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.
Famous quotes containing the word flesh:
“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)
“Thou seest I have more flesh than another man, and therefore more frailty.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“The flesh is the surface of the unknown.”
—Victor Hugo (1802–1885)