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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

flesh / flesh/ • n. the soft substance consisting of muscle and fat that is found between the skin and bones of an animal or a human: she grabbed Anna's arm, her fingers sinking into the flesh. ∎ this substance in an animal or fish, regarded as food: boned lamb flesh | [in comb.] a flesh-eater. ∎ the pulpy substance of a fruit or vegetable, esp. the part that is eaten: halve the avocados and scrape out the flesh. ∎ fat: he carries no spare flesh. ∎ the skin or surface of the human body with reference to its color, appearance, or sensual properties: she gasped as the cold water hit her flesh. ∎ (the flesh) the human body and its physical needs and desires, esp. as contrasted with the mind or the soul: I have never been one to deny the pleasures of the flesh. ∎ flesh color. • v. 1. [intr.] (flesh out) put weight on: he had fleshed out to a solid 220 pounds. ∎ [tr.] (flesh something out) add more details to something that exists only in a draft or outline form: the theorists have fleshed out a variety of scenarios. 2. [tr.] [often as n.] (fleshing) remove the flesh adhering to (a skin or hide): after fleshing, the hide is soaked again. PHRASES: all flesh all human and animal life. go the way of all flesh die or come to an end. in the flesh in person rather than via a telephone, a movie, the written word, or other means: they decided that they should meet Alexander in the flesh. lose flesh archaic become thinner. make someone's flesh creep (or crawl) see make someone's skin crawl at skin. one flesh used to refer to the spiritual and physical union of two people in a relationship, esp. marriage: my body is his, his is mine: one flesh. put flesh on (the bones of) something add more details to something that exists only in a draft or outline form: he has yet to put flesh on his “big idea.” put on flesh put on weight. sins of the flesh archaic or humorous sins related to physical indulgence, esp. sexual gratification.DERIVATIVES: fleshed / flesht/ adj. [usu. in comb.] a white-fleshed fish. flesh·less adj.

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flesh

A Dictionary of the Bible | 1997 | | Copyright

flesh Part of humanity and not of God. Although the word, sarx in Greek, is used in the literal sense of the physiology of the human body, or indeed of horses (Isa. 31: 3), meaning that they are mortal, it is also used sometimes of the body itself or of humanity in general. However, ‘flesh’ tends to have a connotation of weakness (Ps. 78: 39) or even of sin. ‘According to the flesh’ denotes inadequacy or failure (1 Cor. 1: 26 NRSV marg.). It is humanity viewed apart from God, and is to be contrasted with ‘spirit’. ' fleshly descent from David is less significant than his resurrection by the Spirit (Rom. 1: 3–4). In the letters of Paul ‘flesh’ describes the works of the Law (Gal. 3: 2–3) as well as persons who do not have the Spirit (1 Cor. 2: 12–3: 4). Vices condemned as fleshly are not necessarily carnal or physical (Gal. 5: 20) but all lead equally to ‘death’ (Rom. 8: 6) because they are egocentric. Christ, however, lived an entirely God-centred life while sharing real human fleshly existence (Rom. 8: 3).

Because of the width of meaning of the word, modern English versions resort sometimes to other translations: ‘human weakness’ or ‘unspiritual nature’.

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Flesh

-Ologies and -Isms | 1986 | Copyright

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

flesh sb. OE. flæsċ = OS. flēsk (Du. vlees), OHG. fleisc (G. fleisch), ON. flesk pork, bacon :- Gmc. *flaiskaz, -iz; rel. to FLITCH, the orig. meaning being ‘slice, slit, split’ (cf. Lith. pléišeti crack).
Hence vb. reward (a hawk, etc.) with a portion of the quarry; inure to bloodshed, gen. initiate; inflame, incite; plunge into flesh. XVI. fleshly OE. flæsċliċ. fleshpot XVI, fleshy XIV.

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flesh

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

flesh •afresh, Andhra Pradesh, Bangladesh, crème fraîche, enmesh, flesh, fresh, intermesh, Kesh, Madhya Pradesh, Marrakesh, mesh, nesh, thresh, Uttar Pradesh •parfleche • horseflesh • gooseflesh •micromesh • Gilgamesh •synchromesh

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