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fleshy — fleshy, fat, stout, portly, plump, rotund, chubby, corpulent, obese mean thick and heavy in body because of superfluous fat. Fleshy and fat are not clearly discriminated in use, although fleshy may imply overabundance of muscular tissue and fat,… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Fleshy — Flesh y, a. [Compar. {Fleshier}; superl. {Fleshiest}.] 1. Full of, or composed of, flesh; plump; corpulent; fat; gross. [1913 Webster] The sole of his foot is fleshy. Ray. [1913 Webster] 2. Human. [Obs.] Fleshy tabernacle. Milton. [1913 Webster]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fleshy — fleshy, fleshly The distinction in current use is much the same as between earthy and earthly. Fleshy relates to flesh in its physical sense and means primarily ‘plump, fat’ (e.g. fleshy hands / fleshy fruit), whereas fleshly relates to the… … Modern English usage
fleshy — flesh ē adj, flesh·i·er; est marked by abundant flesh esp CORPULENT * * * (fleshґe) 1. pertaining to or resembling flesh. 2. characterized by abundant flesh … Medical dictionary
fleshy — plump, mid 14c., from FLESH (Cf. flesh) + Y (Cf. y) (2) … Etymology dictionary
fleshy — [adj] overweight adipose, ample, beefy*, brawny, chubby*, chunky*, corpulent, fat, gross, heavy, hefty, husky, meaty*, obese, plump, porcine, portly, pudgy*, pulpy, sarcous, stout, tubby*, weighty, well padded*, zaftig*; concepts 406,491,773 Ant … New thesaurus
fleshy — ► ADJECTIVE (fleshier, fleshiest) 1) having a substantial amount of flesh; plump. 2) (of plant or fruit tissue) soft and thick. 3) resembling flesh. DERIVATIVES fleshiness noun … English terms dictionary
fleshy — [flesh′ē] adj. fleshier, fleshiest 1. having much flesh; fat; plump 2. of or like flesh 3. having a firm pulp, as some fruits fleshiness n … English World dictionary
fleshy — [[t]fle̱ʃi[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED If you describe someone as fleshy, you mean that they are slightly too fat. He was well built, but too fleshy to be impressive. 2) ADJ GRADED Fleshy parts of the body or fleshy plants are thick and soft. ...the… … English dictionary
fleshy — UK [ˈfleʃɪ] / US adjective Word forms fleshy : adjective fleshy comparative fleshier superlative fleshiest 1) covered with more than the usual amount of flesh His arms were thick and fleshy. 2) a fleshy plant, fruit, vegetable etc is soft and… … English dictionary
