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flesh

flesh
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [flesh]
    • /flɛʃ/
    • /fleʃ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [flesh]
    • /flɛʃ/

Definitions of flesh word

  • noun flesh the soft substance of a human or other animal body, consisting of muscle and fat. 1
  • noun flesh muscular and fatty tissue. 1
  • noun flesh this substance or tissue in animals, viewed as an article of food, usually excluding fish and sometimes fowl; meat. 1
  • noun flesh fatness; weight. 1
  • noun flesh the body, especially as distinguished from the spirit or soul: The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak. 1
  • noun flesh the physical or animal nature of humankind as distinguished from its moral or spiritual nature: the needs of the flesh. 1

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Origin of flesh

First appearance:

before 900
One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English flesc, Old English flǣsc; cognate with Old Frisian flēsk, Old High German fleisk (German Fleisch), Old Norse flesk bacon

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Parts of speech for Flesh

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

flesh popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

flesh usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for flesh

noun flesh

  • beef — Beef is the meat of a cow, bull, or ox.
  • muscle — a tissue composed of cells or fibers, the contraction of which produces movement in the body.
  • meat — the flesh of animals as used for food.
  • fat — File Allocation Table
  • weight — the amount or quantity of heaviness or mass; amount a thing weighs.

Antonyms for flesh

noun flesh

  • skinnier — very lean or thin; emaciated: a skinny little kitten.
  • thinness — having relatively little extent from one surface or side to the opposite; not thick: thin ice.
  • disflesh — (obsolete, transitive) To reduce the flesh or obesity of.

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