The soft substance, esp. the muscular parts, of an animal body; that which covers the framework of bones and is enclosed by the skin. raw flesh n.…

Flesh, muscle, brawn.

Of the flesh or a part of the body: living; †capable of movement (obsolete); capable of sensation, sensitive to pain. Chiefly in quick flesh. Also in…

Fleshy tissue; spec. the fleshy pad on the palmar side of the end of the finger.

Originally: flesh, esp. as that which is lost in a large or gaping wound. In later use also: muscle (and occasionally also bone), as providing…

The substance of one's body; flesh; fat. colloquial.

transferred. colloquial. = ‘Flesh’ (of men). Also, strength, muscular power; effort. Cf. beef, v. 2, beefy, adj.