Flesh | Mean of flesh in English Dictionary

/ˈflɛʃ/

• Noun
• the soft parts of the body of an animal or person
1. the flabby white flesh of his belly
• the skin of a person
1. a disease that causes sores on the flesh
2. sun-tanned flesh
3. flesh-colored [=having the color of a white person's skin]
4. The memory of all that blood was enough to make my flesh crawl/creep. [=to make me feel disgusted, afraid, etc.]
• parts of an animal used as food
1. cooked rabbit flesh
2. flesh-eating mammals

• the soft part of a fruit that is eaten
1. the soft, sweet flesh of a peach
• the physical nature of a person rather than the mind or spirit
1. pleasures of the flesh [=physical pleasures, such as eating, drinking, and having sex]
2. sins of the flesh
3. “The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.” Matthew 26:41 (KJV)
• a human being
1. There's a limit to what I can do—I'm only flesh and blood.
2. It was more than flesh and blood can bear.
• someone who is closely related to you
1. How could you do something so cruel to your own flesh and blood?
• to die
• Verb
• to provide more information about (something)
1. You need to flesh out your plan with more details.
2. She fleshes out the characters in her novels very well.