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:

    “Heat, ma’am! It was so dreadful here that I found there was nothing left for it but to take off my flesh and sit in my bones.”
    —Sydney Smith (1771–1845)

    “The flesh is the surface of the unknown.”
    —Victor Hugo (1802–1885)

    “The steed bit his master;
    How came this to pass?
    He heard the good pastor
    Cry, ‘All flesh is grass.’”
    —Unknown. On a Clergyman’s Horse Biting Him (l. 1–4)