flesh
/flɛʃ/noun, verb1 syllable
Flesh means: alternative names for the body of a human being.
Synonyms for flesh14
What does flesh mean?4
noun
1
alternative names for the body of a human being“Leonardo studied the human body”
2
a soft moist part of a fruit
3
the soft tissue of the body of a vertebrate: mainly muscle tissue and fat
verb
1
remove adhering flesh from (hides) when preparing leather manufacture
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with flesh?3
Flesh in a sentence
- The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.Zifre
- The mind craves progress, yet the flesh grows frail and holds back.Amastan
- In due course, eating meat will be considered as horrible as eating human flesh.speedwell
- Even if the flesh disintegrates, the thought remains immortal.anzart
- He might be a monster, but he's my flesh and blood.Nuel
- The monster had a lumpen body, all swollen joints and uneven flesh.rul
- He is bone of my bone, flesh of my flesh.unknown
- God's law forbids eating blood, because the life of all flesh is the blood.Ivanovb
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of flesh
as a noun
- plural
- fleshes
as a verb
- past tense
- fleshed
- present participle
- fleshing
- third-person singular
- fleshes
- past participle
- fleshed