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:

    “The flesh of past lovers looks both familiar and strange.”
    —Mason Cooley (b. 1927)

    “Once in this wine the summer blood
    Knocked in the flesh that decked the vine,
    Once in this bread
    The oat was merry in the wind;
    Man broke the sun, pulled the wind down.”
    —Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)

    “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)