flesh

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Noun

Singular flesh

Plural fleshes

1. (uncountable) Flesh is the meat on an animal or in a fruit.
2. (uncountable) Flesh is a person's skin.
3. Flesh colour is the colour of a white person's skin.

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Verb

Plain form flesh

Third-person singular fleshes

Past tense fleshed

Past participle fleshed

Present participle fleshing

1. To fatten.
2. To add details.

   The writer had to go back and flesh out the climactic scene.

3. To remove the flesh from the skin during the making of leather.