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:

    “For present joys are more to flesh and blood
    Than a dull prospect of a distant good.”
    —John Dryden (1631–1700)

    “He was a thing to her so foul that all her feminine nature recoiled from the closeness of his presence, and her flesh crept as she felt that the same atmosphere encompassed them. And this man was to be her husband!”
    —Anthony Trollope (1815–1882)

    “We wish to know more but we are never sated
    No wonder some folks think the flesh is overrated!”
    —John Ashbery (b. 1927)