Fleshy
['fleʃɪ] or ['flɛʃi]
Definition
(adj.) usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it .
(adj.) of or relating to or resembling flesh .
Editor: Theresa--From WordNet
Definition
(superl.) Full of, or composed of, flesh; plump; corpulent; fat; gross.
(superl.) Human.
(superl.) Composed of firm pulp; succulent; as, the houseleek, cactus, and agave are fleshy plants.
Checker: Shelia
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Fat, plump, corpulent.
Edited by Claudette
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See FAT]
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Examples
- Moquin-Tandon gives a list of plants which, when growing near the sea-shore, have their leaves in some degree fleshy, though not elsewhere fleshy. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- If the specimen is fleshy or brittle allow it to wilt until it becomes more pliable, or if necessary it may be pressed and dried first. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Your spiritual brides can't give you what you want, they aren't common and fleshy enough for you, aren't they? D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
Editor: Sheldon