The parts composed chiefly of skeletal muscle as distinguished from internal organs, bone, and integument. Flesh is any aggregation of soft tissues of an organism Various multicellular organisms have soft tissues that may be called flesh. The thorn went deep into the flesh of my hand Vegetarians don't eat animal flesh (= meat) The flesh of the fruit is white.
The soft tissue of the body of a vertebrate, covering the bones and consisting mainly of skeletal muscle and fat Thought the boy needed some more flesh on his bones. Definition of flesh noun in oxford advanced learner's dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more. Flesh (usually uncountable, plural fleshes) the soft tissue of the body, especially muscle and fat Quotations the flesh of chicken, fowl, and turkey has much shorter fibre than that of ruminating animals, and is not intermingled with fat,—the fat always being found in layers directly under the skin, and surrounding the intestines.
The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak The physical or animal nature of humankind as distinguished from its moral or spiritual nature The needs of the flesh. The flesh of a fruit or vegetable is the soft inside part of it Cut the flesh from the olives and discard the stones. There are 29 meanings listed in oed's entry for the noun flesh, four of which are labelled obsolete
See ‘meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. The soft substance of a human or other animal body, consisting of muscle and fat. See examples of flesh used in a sentence.
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