fleshy
1fleshy — 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,… …
2Fleshy — 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]… …
3fleshy — 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… …
4fleshy — index corporal Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
5fleshy — 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 …
6fleshy — plump, mid 14c., from FLESH (Cf. flesh) + Y (Cf. y) (2) …
7fleshy — [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 …
8fleshy — ► 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 …
9fleshy — [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 …
10fleshy — [[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… …
