flesh

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural

fleshes

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)

flesh

past (v2)

fleshed

past participle (v3)

fleshed

present participle

fleshing

3rd person singular

fleshes

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.The soft tissue of the body, especially muscle and fat.

2. 2.The skin of a human or animal.

3. 3.Bare arms, bare legs, bare torso.

4. 4.Animal tissue regarded as food; meat (but sometimes excluding fish).

   • Chicken is already the most popular meat in the US, and is projected to be the planet’s favourite flesh by 2020.

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

1. 1.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.

   • Before they had fleshed the hounds, however, he recollected himself […].

2. 2.To bury (something, especially a weapon) in flesh.

   • Give me a clean sword and a clean foe to flesh it in.

3. 3.To put flesh on; to fatten.

4. 4.To remove the flesh from the skin during the making of leather.

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