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- [flesh]
- /flɛʃ/
- /fleʃ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [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
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms 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
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