[flɛʃ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the soft substance consisting of muscle and fat that is found between the skin and bones of a human or an animal
(e.g: she grabbed Anna's arm, her fingers sinking into the flesh)


Phrases:
- all flesh
- go the way of all flesh
- in the flesh
- lose flesh
- make someone's flesh crawl
- one flesh
- put flesh on something
- put on flesh
- sins of the flesh

Origin:
Old English flǣsc, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vlees and German Fleisch

[flɛʃ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- put weight on
(e.g: he had fleshed out to a solid 220 pounds)

- stimulate (a hound or hawk) to hunt by feeding it a piece of flesh from a recently killed animal
(e.g: I have fleshed my bloodhound)

- remove the flesh adhering to (a skin or hide)
(e.g: chemicals remove the hair and preserving salts, and then the hides are fleshed)


Phrases:
- all flesh
- go the way of all flesh
- in the flesh
- lose flesh
- make someone's flesh crawl
- one flesh
- put flesh on something
- put on flesh
- sins of the flesh

Origin:
Old English flǣsc, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vlees and German Fleisch