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:

    “No skilled hands
    caress a stranger’s flesh with lucid oil before
    a word is spoken
    no feasting
    before a tale is told, before
    the stranger tells his name.”
    —Denise Levertov (b. 1923)

    “Those groans men use
    passing a woman on the street
    or on the steps of the subway
    to tell her she is a female
    and their flesh knows it,
    are they a sort of tune...?”
    —Denise Levertov (b. 1923)

    “Why a tender curb upon the youthful burning boy?
    Why a little curtain of flesh on the bed of our desire?””
    —William Blake (1757–1827)