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Definitions for Fleshed

[1] having flesh, especially of a specified type (usually used in combination): dark-fleshed game birds.
[2] the soft substance of a human or other animal body, consisting of muscle and fat.
[3] muscular and fatty tissue.
[4] this substance or tissue in animals, viewed as an article of food, usually excluding fish and sometimes fowl; meat.
[5] fatness; weight.
[6] the body, especially as distinguished from the spirit or soul: The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.
[7] the physical or animal nature of humankind as distinguished from its moral or spiritual nature: the needs of the flesh.
[8] humankind.
[9] living creatures generally.
[10] a person's family or relatives.
[11] Botany . the soft, pulpy portion of a fruit, vegetable, etc., as distinguished from the core, skin, shell, etc.
[12] the surface of the human body; skin: A person with tender flesh should not expose it to direct sunlight.
[13] (no longer in common use; now considered offensive) flesh color.
[14] to plunge (a weapon) into the flesh.
[15] Hunting . to feed (a hound or hawk) with flesh in order to make it more eager for the chase. Compare blood(def 16) .
[16] to incite and accustom (persons) to bloodshed or battle by an initial experience.
[17] to inflame the ardor or passions of by a foretaste.
[18] to overlay or cover (a skeleton or skeletal frame) with flesh or with a fleshlike substance.
[19] to give dimension, substance, or reality to (often followed by out ): The playwright wrote pretty good characters, but the actors really fleshed them out.
[20] to remove adhering flesh from (hides), in leather manufacture.
[21] Archaic . to satiate with flesh or fleshly enjoyments; surfeit; glut.
[22] flesh out , to gain weight: He realized to his dismay that he had fleshed out during the months of forced inactivity. to add details to or make more complete: She fleshed out her proposal considerably before presenting it to the committee for action.
[23] the soft part of the body of an animal or human, esp muscular tissue, as distinct from bone and viscera Related adjective: sarcoid
[24] informal excess weight; fat
[25] archaic the edible tissue of animals as opposed to that of fish or, sometimes, fowl; meat
[26] the thick usually soft part of a fruit or vegetable, as distinct from the skin, core, stone, etc
[27] the human body and its physical or sensual nature as opposed to the soul or spirit Related adjective: carnal
[28] mankind in general
[29] animate creatures in general
[30] one's own family; kin (esp in the phrase one's own flesh and blood )
[31] a yellowish-pink to greyish-yellow colour
[32] Christian Science belief on the physical plane which is considered erroneous, esp the belief that matter has sensation
[33] (modifier) tanning of or relating to the inner or under layer of a skin or hide a flesh split
[34] in the flesh in person; actually present
[35] make one's flesh creep (esp of something ghostly) to frighten and horrify one
[36] press the flesh informal to shake hands, usually with large numbers of people, esp in political campaigning
[37] (tr) hunting to stimulate the hunting instinct of (hounds or falcons) by giving them small quantities of raw flesh
[38] to wound the flesh of with a weapon
[39] archaic , or poetic to accustom or incite to bloodshed or battle by initial experience
[40] tanning to remove the flesh layer of (a hide or skin)
[41] to fatten; fill out

Words nearby Fleshed

flesh color, flesh fly, flesh out, flesh peddler, flesh wound, fleshed, flesher, fleshhook, fleshings, fleshly, fleshment

Origin of Fleshed

before 900; Middle English flesc, Old English flǣsc; cognate with Old Frisian flēsk, Old High German fleisk (German Fleisch ), Old Norse flesk bacon

Other words from Fleshed

o·ver·fleshed , adjective
un·fleshed , adjective
flesh·less , adjective
flesh′ y adj.

Word origin for Fleshed

Old English flǣsc ; related to Old Norse flesk ham, Old High German fleisk meat, flesh