Definition of "flesh" []

• The soft tissue of the body of a vertebrate, covering the bones and consisting mainly of skeletal muscle and fat. (noun)
• The surface or skin of the human body. (noun)
• The meat of animals as distinguished from the edible tissue of fish or fowl. (noun)
• Botany The pulpy, usually edible part of a fruit or vegetable. (noun)
• Excess fatty tissue; plumpness. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "” Paul, too, says, “Though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh” (2 Cor.x. 3), and “The life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God” (Gal. ii."
• "Scrape the leftover pumpkin flesh from the skins, and remove the burnt, papery skins from the onions."
• "The word flesh made Eliza aware of the flecks of pink and cream paint that lingered on the portrait in the grooves of the artists final strokes."