Толковый словарь английского языка - flesh
Flesh
flesh
I. noun see: flay Date: before 12th century 1. the soft parts of the body of an animal and especially of a vertebrate, the condition of having ample fat on the body , skin , 2. edible parts of an animal, ~ of a mammal or fowl eaten as food, 3. the physical nature of human beings , human nature , 4. human beings ; mankind , living beings, stock , kindred , a ~y plant part used as food, an illusion that matter has sensation, substance , II. verb Date: 1530 transitive verb to initiate or habituate especially by giving a foretaste, gratify , 3. to clothe or cover with or as if with ~, to make fuller or more nearly complete, to free from ~, intransitive verb to become ~y
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n. & v. --n. 1 a the soft, esp. muscular, substance between the skin and bones of an animal or a human. b plumpness; fat (has put on flesh). c archaic meat, esp. excluding poultry, game, and offal. 2 the body as opposed to the mind or the soul, esp. considered as sinful. 3 the pulpy substance of a fruit or a plant. 4 a the visible surface of the human body with ref. to its colour or appearance. b (also flesh-colour) a yellowish pink colour. 5 animal or human life. --v.tr. 1 embody in flesh. 2 incite (a hound etc.) by the taste of blood. 3 initiate, esp. by aggressive or violent means, esp.: a use (a sword etc.) for the first time on flesh. b use (wit, the pen, etc.) for the first time. c inflame (a person) by the foretaste of success. Phrases and idioms all flesh all human and animal creation. flesh and blood --n. 1 the body or its substance. 2 humankind. 3 human nature, esp. as being fallible. --adj. actually living, not imaginary or supernatural. flesh-fly (pl. -flies) any fly of the family Sarcophagidae that deposits eggs or larvae in dead flesh. flesh out make or become substantial. flesh side the side of a hide that adjoined the flesh. flesh tints flesh-colours as rendered by a painter. flesh-wound a wound not reaching a bone or a vital organ. in the flesh in bodily form, in person. lose (or put on) flesh grow thinner or fatter. make a person's flesh creep frighten or horrify a person, esp. with tales of the supernatural etc. one flesh (of two people) intimately united, esp. by virtue of marriage (Gen. 2:24). one's own flesh and blood near relatives; descendants. sins of the flesh unchastity. the way of all flesh experience common to all mankind. Derivatives fleshless adj. Etymology: OE fl{aelig}sc f. Gmc ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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