<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>The soft substance of a human or other animal body, consisting of muscle and fat</li><li>Muscular and fatty tissue</li><li>The muscular and fatty substance or tissue in animals that is consumed as food: often regarded specifically as meat while excluding seafood</li><li>Fatness; weight: Even after giving birth to her third child, she had very little excess flesh to lose</li><li>The body, especially as distinguished from the spirit or soul: The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak</li><li>The physical or animal nature of humankind as distinguished from its moral or spiritual nature: the needs of the flesh</li><li>Archaic: humankind: It is a higher plane of existence, a domain of mystery, where flesh has never walked</li><li>Archaic: living creatures generally: Are we not the guardians of all flesh, from the tiniest burrowers of earth to the grandest dwellers of ocean?</li><li>A person's family or relatives; flesh and blood: With the death of his sister, he is now the last of his lineal flesh</li><li>Botany: the soft, pulpy portion of a fruit, vegetable, etc., as distinguished from the core, skin, shell, etc.: After roasting the squash halves, scrape the flesh from the skin and mash with some cream and butter</li><li>The surface of the human body; skin: A person with tender flesh should not expose it to direct sunlight</li><li>(No longer in common use; now considered offensive) flesh color: The crayons they once called “flesh” have been labeled “peach” since 1962</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(Used with object) Archaic: to plunge (a weapon) into the flesh: With brazen might, she fleshed her sword into the dragon’s throat</li><li>Hunting: Obsolete: to feed (a hound or hawk) with flesh in order to make it more eager for the chase: Compare blood</li><li>Archaic: to incite and accustom (persons) to bloodshed or battle by an initial experience: Under his regime, it was not uncommon for very young boys to be fleshed as indoctrination into a culture of brutality</li><li>Obsolete: to inflame the ardor or passions of by a foretaste: I shall not be easily fleshed—especially by those of questionable intent</li><li>To overlay or cover (a skeleton or skeletal frame) with flesh or with a fleshlike substance: The bones appeared to have been fleshed, as if to simulate some sort of reconstruction</li><li>To give dimension, substance, or reality to (often followed by out): When Evan tells the story, it’s more fleshed, more compelling and believable; the playwright wrote pretty good characters, but the actors really fleshed them out</li><li>To remove adhering flesh from (hides), in leather manufacture: The hides we work with have been thoroughly fleshed before we receive them</li><li>Archaic: to satiate with flesh or fleshly enjoyments; surfeit; glut: Are you gentlemen quite fleshed?</li><li>Verb phrase: to add details to or make more complete: She fleshed out her proposal considerably before presenting it to the committee for action</li><li>To gain weight: He realized to his dismay that he had fleshed out during the months of forced inactivity</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>