{
    "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."
}