meaning of flesh
1. The aggregate of the muscles, fat, and other tissues which cover the framework of bones in man and other animals; especially, the muscles.
2. Animal food, in distinction from vegetable; meat; especially, the body of beasts and birds used as food, as distinguished from fish.
3. The human body, as distinguished from the soul; the corporeal person.
4. The human eace; mankind; humanity.
5. Human nature
6. In a good sense, tenderness of feeling; gentleness.
7. In a bad sense, tendency to transient or physical pleasure; desire for sensual gratification; carnality.
8. The character under the influence of animal propensities or selfish passions; the soul unmoved by spiritual influences.
9. Kindred; stock; race.
10. The soft, pulpy substance of fruit; also, that part of a root, fruit, and the like, which is fit to be eaten.
11. To feed with flesh, as an incitement to further exertion; to initiate; -- from the practice of training hawks and dogs by feeding them with the first game they take, or other flesh. Hence, to use upon flesh (as a murderous weapon) so as to draw blood, especially for the first time.
12. To glut; to satiate; hence, to harden, to accustom.
13. To remove flesh, membrance, etc. , from, as from hides.
14. alternative names for the body of a human being; "Leonardo studied the human body"; "he has a strong physique"; "the spirit is willing but the flesh is
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Related Words
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