flesh

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
flesh/fleʃ/

▶noun

• 1 the soft substance in the body consisting of muscle tissue and fat.

• 2 the edible pulpy part of a fruit or vegetable.

• 3 the surface of the human body (with reference to its appearance or sensory properties).

• 4 (the flesh) the physicality of the human body as contrasted with the mind or the soul.

▶verb

• 1 (flesh out) put weight on.

  ■ (flesh something out) add more details to something.

• 2 give (a hound or hawk) a piece of flesh in order to stimulate it to hunt.

  ■ literary initiate in bloodshed or warfare.

• 3 remove the flesh from (a hide).

– phrases
all flesh all human and animal life.
one's flesh and blood a close relative.
in the flesh in person or (of a thing) in its actual state.
make someone's flesh creep (or crawl) cause someone to feel fear, horror, or disgust.
put flesh on (the bones of) something flesh something out.

– derivatives
-fleshed adjective,
fleshless adjective.

– origin OE flǣsc, of Gmc origin.