flesh+and+blood

  • 101flesh — /flɛʃ / (say flesh) noun 1. the soft substance of an animal body, consisting of muscle and fat. 2. muscular tissue. 3. fatness; weight: to put on flesh. 4. such substance of animals as an article of food, usually excluding fish and sometimes… …

  • 102flesh — 1 noun (U) 1 the soft part of the body of a person or animal that is between the skin and the bones : flesh wound (=a slight injury from a knife or bullet) 2 the soft part of a fruit or vegetable that can be eaten: Cut the melon in half and scoop …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 103flesh — 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 …

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  • 104flesh — noun 1 soft part of sb s body ADJECTIVE ▪ firm, smooth, soft, tender ▪ pale, pink, white ▪ bare …

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  • 105flesh — flesh1 W3 [fleʃ] n [U] [: Old English; Origin: flAsc] 1.) the soft part of the body of a person or animal that is between the skin and the bones ▪ a freshwater fish with firm white flesh 2.) the skin of the human body ▪ His flesh was red and… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 106flesh — Synonyms and related words: Adam, Hominidae, Homo sapiens, Leatherette, Leatheroid, agnate, alive, all that lives, anatomy, ancestry, animalism, animality, aspic, barbecue, beastliness, bestiality, biosphere, biota, blood, blood relation, blood… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 107blood — 1 /blVd/ noun 1 IN YOUR BODY (U) the red liquid that your heart pumps round your body: She lost a lot of blood in the accident. | give/donate blood (=have blood taken from you and stored, to be used to treat someone else) | draw blood (=make… …

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  • 108flesh*/ — [fleʃ] noun [U] I 1) the soft substance under your skin that consists mostly of muscle and fat The dog s teeth sank into my flesh.[/ex] 2) the soft part of a fruit or vegetable that is under the skin Cut the avocado in half and scoop out the… …

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  • 109blood — Synonyms and related words: Beau Brummel, Christmas disease, Hand Schuller Christian disease, Letterer Siwe syndrome, Rh factor, Rh negative, Rh positive, Rh type, Rhesus factor, acute leukemia, affiliation, agnate, agnation, alliance, ancestry,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 110flesh — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. animal tissue, meat, pulp; humanity, materiality, carnality; blood relative. See food, impurity. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. flesh colored, beige, cream, creamy; see tan . n. 1. [Soft parts of an… …

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