Fleshy

3 definitions found

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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]
       [also: {fleshiest}, {fleshier}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  70 Moby Thesaurus words for "fleshy":
     adipose, baccate, beefy, big-bellied, bloated, blowzy, bosomy,
     brawny, burly, buxom, chubby, chunky, corpulent, distended, doughy,
     dumpy, fat, fattish, flabby, full, gross, heavy, heavyset, hefty,
     hippy, imposing, lusty, macerated, masticated, meaty, mushy, obese,
     overweight, pasty, paunchy, pithy, plump, podgy, portly,
     potbellied, pudgy, puffy, pulpal, pulpar, pulped, pulplike, pulpy,
     pursy, roly-poly, rotund, soft, spongy, square, squashy, squat,
     squatty, squelchy, squishy, stalwart, stocky, stout, strapping,
     succulent, swollen, thick-bodied, thickset, top-heavy, tubby,
     weighty, well-fed