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English Idioms :: flesh
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fesh - See: IN PERSON also IN THE FLESH, NEITHER FISH NOR FOWL also NEITHER FISH, FLESH, NOR FOWL, PRESS THE FLESH, THORN IN THE FLESH. |
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Traditional English :: flesh
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fesh - n. & v. --n. 1 a the soft, esp. muscular, substance between the skin and bones of an animal or a human. b plumpness; fat (has put on flesh). c archaic meat, esp. excluding poultry, game, and offal. 2 the body as opposed to the mind or the soul, esp. considered as sinful. 3 the pulpy substance of a fruit or a plant. 4 a the visible surface of the human body with ref. to its colour or appearance. b (also flesh-colour) a yellowish pink colour. 5 animal or human life. --v.tr. 1 embody in flesh. 2 incite (a hound etc.) by the taste of blood. 3 initiate, esp. by aggressive or violent means, esp.: a use (a sword etc.) for the first time on flesh. b use (wit, the pen, etc.) for the first time. c inflame (a person) by the foretaste of success. all flesh all human and animal creation. flesh and blood --n. --adj. actually living, not imaginary or supernatural. flesh-fly (pl. -flies) any fly of the family Sarcophagidae that deposits eggs or larvae in dead flesh. flesh out make or become substantial. flesh side the side of a hide that adjoined the flesh. flesh tints flesh-colours as rendered by a painter. flesh-wound a wound not reaching a bone or a vital organ. in the flesh in bodily form, in person. lose (or put on) flesh grow thinner or fatter. make a person's flesh creep frighten or horrify a person, esp. with tales of the supernatural etc. one flesh (of two people) intimately united, esp. by virtue of marriage (Gen. 2:24). one's own flesh and blood near relatives; descendants. sins of the flesh unchastity. the way of all flesh experience common to all mankind. fleshless adj. [OE flósc f. Gmc] |
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Related Words
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flesh
eating
bacterium
galveston
texas
coast
picture
gulf
mexico
bone
bot
devil
disease
zombie
eater
virus
cafe
leonardo
da
vinci
angel
all
must
be
eaten
gordan
wound
roger
waters
blood
word
made
pound
marla
english
spur
farm
creeping
dmx
my
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Most Often Usage
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flesh eating bacterium galveston
flesh eating bacterium texas coast
flesh eating bacterium picture
flesh eating bacterium
flesh eating bacterium texas
gulf of mexico flesh eating bacterium
flesh bone
flesh bot
devil in the flesh
flesh eating disease
zombie flesh eater
flesh eater
flesh eating
flesh eating virus
cafe flesh
leonardo da vinci angel in the flesh
picture of flesh eating disease
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