flesh-meat

  • 81meat — [OE] Etymologically, meat is a ‘portion of food measured out’. The word’s ultimate source is Indo European *mat , *met ‘measure’, which also lies behind English measure. This produced a prehistoric Germanic *matiz, which by the time it passed… …

    Word origins

  • 82flesh — n 1. muscle, tissue, fat; meat, beef, mutton, veal, pork; substance, matter, pith, marrow, gist, core. 2. fatness, weight, corpulence, obesity. See fleshiness. 3. body, materiality, corporeality, corporality, physi cality; corporeity, Biol. soma …

    A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • 83meat — Synonyms and related words: Brazil nut, TLC, act of love, adultery, almond, almond paste, amande, amande douce, amandes mondees, aphrodisia, aspic, ass, axiom, bag, balling, ballocks, balls, barbecue, basics, basis, basket, beard, bench mark,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 84flesh — [OE] The etymological notion underlying flesh, and its near relative flitch ‘side of bacon’ [OE], is of ‘slitting open and cutting up an animal’s carcase for food’. It, together with its continental cousins, German fleisch and Dutch vleesch… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 85flesh — fleʃ n. soft parts of the body; meat; soft inner part of a fruit or vegetable; skin; body; physical needs and desires; mankind, people in general v. pierce flesh with a weapon; remove flesh from skin; excite to kill; inure to bloodshed; fatten …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 86flesh markets — /ˈflɛʃ makəts/ (say flesh mahkuhts) plural noun the prostitution trade: the flesh markets of Sydney. {from the obsolete use with reference to a market for meat for human consumption} …

  • 87flesh — [OE] The etymological notion underlying flesh, and its near relative flitch ‘side of bacon’ [OE], is of ‘slitting open and cutting up an animal’s carcase for food’. It, together with its continental cousins, German fleisch and Dutch vleesch… …

    Word origins

  • 88meat — [[t]mit[/t]] n. 1) the flesh of animals as used for food 2) the edible part of anything, as a nut 3) the essential point or part; gist 4) solid food: meat and drink[/ex] 5) cvb substantial content; pith 6) a favorite activity: Chess is my… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 89flesh — n. 1. Muscle and fat (of animal bodies). 2. Meat, animal food. 3. Pulp, edible part (of fruit). 4. Body (as opposed to spirit), flesh and blood, natural man (as opposed to the spiritual). 5. Carnality, sensual appetites, bodily desires. 6 …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 90flesh-eating marsupials — plėšrieji sterbliniai statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas šeima apibrėžtis Šeimoje 13 genčių. Kūno ilgis – 5 75 cm, uodegos ilgis – 5 35 cm. atitikmenys: lot. Dasyuridae angl. Australian meat and insect eating marsupials; flesh… …

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