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ALL meanings of fleshed

fleshed
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  • adjective fleshed having flesh, especially of a specified type (usually used in combination): dark-fleshed game birds. 1
  • noun fleshed the soft substance of a human or other animal body, consisting of muscle and fat. 1
  • noun fleshed muscular and fatty tissue. 1
  • noun fleshed this substance or tissue in animals, viewed as an article of food, usually excluding fish and sometimes fowl; meat. 1
  • noun fleshed fatness; weight. 1
  • noun fleshed the body, especially as distinguished from the spirit or soul: The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak. 1
  • noun fleshed the physical or animal nature of humankind as distinguished from its moral or spiritual nature: the needs of the flesh. 1
  • noun fleshed humankind. 1
  • noun fleshed living creatures generally. 1
  • noun fleshed a person's family or relatives. 1
  • noun fleshed Botany. the soft, pulpy portion of a fruit, vegetable, etc., as distinguished from the core, skin, shell, etc. 1
  • noun fleshed the surface of the human body; skin: A person with tender flesh should not expose it to direct sunlight. 1
  • noun fleshed (no longer in common use; now considered offensive) flesh color. 1
  • verb with object fleshed to plunge (a weapon) into the flesh. 1
  • verb with object fleshed Hunting. to feed (a hound or hawk) with flesh in order to make it more eager for the chase. Compare blood (def 16). 1
  • verb with object fleshed to incite and accustom (persons) to bloodshed or battle by an initial experience. 1
  • verb with object fleshed to inflame the ardor or passions of by a foretaste. 1
  • verb with object fleshed to overlay or cover (a skeleton or skeletal frame) with flesh or with a fleshlike substance. 1
  • verb with object fleshed to give dimension, substance, or reality to (often followed by out): The playwright wrote pretty good characters, but the actors really fleshed them out. 1
  • verb with object fleshed to remove adhering flesh from (hides), in leather manufacture. 1
  • verb with object fleshed Archaic. to satiate with flesh or fleshly enjoyments; surfeit; glut. 1
  • idioms fleshed in the flesh, present and alive before one's eyes; in person: The movie star looked quite different in the flesh. 1
  • idioms fleshed pound of flesh, something that strict justice demands is due, but can only be paid with great loss or suffering to the payer. 1
  • idioms fleshed press the flesh, Informal. to shake hands, as with voters while campaigning: The senator is busy as ever pressing the flesh on the campaign trail. 1
  • noun fleshed Having flesh; corpulent. 1
  • adjective fleshed (in combination) Having a specified form of flesh or body. 0
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