transcription, транскрипция: [ fleʃ ]
( fleshes, fleshing, fleshed)
1.
Flesh is the soft part of a person’s or animal’s body between the bones and the skin.
...maggots which eat away dead flesh.
...the pale pink flesh of trout and salmon.
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2.
You can use flesh to refer to human skin and the human body, especially when you are considering it in a sexual way.
...the sins of the flesh.
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3.
The flesh of a fruit or vegetable is the soft inside part of it.
Cut the flesh from the olives and discard the stones.
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4.
You use flesh and blood to emphasize that someone has human feelings or weaknesses, often when contrasting them with machines.
I’m only flesh and blood, like anyone else.
PHRASE [ emphasis ]
5.
If you say that someone is your own flesh and blood , you are emphasizing that they are a member of your family.
The kid, after all, was his own flesh and blood. He deserved a second chance.
PHRASE : usu v-link PHR [ emphasis ]
6.
If something makes your flesh creep or makes your flesh crawl , it makes you feel disgusted, shocked or frightened.
It makes my flesh creep to think of it...
I was heading on a secret mission that made my flesh crawl.
PHRASE : make inflects
7.
If you meet or see someone in the flesh , you actually meet or see them, rather than, for example, seeing them in a film or on television.
The first thing viewers usually say when they see me in the flesh is ‘You’re smaller than you look on TV.’
PHRASE : usu PHR after v , v-link PHR