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Definitions for Fleshless

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

Words nearby Fleshless

fleshflemish scroll, flemming, flensburg, flense, flerovium, flesh, flesh and blood, flesh color, flesh fly, flesh out, flesh peddler

Origin of Fleshless

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 Fleshless

flesh·less , adjective
flesh′ y adj.

Word origin for Fleshless

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

Synonyms for Fleshless

all skin and bones, angular, attenuate, attenuated, beanpole, beanstalk, bony, cadaverous, delicate, emaciated, ethereal, featherweight, fragile, gangling, gangly, gaunt, haggard, lanky, lean, lightweight, meager, narrow, peaked, pinched, pole, puny, rangy, rarefied, rawboned, reedy, rickety, scraggy, scrawny, shadow, shriveled, skeletal, skinny, slender, slight, slim, slinky, small, spare, spindly, stalky, starved, stick, stilt, subtle, thin as a rail, threadlike, twiggy, twiglike, undernourished, underweight, wan, wasted, weedy, wizened