Definition of flesh

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Flesh (n.) Animal food, in distinction from vegetable; meat; especially, the body of beasts and birds used as food, as distinguished from fish..

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Flank :: Flank (n.) The fleshy or muscular part of the side of an animal, between the ribs and the hip. See Illust. of Beef..
Bacon :: Bacon (n.) The back and sides of a pig salted and smoked; formerly, the flesh of a pig salted or fresh..
Sarcophagus :: Sarcophagus (n.) A species of limestone used among the Greeks for making coffins, which was so called because it consumed within a few weeks the flesh of bodies deposited in it. It is otherwise called lapis Assius, or Assian stone, and is said to have been found at Assos, a city of Lycia..
Uvula :: Uvula (n.) The pendent fleshy lobe in the middle of the posterior border of the soft palate.
Incarnification :: Incarnification (n.) The act of assuming, or state of being clothed with, flesh; incarnation..
Feldspath :: Feldspath (n.) A name given to a group of minerals, closely related in crystalline form, and all silicates of alumina with either potash, soda, lime, or, in one case, baryta. They occur in crystals and crystalline masses, vitreous in luster, and breaking rather easily in two directions at right angles to each other, or nearly so. The colors are usually white or nearly white, flesh-red, bluish, or greenish..
Neuridin :: Neuridin (n.) a nontoxic base, C5H14N2, found in the putrescent matters of flesh, fish, decaying cheese, etc..
Mummy :: Mummy (n.) A gummy liquor that exudes from embalmed flesh when heated; -- formerly supposed to have magical and medicinal properties.
Full-formed :: Full-formed (a.) Full in form or shape; rounded out with flesh.
Stephanotis :: Stephanotis (n.) A genus of climbing asclepiadaceous shrubs, of Madagascar, Malaya, etc. They have fleshy or coriaceous opposite leaves, and large white waxy flowers in cymes..
Plantain :: Plantain (n.) The fruit of this plant. It is long and somewhat cylindrical, slightly curved, and, when ripe, soft, fleshy, and covered with a thick but tender yellowish skin. The plantain is a staple article of food in most tropical countries, especially when cooked..
Omophagic :: Omophagic (a.) Eating raw flesh; using uncooked meat as food; as, omophagic feasts, rites..
Anthropophagy :: Anthropophagy (n.) The eating of human flesh; cannibalism.
Cantaloupe :: Cantaloupe (n.) A muskmelon of several varieties, having when mature, a yellowish skin, and flesh of a reddish orange color..
Pepo :: Pepo (n.) Any fleshy fruit with a firm rind, as a pumpkin, melon, or gourd. See Gourd..
Emaciate :: Emaciate (v. i.) To lose flesh gradually and become very lean; to waste away in flesh.
Horseflesh :: Horseflesh (n.) Horses, generally; the qualities of a horse; as, he is a judge of horseflesh..
Mandrake :: Mandrake (n.) A low plant (Mandragora officinarum) of the Nightshade family, having a fleshy root, often forked, and supposed to resemble a man. It was therefore supposed to have animal life, and to cry out when pulled up. All parts of the plant are strongly narcotic. It is found in the Mediterranean region..
Sarcoma :: Sarcoma (n.) A tumor of fleshy consistence; -- formerly applied to many varieties of tumor, now restricted to a variety of malignant growth made up of cells resembling those of fetal development without any proper intercellular substance..
Uncarnate :: Uncarnate (a.) Not fleshy; specifically, not made flesh; not incarnate..
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