flesh

tsoka, nama

Pronunciation

• IPA: /flɛʃ/

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Noun

Singular flesh

Plural fleshes

1. (uncountable) Flesh is the meat on an animal or in a fruit.
2. (uncountable) Flesh is a person's skin.
3. Flesh color is the color of a white person's skin.

Verb

Plain form (yanzu) flesh

3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi) fleshes

Past tense (ya wuce) fleshed

Past participle (ya wuce) fleshed

Present participle (ana cikin yi) fleshing

1. To fatten.
2. To add details.

   The writer had to go back and flesh out the climactic scene.

3. To remove the flesh from the skin during the making of leather.