FLESHY (fleshier, fleshiest)

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Irregular inflected forms: fleshier    , fleshiest   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does fleshy mean? 

• FLESHY (adjective)
  The adjective FLESHY has 2 senses:

1. usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it

2. of or relating to or resembling flesh

  Familiarity information: FLESHY used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FLESHY (adjective)

Comparative: fleshier   
Superlative: fleshiest   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it

Synonyms:

fleshy; heavy; overweight

Similar:

fat (having an (over)abundance of flesh)

Derivation:

fleshiness (more than average fatness)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of or relating to or resembling flesh

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

fleshy; sarcoid

Pertainym:

flesh (the soft tissue of the body of a vertebrate: mainly muscle tissue and fat)

Derivation:

flesh (the soft tissue of the body of a vertebrate: mainly muscle tissue and fat)

 Context examples 

The lining of the fleshy folds surrounding the mouth.

(Mucosa of the Lip, NCI Thesaurus)

Fleshy fold which surrounds the opening of the mouth.

(Lip, NCI Thesaurus)

Either of the fleshy mounds in the rear pelvic area of the human body formed by the gluteal muscles.

(Buttock, NCI Thesaurus)

Ginkgo has large seeds with a fleshy outer covering, but U. mongoliensis has small, winged seeds.

(Paleontologists find fossil relative of Ginkgo biloba, NSF)

The lining of the inferior fleshy fold bordering the mouth.

(Mucosa of the Lower Lip, NCI Thesaurus)

The lining of the superior fleshy fold bordering the mouth.

(Mucosa of the Upper Lip, NCI Thesaurus)

Either of the two fleshy, full-blooded margins of the mouth.

(Murine Lip, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A structure consisting of the fertilized and immature ovules ("seeds") and the ovary wall, which may be fleshy (as in the apple) or dry and hard (as in a maple fruit).

(Fruit, Immature, Food and Drug Administration)

A structure consisting of the fertilized and mature ovules ("seeds") and the ovary wall, which may be fleshy (as in the apple) or dry and hard (as in a maple fruit).

(Fruit, Food and Drug Administration)

When reefs are dominated by fleshy algae, most of the energy in the ecosystem goes to the microbes.

(Too much algae and too many microbes threaten coral reefs, NSF)