flesh

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. The soft tissue of the body, especially muscle and fat.
2. The skin of a human or animal.
3. Bare arms, bare legs, bare torso.
4. Animal tissue regarded as food; meat (but sometimes excluding fish).
5. 2018 May 8, Raj Patel, Jason W Moore, “How the chicken nugget became the true symbol of our era”, in The Guardian
6. 2018 May 8, Raj Patel, Jason W Moore, “How the chicken nugget became the true symbol of our era”, in The Guardian:
   Chicken is already the most popular meat in the US, and is projected to be the planet’s favourite flesh by 2020.
7. The human body as a physical entity.
8. The mortal body of a human being, contrasted with the spirit or soul.
9. The evil and corrupting principle working in man.
10. The soft, often edible, parts of fruits or vegetables.
11. (obsolete) Tenderness of feeling; gentleness.
12. (obsolete) Kindred; stock; race.
13. A yellowish pink color; the color of some Caucasian human skin.

Verb

1. To reward (a hound, bird of prey etc.) with flesh of the animal killed, to excite it for further hunting; to train (an animal) to have an appetite for flesh.
2. To bury (something, especially a weapon) in flesh.
3. (obsolete) To inure or habituate someone in or to a given practice.
4. To glut.
5. To put flesh on; to fatten.
6. To remove the flesh from the skin during the making of leather.

Concepten

vlees

🥩

mensenkleur

vel

vervetten

vruchtvlees

menselijk lichaam

lichaam

Synoniemen

meat

🥩

body

pulp

muscle

💪

skin

corpse

pith

human body

figure

form

physical body

material body

bod

build

chassis

complexion

contents

frame

muscles

physique

shape

soma

substance

muscle tissue

anatomy

kernel

lean

leather

lust

mankind

material

mucilage

fat

Malto

muscular

mutton

passion

carnality

delicate

pod

deer

🦌

putrid

rotting

scoop

brawn

core

solid

not hollow

stock

strong

such as milk

flesh color

mountain sheep

outside appearance

piece of meat

raw meat

cartilage

fiber

fillet

fleshy

fatten

carnatio

grain

gristle

incarnadine

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/flɛʃ/

Etymologie (Engels)

From Middle English flesh, flesch, flæsch, from Old English flǣsċ, from Proto-West Germanic *flaiski, from Proto-Germanic *flaiski, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁ḱ- (“to tear, peel off”).