flesh
The soft tissue of the body, especially muscle and fatThe soft tissue of the body, especially muscle and fat.
» I'm only flesh and blood, like everybody else.
Meaning
11 senses(uncountable, usually)The soft tissue of the body, especially muscle and fat.
the soft tissue of the body of a vertebrate: mainly muscle tissue and fat
(uncountable, usually)The skin of a human or animal.
Haut
ко́жаkóža
alternative names for the body of a human being
(broadly, uncountable, usually)Bare arms, bare legs, bare torso.
(uncountable, usually)Animal tissue regarded as food; meat (but sometimes excluding fish).
Fleisch, Fleisch
мя́соmjáso, плотьplotʹ, мягкая тканьmjaxkaja tkanʹ
м'я́соmʺjáso, плотьplotʹ, ті́лоtílo
(uncountable, usually)The human body as a physical entity.
Fleisch, Leib
те́лоtélo
ті́лоtílo
(uncountable, usually)The mortal body of a human being, contrasted with the spirit or soul.
1929 January, Bassett Morgan (Grace Jones), Bimini, first published in Weird Tales, reprinted 1949, in Avon Fantasy Reader, Issue 10, But death had no gift for me, no power to free me from flesh.
(uncountable, usually)The evil and corrupting principle working in man.
(uncountable, usually)The soft, often edible, parts of fruits or vegetables.
Fleisch, Fruchtfleisch
мя́котьmjákotʹ
(uncountable, usually)A yellowish pink color; the color of some Caucasian human skin.
(obsolete, uncountable, usually)Tenderness of feeling; gentleness.
(obsolete, uncountable, usually)Kindred; stock; race.
Examples
122 sentencesI'm only flesh and blood, like everybody else.
How can you treat your own flesh and blood that way?
It's just a flesh wound.
deDas ist nur eine Fleischwunde.
You're my flesh and blood.
ruТы моя плоть и кровь.
I have seen him on TV but not in the flesh.
Я бачив його по телевізору, але не вживу.
ruЯ видел его по телевизору, но не вживую.
deIch habe ihn im Fernsehen gesehen, aber nicht im richtigen Leben.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 5
By meaning 5
Origin
From Middle English flesh, flesch, flæsch, from Old English flǣsċ, from Proto-West GermaniFrom Middle English flesh, flesch, flæsch, from Old English flǣsċ, from Proto-West Germanic *flaiski, from Proto-Germanic *flaiski, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁ḱ- (“to tear, peel off”).
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Forms
plural: fleshes| Singular | flesh |
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uncountable
Synonyms
14 synonyms- a soft moist part of a fruit:pulp
- alternative names for the body of a human being:human bodyphysical bodymaterial bodysomabuildfigurephysiqueanatomy
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable