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:

    “The dripping blood our only drink,
    The bloody flesh our only food:
    In spite of which we like to think
    That we are sound, substantial flesh and blood—
    Again, in spite of that, we call this Friday good.”
    —T.S. (Thomas Stearns)

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

    “Am I not father, too, and the ascending boy,
    The boy of woman and the wanton starer
    Marking the flesh and summer in the bay?”
    —Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)