flesh

/flesh/

Thân thiện

The chef carefully removes the flesh from a ripe mango.

Definition

Noun 1. The soft substance of a body, especially the muscular tissue of animals: This refers to the soft parts of an animal or human body, consisting mainly of muscle and fat, as distinct from bones, skin, or organs. 2. The edible pulpy part of a fruit or vegetable: This refers to the soft, often juicy, part of a fruit or vegetable that is typically eaten, as distinct from the skin, seeds, or core. 3. The physical human body, especially as contrasted with the mind or spirit: This refers to the body in its physical, mortal, and sometimes sensual nature.

Verb 1. To remove flesh from: To clean the flesh or tissue from something, such as an animal hide during leather preparation.

Examples of Usage

• Noun (Body Tissue):
  • The knife cut deep into the flesh of his arm.
  • The sculpture showed every muscle and contour of the human flesh.
• Noun (Fruit/Vegetable Pulp):
  • Scoop out the sweet flesh of the mango.
  • The flesh of the avocado should be soft and green.
• Noun (Physical Body):
  • The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.
  • He was a creature of flesh and blood, capable of both love and error.
• Verb:
  • The hunter carefully fleshed the deer hide before tanning it.

Advanced Usage

• In the flesh: In person; physically present.
  • I had only seen him on TV, so meeting him in the flesh was incredible.
• To make one's flesh creep/crawl: To cause someone to feel fear, horror, or disgust.
  • The ghost story made my flesh creep.
• To be flesh and blood: To be human; to have human nature with its emotions and weaknesses.
  • I'm only flesh and blood—I can't work 24 hours a day.
• One's own flesh and blood: A close relative; a member of one's family.
  • How could he betray his own flesh and blood?
• To put on/lose flesh: (Somewhat formal/literary) To gain or lose weight.
  • After the illness, he lost a great deal of flesh.

Variants and Related Words

• Fleshy (adj): Having a lot of flesh; plump or pulpy.
  • fleshy fruits like peaches
• Flesh out (phrasal verb): To add more details or substance to something (e.g., a plan, story, or argument).
  • The writer fleshed out the character's backstory.

Synonyms

• Tissue, muscle, meat (for animal/human flesh).
• Pulp, meat (for fruit/vegetable flesh).
• Body, physique, corpus (for the physical body).

Related Phrasal Verbs

• Flesh out: To make more complete or substantial by adding detail.
  • She submitted a brief outline and was asked to flesh it out into a full report.

Related Idioms

• The way of all flesh: The common fate of all living things; death.
  • The old king, like all men, eventually went the way of all flesh.
• Press the flesh: (Informal) To shake hands with many people, especially as a politician.
  • The candidate spent an hour after the speech pressing the flesh with supporters.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a soft moist part of a fruit
2. alternative names for the body of a human being
   • Leonardo studied the human body
   • he has a strong physique
   • the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak
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

Từ đồng nghĩa

• pulp