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flesh  (fleshes 3rd person present) (fleshing present participle) (fleshed past tense & past participle )
1  n-uncount 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.  
2  n-uncount 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.  
3  n-uncount The flesh of a fruit or vegetable is the soft inside part of it. 
Cut the flesh from the olives and discard the stones.  
4 You use flesh and blood to emphasize that someone has human feelings or weaknesses, often when contrasting them with machines. 
♦ flesh and blood  phrase 
 (emphasis)  I'm only flesh and blood, like anyone else.  
5 If you say that someone is your own flesh and blood, you are emphasizing that they are a member of your family. 
♦ own flesh and blood  phrase usu v-link PHR  (emphasis)  The kid, after all, was his own flesh and blood. He deserved a second chance.  
6 If something makes your flesh creep or makes your flesh crawl, it makes you feel disgusted, shocked or frightened. 
♦ make sb's flesh creep/crawl  phrase make inflects 
It makes my flesh creep to think of it..., I was heading on a secret mission that made my flesh crawl.  
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. 
♦ in the flesh  phrase usu PHR after v, v-link PHR 
The first thing viewers usually say when they see me in the flesh is `You're smaller than you look on TV.'  flesh out  phrasal verb If you flesh out something such as a story or plan, you add details and more information to it. 
He talked with him for an hour and a half, fleshing out the details of his original five-minute account...  V P n (not pron), Also V n P 



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