flesh

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The soft part of the body between the skin and the bones.

   The thorn cut deep into the flesh of his hand.

2. 2
   noun

   The soft, often edible, part of a fruit or vegetable.

   The flesh of the peach was sweet and juicy.

3. 3
   noun

   The human body, especially as opposed to the mind or soul.

   The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.

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”). Cognates Cognate with Yola vleash, vlesh (“flesh”), North Frisian flaasch, flaosk, Fleesk, fleäsk, floask, flääsk, flååsch (“flesh, meat”), Saterland Frisian Flaask (“flesh, meat”), West Frisian fleis (“flesh, meat”), Cimbrian blòas, vlaisch, vlòas (“flesh, meat”), Dutch vlees, vleesch (“flesh, meat”), German Fleisch (“flesh, meat”), German Low German and Luxembourgish Fleesch (“flesh, meat”), Vilamovian fła…

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