dictionary definitions for "fleshy"


From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:

  fleshy
      adj 1: usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large
             frame to carry it [syn: heavy, overweight]
      2: of or relating to or resembling flesh [syn: sarcoid]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fleshy \Flesh"y\, a. [Compar. Fleshier; superl. Fleshiest.]
     1. Full of, or composed of, flesh; plump; corpulent; fat;
        gross.
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              The sole of his foot is fleshy.       --Ray.
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     2. Human. [Obs.] "Fleshy tabernacle." --Milton.
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     3. (Bot.) Composed of firm pulp; succulent; as, the
        houseleek, cactus, and agave are fleshy plants.
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