FLESH

[noun] [U] - the soft part of the body of a person or animal which is between the skin and the bones, or the soft inner part of a fruit or vegetableThe thorn went deep into the flesh of my hand.Vegetarians don't eat animal flesh (= meat).To make tomato sauce, you have to remove the skins from the tomatoes and use only the flesh.Your bare flesh is your skin.He stripped down to his bare flesh.(figurative) In the summer, this beach will be covered with bare flesh (= people wearing few clothes).The flesh sometimes refers to sex.This part of the city is well known as being somewhere people can indulge in the desires/pleasures/sins of the flesh.See also fleshpot.I've seen her perform on television, but never in the flesh (= in real life).I can't possibly do that, I'm only flesh and blood (= I have human limits).Some of these cartoon characters are more famous than many flesh and blood (= human) celebrities.Spiders always make my flesh crawl/creep (= I am frightened by them).I think you need to provide some more data to add flesh to your argument/put flesh on your argument (= make your argument stronger).If something is (UK and ANZ) flesh-coloured/(US) flesh-tone, it is approximately the colour of white people's skin.I'd like a pair of flesh-coloured tights, please.He cut his head when he fell off his bicycle, but it was only a flesh wound (= his bones and inner organs were not damaged).