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{ "term": "flesh", "partOfSpeech": "noun", "ox5000": true, "cefr": "c1", "image": "data/images/fr/fruit_misc.png", "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "the soft substance between the skin and bones of animal or human bodies", "cefr": "c1", "examples": [ { "text": "The trap had cut deeply into the rabbit's flesh." }, { "text": "Tigers are **flesh-eating** animals." }, { "text": "the smell of rotting flesh" }, { "text": "African hunting dogs will tear at the flesh of their victim until it is weak." }, { "text": "Babies are born not just as bundles of flesh and bone but with already distinctive personalities." }, { "text": "Cook the duck until the juices run pale yellow when the flesh is pierced." }, { "text": "Falcons usually strip the flesh off their prey." }, { "text": "The injury was only a flesh wound and would heal in ten days or so." }, { "text": "The knife cut through flesh and bone." }, { "text": "The weapon tore into his flesh." } ], "topics": ["Food", "Body"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["firm", "smooth", "soft"], "verb + flesh": ["touch", "cut", "cut into"], "flesh + verb": ["crawl", "creep"], "flesh + noun": ["wound", "tone"], "preposition": ["in the flesh"], "phrases": [ "flesh and blood", "flesh and bone", "the pleasures of the flesh" ] } }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "the skin of the human body", "cefr": "c1", "examples": [ { "text": "His fingers closed around the soft flesh of her arm." }, { "text": "**flesh-coloured** *(= a light brownish pink colour)*" }, { "text": "My flesh tingled as I got out of the ice cold pool." }, { "text": "His shirt was too small for him and cut into the tender flesh at his armpit." }, { "text": "The tights come in various flesh tones." } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["firm", "smooth", "soft"], "verb + flesh": ["touch", "cut", "cut into"], "flesh + verb": ["crawl", "creep"], "flesh + noun": ["wound", "tone"], "preposition": ["in the flesh"], "phrases": [ "flesh and blood", "flesh and bone", "the pleasures of the flesh" ] } }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "the soft part of fruit and vegetables, especially when it is eaten", "cefr": "c1", "examples": [ { "text": "the sweet flesh of a mango" }, { "text": "Cut the melon in half and scoop out the flesh." } ], "topics": ["Food"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["soft", "sweet", "juicy"], "verb + flesh": ["chop", "cut", "scoop"] } }, { "senseNumber": 4, "definition": "the human body when considering its physical and sexual needs, rather than the mind or soul", "labels": "(literary)", "examples": [ { "text": "the pleasures/sins of the flesh" }, { "text": "His moral sermons always denounced the lusts of the flesh." } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["firm", "smooth", "soft"], "verb + flesh": ["touch", "cut", "cut into"], "flesh + verb": ["crawl", "creep"], "flesh + noun": ["wound", "tone"], "preposition": ["in the flesh"], "phrases": [ "flesh and blood", "flesh and bone", "the pleasures of the flesh" ] } }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "when you say that somebody is flesh and blood, you mean that they are a normal human with needs, emotions and weaknesses", "examples": [ { "text": "Listening to the cries was more than flesh and blood could stand." }, { "text": "She wasn't a ghost. She was flesh and blood." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "a person that you are related to", "examples": [ { "text": "You can’t do that to your own flesh and blood!" } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to die", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "if you see somebody in the flesh, you are in the same place as them and actually see them rather than just seeing a picture of them", "examples": [ { "text": "Thousands of fans gathered to see the band in the flesh." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to make you feel afraid or full of horror", "examples": [ { "text": "Just the sight of him makes my flesh creep." }, { "text": "The story made his flesh creep." } ], "topics": ["Feelings"] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "the full amount that somebody owes you, even if this will cause them trouble or difficulty", "examples": [ { "text": "You’re determined to have your pound of flesh, aren’t you?" } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to say hello to people by shaking hands", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to develop a basic idea, etc. by giving more details to make it more complete", "examples": [ { "text": "The strength of the book is that it puts flesh on the bare bones of this argument." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "you intend to do good things but you are too lazy, weak or busy to actually do them", "labels": "(humorous, saying)", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "a person or thing that repeatedly annoys somebody or stops them from doing something", "examples": [] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/fleʃ/", "audio": "fl/flesh/flesh__gb_1.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/fleʃ/", "audio": "fl/flesh/flesh__us_1.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "Old English flǣsc, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vlees and German Fleisch." }