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flesh

1. flesh \'flesh\ \'flesht\ n [ME, fr. OE fl-sc; akin to OHG fleisk 
   flesh] often attrib  1a: the soft parts of the body of an animal and esp. 
   of a vertebrate; es p : the parts composed chiefly of skeletal muscle as 
   distinguished from visceral structures, bone, and integuments 1b: sleek 
   well-fatted condition of body  1c: SKIN  2a: edible parts of an animal  2b: 
   flesh of an animal or bird that is an article of diet  3a: the physical 
   being of man  3b: human nature  4a: human beings  4b: living beings  4c: 
   STOCK, KINDRED  5: a fleshy plant part used as food; also : the fleshy part 
   of a fr uit Christian Science  6: an illusion that matter has sensation  - 
   fleshed aj
2. flesh vt 1a: to feed (as a hawk) with flesh from the kill to encourage 
   interest in  the chase 1b: to initiate or habituate esp. by giving a 
   foretaste  archaic  2: GRATIFY  3: to clothe or cover with or as if with 
   flesh; broadly : to give  substance to 4: to free from flesh  : to become 
   fleshy - often used with up or out