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.
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flesh and blood phrase
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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