as in meat
animal and especially mammal tissue used as food
eats no flesh of any kind, only fruits, grains, and vegetables
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Recent Examples of flesh
On November 3, Paddington’s press tour brought him to the BBC, where journalist David Sillito was stunned into silence after seeing the bear in the flesh fur.
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Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2025
Rodents, possums, and skunks show up to snack on the flesh and seeds.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2025
After giving birth to him, she’s overwhelmed by irreconcilably conflicting emotions—Javed is at once her own flesh, and an embodiment of his father’s actions.
—JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2025
Over the course of the movie, a psychically gifted teen breaks down under the weight of his abilities—most viscerally in a sequence in which his body, seemingly completely out of his control, mutates into an ever-growing mass of flesh.
—The Atlantic Culture Desk, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2025
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Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2025
Rodents, possums, and skunks show up to snack on the flesh and seeds.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2025
After giving birth to him, she’s overwhelmed by irreconcilably conflicting emotions—Javed is at once her own flesh, and an embodiment of his father’s actions.
—JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2025
Over the course of the movie, a psychically gifted teen breaks down under the weight of his abilities—most viscerally in a sequence in which his body, seemingly completely out of his control, mutates into an ever-growing mass of flesh.
—The Atlantic Culture Desk, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flesh
meat
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According to a report by CBS News, the lions eat about an equivalent of three cows’ worth of meat each week, and the facility is running low on supply.—
Staff Author,
PEOPLE,
6 Nov. 2025
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To keep coyotes out of yards, the human society advises people to secure garbage cans, and dispose of food waste that might be attractive to wild animals, like meat and cheese, with a small amount of ammonia in the garbage bag.—
Kelli Arseneau,
jsonline.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Flesh.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flesh. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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