"fleshy" meaning in English

See fleshy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈflɛʃi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fleshy.wav Forms: fleshier [comparative], more fleshy [comparative], fleshiest [superlative], most fleshy [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛʃi Etymology: From Middle English fleisshy, fleischy, fleschi, equivalent to flesh + -y. Piecewise doublet of fleischig. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|fleisshy}} Middle English fleisshy, {{suffix|en|flesh|y}} flesh + -y, {{piecewise doublet|en|fleischig}} Piecewise doublet of fleischig Head templates: {{en-adj|er|more}} fleshy (comparative fleshier or more fleshy, superlative fleshiest or most fleshy)
  1. Of, related to, or resembling flesh. Translations (of, relating to, or resembling flesh): от месо (ot meso) (Bulgarian), месест (mesest) (Bulgarian), carnós (Catalan), polpós (Catalan), kødfuld (Danish), vlezig (Dutch), lihallinen (Finnish), paksulehtinen (note: of plants) (Finnish), carné [masculine] (French), pulpeux (French), cjarnôs (Friulian), polpôs (Friulian), fleischig (German), carnoso (Italian), polposo (Italian), polposo (Portuguese), cărnos (Romanian), carnoso (Spanish), katasin (Tagalog), polpoxo (Venetian), midik (Volapük), cnawdol (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-fleshy-en-adj-DN2XgabM Disambiguation of 'of, relating to, or resembling flesh': 67 33
  2. (of a person) Having considerable flesh; plump. Synonyms (having considerable flesh): corpulent, full-figured, porky, pudgy, well-covered Translations (having considerable flesh): пълен (pǎlen) (Bulgarian), дебел (debel) (Bulgarian), kraftig (Danish), buttet (Danish), vlezig (Dutch), væl í holdum (Faroese), hyldligur (Faroese), køggutur (Faroese), täyteläinen (Finnish), pulska (Finnish), vanttera (Finnish), runsasmaltoinen (note: of a plant) (Finnish), viandeux [masculine] (French), charnu (French), wohlgenährt (German), wohlbeleibt (German), fleischig (German), feolmhar (Irish), carnoso (Italian), tuawhiti (Maori), kjøttfull (Norwegian Bokmål), kjøtfull (Norwegian Nynorsk), kjøttfull (Norwegian Nynorsk), mięsisty (Polish), carnudo (Portuguese), cărnos (Romanian), cachetudo (Spanish), carnoso (Spanish), carnudo (Spanish), carrilludo (Spanish), dapilag (Tagalog), maunud (Tausug), cnodiog (Welsh), cnawdog (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-fleshy-en-adj-ywRS9Ted Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Faroese translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Friulian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Tausug translations, Terms with Venetian translations, Terms with Volapük translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 92 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 8 92 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 5 95 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 4 96 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Faroese translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Friulian translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 3 97 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Tausug translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Venetian translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Volapük translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of 'having considerable flesh': 7 93 Disambiguation of 'having considerable flesh': 7 93

Inflected forms

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    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “having considerable flesh”",
      "word": "bony"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “having considerable flesh”",
      "word": "slender"
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    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “having considerable flesh”",
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      "tags": [
        "comparative"
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      "form": "more fleshy",
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      "form": "fleshiest",
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          "text": "Mr. Creakle . . . showed me the cane, and asked me what I thought of THAT? . . . Did it bite? At every question he gave me a fleshy cut with it that made me writhe.",
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          "text": "[O]ver reefs and banks of shining rock, a bristling beard of spiky and fleshy vegetation was straining into view.",
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          "ref": "1894, Anthony Hope, chapter 3, in The Prisoner of Zenda:",
          "text": "The King's face was slightly more fleshy than mine, the oval of its contour the least trifle more pronounced.",
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          "ref": "1908, Jack London, The Heathen:",
          "text": "He was a large fleshy man, weighing at least two hundred pounds, and he quickly became a faithful representation of a quivering jelly-mountain of fat.",
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          "ref": "2009 January 15, Lisa Abend, “Google Earth Takes On the Prado's Masterworks”, in Time:",
          "text": "It's hard to imagine why Flemish Renaissance artist Peter Paul Rubens would paint a blemish on the backside of one of the fleshy lovelies meant to represent beauty, charm and good cheer, but there's no denying that single red brushstroke in the midst of his central figure's creamy skin.",
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        "Having considerable flesh; plump."
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        "(of a person) Having considerable flesh; plump."
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          "_dis1": "7 93",
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          "word": "corpulent"
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          "word": "пълен"
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          "word": "buttet"
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          "sense": "having considerable flesh",
          "word": "maunud"
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          "sense": "having considerable flesh",
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    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Danish translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Faroese translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
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    "Terms with Friulian translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Maori translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Tagalog translations",
    "Terms with Tausug translations",
    "Terms with Venetian translations",
    "Terms with Volapük translations",
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      "form": "more fleshy",
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          "ref": "1850, Charles Dickens, chapter 7, in David Copperfield:",
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        {
          "ref": "1901, H. G. Wells, chapter 8, in The First Men in the Moon:",
          "text": "[O]ver reefs and banks of shining rock, a bristling beard of spiky and fleshy vegetation was straining into view.",
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          "ref": "1894, Anthony Hope, chapter 3, in The Prisoner of Zenda:",
          "text": "The King's face was slightly more fleshy than mine, the oval of its contour the least trifle more pronounced.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1908, Jack London, The Heathen:",
          "text": "He was a large fleshy man, weighing at least two hundred pounds, and he quickly became a faithful representation of a quivering jelly-mountain of fat.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009 January 15, Lisa Abend, “Google Earth Takes On the Prado's Masterworks”, in Time:",
          "text": "It's hard to imagine why Flemish Renaissance artist Peter Paul Rubens would paint a blemish on the backside of one of the fleshy lovelies meant to represent beauty, charm and good cheer, but there's no denying that single red brushstroke in the midst of his central figure's creamy skin.",
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        "Having considerable flesh; plump."
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        "(of a person) Having considerable flesh; plump."
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      "homophone": "fleshie"
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      "sense": "having considerable flesh",
      "word": "corpulent"
    },
    {
      "sense": "having considerable flesh",
      "word": "full-figured"
    },
    {
      "sense": "having considerable flesh",
      "word": "porky"
    },
    {
      "sense": "having considerable flesh",
      "word": "pudgy"
    },
    {
      "sense": "having considerable flesh",
      "word": "well-covered"
    }
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ot meso",
      "sense": "of, relating to, or resembling flesh",
      "word": "от месо"
    },
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      "sense": "of, relating to, or resembling flesh",
      "word": "месест"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "of, relating to, or resembling flesh",
      "word": "carnós"
    },
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "of, relating to, or resembling flesh",
      "word": "polpós"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "of, relating to, or resembling flesh",
      "word": "kødfuld"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "of, relating to, or resembling flesh",
      "word": "vlezig"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of, relating to, or resembling flesh",
      "word": "lihallinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "note": "of plants",
      "sense": "of, relating to, or resembling flesh",
      "word": "paksulehtinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "of, relating to, or resembling flesh",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "carné"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "of, relating to, or resembling flesh",
      "word": "pulpeux"
    },
    {
      "code": "fur",
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "sense": "of, relating to, or resembling flesh",
      "word": "cjarnôs"
    },
    {
      "code": "fur",
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "sense": "of, relating to, or resembling flesh",
      "word": "polpôs"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of, relating to, or resembling flesh",
      "word": "fleischig"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "of, relating to, or resembling flesh",
      "word": "carnoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "of, relating to, or resembling flesh",
      "word": "polposo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "of, relating to, or resembling flesh",
      "word": "polposo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "of, relating to, or resembling flesh",
      "word": "cărnos"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "of, relating to, or resembling flesh",
      "word": "carnoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "of, relating to, or resembling flesh",
      "word": "katasin"
    },
    {
      "code": "vec",
      "lang": "Venetian",
      "sense": "of, relating to, or resembling flesh",
      "word": "polpoxo"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "of, relating to, or resembling flesh",
      "word": "midik"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "of, relating to, or resembling flesh",
      "word": "cnawdol"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pǎlen",
      "sense": "having considerable flesh",
      "word": "пълен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "debel",
      "sense": "having considerable flesh",
      "word": "дебел"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "having considerable flesh",
      "word": "kraftig"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "having considerable flesh",
      "word": "buttet"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "having considerable flesh",
      "word": "vlezig"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "having considerable flesh",
      "word": "væl í holdum"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "having considerable flesh",
      "word": "hyldligur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "having considerable flesh",
      "word": "køggutur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "having considerable flesh",
      "word": "täyteläinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "having considerable flesh",
      "word": "pulska"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "having considerable flesh",
      "word": "vanttera"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "note": "of a plant",
      "sense": "having considerable flesh",
      "word": "runsasmaltoinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "having considerable flesh",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "viandeux"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "having considerable flesh",
      "word": "charnu"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "having considerable flesh",
      "word": "wohlgenährt"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "having considerable flesh",
      "word": "wohlbeleibt"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "having considerable flesh",
      "word": "fleischig"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "having considerable flesh",
      "word": "feolmhar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "having considerable flesh",
      "word": "carnoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "having considerable flesh",
      "word": "tuawhiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "having considerable flesh",
      "word": "kjøttfull"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "having considerable flesh",
      "word": "kjøtfull"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "having considerable flesh",
      "word": "kjøttfull"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "having considerable flesh",
      "word": "mięsisty"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "having considerable flesh",
      "word": "carnudo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "having considerable flesh",
      "word": "cărnos"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "having considerable flesh",
      "word": "cachetudo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "having considerable flesh",
      "word": "carnoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "having considerable flesh",
      "word": "carnudo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "having considerable flesh",
      "word": "carrilludo"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "having considerable flesh",
      "word": "dapilag"
    },
    {
      "code": "tsg",
      "lang": "Tausug",
      "sense": "having considerable flesh",
      "word": "maunud"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "having considerable flesh",
      "word": "cnodiog"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "having considerable flesh",
      "word": "cnawdog"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fleshy"
}

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