Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - flesh

~1 n 1 the soft part of the body of a person or animal that is between the skin and the bones  (flesh wound (=a slight injury from a knife or bullet)) 2 the soft part of a fruit or vegetable that can be eaten  (Cut the melon in half and scoop out the flesh.) 3 in the flesh if you see or meet someone in the flesh, you see or meet someone who you previously had only seen in pictures or films  (Fans flocked to see their heroes in the flesh.) 4 make sb's flesh creep/crawl to make someone feel frightened  (The way he always stared at her made her flesh creep.) 5 your own flesh and blood someone who is part of your family  (I couldn't see my own flesh and blood insulted in this way.) 6 the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak used to say that you would you like to do something, but are not strong enough, either physically or mentally, to do it 7 the flesh literary the physical human body, as opposed to the mind or spirit  (the pleasures of the flesh (=things such as drinking, eating a lot, or having sex)) 8 put flesh on to give more details about something to make it clear, more interesting etc  (I'll try to put some flesh on the plan Margaret has outlined.) 9 more than flesh and blood can stand/bear used to describe something that you find too unpleasant to think about 10 go the way of all flesh literary to die  (- see also get your pound of flesh pound1 (6), press the flesh press2 (15)) ~2 v flesh sth out phr v to add more details to something in order to improve it  (You need to flesh out your argument with a few more examples.)