[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/flesh.html)

[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/) / flesh

[← F](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/F/)

# flesh

«flesh» in Mova's school dictionary: **the soft part of the body of a person or animal, between…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (flesh — uncountable); verb (flesh out, fleshes out, fleshed out)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Flesh is the soft part of the body of a person or animal, between the skin and bones, mostly muscle and fat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flesh/#m1)

2) Flesh is the soft part of a fruit or vegetable that you can eat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flesh/#m2)

3) (Bible, church) «The flesh» means the human body and its desires, as opposed to the spirit; «the Word became flesh» means Christians believe God became a human in Jesus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flesh/#m3)

4) To flesh out an idea or a story means to add more details. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flesh/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In science, flesh-eating animals are carnivores. In writing lessons, teachers ask pupils to «flesh out» characters. Phrases: «in the flesh» (in person, for real), «flesh and blood» (your own family; a real human).

### examples

- The peach had sweet orange flesh. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flesh/#x1)
- Lions eat the flesh of other animals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flesh/#x2)
- I met my favourite author in the flesh! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flesh/#x3)
- Flesh out your story with more details. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flesh/#x4)
- He's my own flesh and blood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flesh/#x5)
- Christians believe the Word became flesh at Christmas. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flesh/#x6)
- I have even got flesh and clothes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flesh/#x7)

### note

Uncountable. Adjective: fleshy. «Flesh-coloured» is an old phrase that wrongly assumes one skin colour — say «skin-coloured» or name the shade.

### In the corpora

- [Cut an apple for your lunchbox and by break time the white flesh has gone brown.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/23-browning-apples-rotting-and-mould/0/)
- [Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife, and they shall be one flesh.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.58/)
- [And God saw the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.161/)
- [And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh wherein is the breath of life.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.186/)
- [Only flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.221/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «flesh» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flesh/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.