FLESH

• flesh [uncountable]
• 1 the soft part of the body of a person or animal that is between the skin and the bones:
• a freshwater fish with firm white flesh
• 2 the skin of the human body:
• His flesh was red and covered in sores.
• 3 the soft part of a fruit or vegetable that can be eaten:
• Cut the melon in half and scoop out the flesh.
• 4

   in the flesh

  if you see someone in the flesh, you see someone who you previously had only seen in pictures, films etc:
• He looked much shorter in the flesh than on television.
• 5

   make somebody's flesh creep/crawl

  to make someone feel frightened, nervous, or uncomfortable:
• The way he stared at her made her flesh creep.
• 6

   your own flesh and blood

  someone who is part of your family:
• How can he treat his own flesh and blood that way?
• 7

   the flesh

  literary the physical human body, as opposed to the mind or spirit
• the pleasures/desires/temptations of the flesh (=things such as drinking, eating a lot, or having sex)
• 8

   put flesh on something

  British English to give more details about something to make it clear, more interesting etc [= flesh something ↔ out]:
• I'll try to put some flesh on the plan Margaret has outlined.
• 9

   go the way of all flesh

  literary to die

• ➔ get your pound of flesh

   at pound1 (5)

   ; ➔ press the flesh

  at press2 (14)

   ; ➔ the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak

   atspirit1 (16)

Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Advanced Learner's Dictionary.