption on the head, neck and upper chest after puberty.

(Moniliform Hamartoma, NCI Thesaurus)

I have observed that when I wore the semblance of Edward Hyde, none could come near to me at first without a visible misgiving of the flesh.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)