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:

    “Look at my hands and my feet; see that it is I myself. Touch me and see; for a ghost does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have.”
    —Bible: New Testament, Luke 24:39.

    “our hands were
    flames
    stealing upon quickened flesh until
    no part of us but was
    sleek and
    on fire”
    —Denise Levertov (b. 1923)

    “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)