Flesh

Flesh

In vertebrate animals, flesh is the colloquial term for biological tissue which consists of skeletal muscles and fat as opposed to bones, viscera and integuments. Flesh may be used as food, in which case it commonly is called meat.

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Famous quotes containing the word flesh:

    “He had not an ounce of superfluous flesh on his bones, and leanness goes a great way towards gentility.”
    —Elizabeth Gaskell (1810–1865)

    “my pleasure
    was in the strength of my back,
    in my noble shoulders, the cool
    smooth flesh cylinders of my arms.”
    —Denise Levertov (b. 1923)

    “Thou seest I have more flesh than another man, and therefore more frailty.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)