flesh
To reward with flesh of the animal killed, to excite it for further huntingTo reward (a hound, bird of prey etc.) with flesh of the animal killed, to excite it for further hunting; to train (an animal) to have an appetite for flesh.
» I'm only flesh and blood, like everybody else.
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6 senses(transitive)To reward (a hound, bird of prey etc.) with flesh of the animal killed, to excite it for further hunting; to train (an animal) to have an appetite for flesh.
(transitive)To bury (something, especially a weapon) in flesh.
(transitive)To glut.
(transitive)To put flesh on; to fatten.
zunehmen
To remove the flesh from the skin during the making of leather.
entfleischen
remove adhering flesh from (hides) when preparing leather manufacture
(obsolete)To inure or habituate someone in or to a given practice.
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. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
You're my flesh and blood.
ruТы моя плоть и кровь. — marafon
I have seen him on TV but not in the flesh.
Я бачив його по телевізору, але не вживу. — deniko
ruЯ видел его по телевизору, но не вживую. — Hellerick
deIch habe ihn im Fernsehen gesehen, aber nicht im richtigen Leben. — riotlake
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 3
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
fleshes, fleshing, fleshed, fleshedWord family
62 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.