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How to pronounce flesh in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms anatomy, bod, build, chassis, figure, form, frame, human body, material body, physical body, physique, shape, soma
Type of body, organic structure
Has types male body, person, adult body, female body, juvenile body


the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.
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Synonyms pulp
Type of plant tissue
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Type of remove, get rid of
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Type of animal tissue
Derivation fleshy

Examples of flesh

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Use a spoon to scoop out the flesh from each half and place it in a mixing bowl.
From the stltoday.com
There is a pinkish cast to the porous stone it is carved from, suggesting flesh.
From the sacbee.com
Still, the producers try to use it to flesh out their power-as-currency conceit.
From the newsweek.com
Scoop out flesh and mash, mixing in dried Italian herb blend and roasted garlic.
From the stltoday.com
Once it has cooled completely, split it in half lengthwise and remove the flesh.
From the independent.co.uk
It was pop history in the flesh, with all the emotional heft that comes with it.
From the sfgate.com
Getting your flesh out on the beach is often a nervy occasion when we go abroad.
From the halesowennews.co.uk
When cool enough to handle, scoop the pumpkin flesh from the skin and set aside.
From the thenewstribune.com
When the pumpkin is done cooking, allow cooling before removing flesh from skin.
From the thenewstribune.com
More examples
  • The soft tissue of the body of a vertebrate: mainly muscle tissue and fat
  • Remove adhering flesh from (hides) when preparing leather manufacture
  • Human body: alternative names for the body of a human being; "Leonardo studied the human body"; "he has a strong physique"; "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak"
  • Pulp: a soft moist part of a fruit
  • (fleshly) animal(a): marked by the appetites and passions of the body; "animal instincts"; "carnal knowledge"; "fleshly desire"; "a sensual delight in eating"; "music is the only sensual pleasure without vice"
  • (fleshy) usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it
  • In vertebrate animals, excluding fish, flesh is the colloquial for biological tissue which consists of skeletal muscles, fat, and organs as opposed to bones, viscera and integuments. Flesh may be used as food, in which case it is is called meat.
  • Flesh is a 1932 black-and-white drama film directed by John Ford (uncredited) and starring Wallace Beery as a German wrestler. Some of the script was written by Moss Hart and an uncredited William Faulkner.
  • Flesh is the second studio album by David Gray, initially released in September 1994, and re-released along with Gray's debut album A Century Ends on July 2, 2001. In the United States, the album featured a photo of a storefront's window display as its album cover.