Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter F - Page 36

Fleeten (n.) Fleeted or skimmed milk. [Obs.]

Fleeten face, A face of the color of fleeten, i. e., blanched; hence, a coward. "You know where you are, you fleeten face." -- Beau. & Fl.

Fleet-foot (a.) Swift of foot. -- Shak.

Fleeting (a.) 轉瞬間的；短暫的；fleet 的動詞現在分詞、動名詞 Passing swiftly away; not durable; transient; transitory; as, the fleeting hours or moments.

Syn: Evanescent; ephemeral. See Transient.

Fleeting (a.) Lasting for a markedly brief time; "a fleeting glance"; "fugitive hours"; "rapid momentaneous association of things that meet and pass"; "a momentary glimpse" [syn: fleeting, fugitive, momentaneous, momentary].

Fleetingly (adv.) In a fleeting manner; swiftly.

Fleetings (n. pl.) A mixture of buttermilk and boiling whey; curds. [prov. Eng.] -- Wright.

Fleetly (adv.) In a fleet manner; rapidly.

Fleetness (n.) Swiftness; rapidity; velocity; celerity; speed; as, the fleetness of a horse or of time.

Fleigh () obs. imp. of Fly. -- Chaucer.

Fleme (v. t.) To banish; to drive out; to expel. [Obs.] "Appetite flemeth discretion." -- Chaucer.

Flemer (n.) One who, or that which, banishes or expels. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.

Fleming (n.) A native or inhabitant of Flanders.

Flemish (a.) Pertaining to Flanders, or the Flemings.

Flemish (n.) The language or dialect spoken by the Flemings; also, collectively, the people of Flanders.

Flemish accounts (Naut.), Short or deficient accounts. [Humorous] -- Ham. Nav. Encyc.

Flemish beauty (Bot.), A well known pear. It is one of few kinds which have a red color on one side.

Flemish bond. (Arch.) See Bond, n., 8.

Flemish brick, A hard yellow paving brick.

Flemish coil, A flat coil of rope with the end in the center and the turns lying against, without riding over, each other.

Flemish eye (Naut.), An eye formed at the end of a rope by dividing the strands and lying them over each other.

Flemish horse (Naut.), An additional footrope at the end of a yard.

Flemish (a.) Of or relating to Flanders or its people or language or culture; "the Flemish population of Belgium"; "Flemish painters".

Flemish (n.) An ethnic group speaking Flemish and living in northern and western Belgium.

Flemish (n.) One of two official languages of Belgium; closely related to Dutch [syn: Flemish, Flemish dialect].

Flench (v. t.) Same as Flence.

Flense (v. t.) To strip the blubber or skin from, as from a whale, seal, etc.

Flesh (n.) The aggregate of the muscles, fat, and other tissues which cover the framework of bones in man and other animals; especially, the muscles.

Note: In composition it is mainly proteinaceous, but contains in adition a large number of low-molecular-weight subtances, such as creatin, xanthin, hypoxanthin, carnin, etc. It is also rich in potassium phosphate.

Flesh (n.) Animal food, in distinction from vegetable; meat; especially, the body of beasts and birds used as food, as distinguished from fish.

With roasted flesh, or milk, and wastel bread. -- Chaucer.

Flesh (n.) The human body, as distinguished from the soul; the corporeal person.

As if this flesh, which walls about our life, Were brass impregnable. -- Shak.

Flesh (n.) The human eace; mankind; humanity.

All flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. -- Gen. vi. 12.

Flesh (n.) Human nature:

Flesh (n.) In a good sense, tenderness of feeling; gentleness.

There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart. -- Cowper.

Flesh (n.) In a bad sense, tendency to transient or physical pleasure; desire for sensual gratification; carnality.

Flesh (n.) (Theol.) The character under the influence of animal propensities or selfish passions; the soul unmoved by spiritual influences.

Flesh (n.) Kindred; stock; race.

He is our brother and our flesh. -- Gen. xxxvii. 27.

Flesh (n.) The soft, pulpy substance of fruit; also, that part of a root, fruit, and the like, which is fit to be eaten.

Note: Flesh is often used adjectively or self-explaining compounds; as, flesh broth or flesh-broth; flesh brush or fleshbrush; flesh tint or flesh-tint; flesh wound.

After the flesh, after the manner of man; in a gross or earthly manner. "Ye judge after the flesh." -- John viii. 15.

An arm of flesh, Human strength or aid.

Flesh and blood. See under Blood.

Flesh broth, Broth made by boiling flesh in water.

Flesh fly (Zool.), One of several species of flies whose larv[ae] or maggots feed upon flesh, as the bluebottle fly; -- called also meat fly, carrion fly, and blowfly. See Blowly.

Flesh meat, Animal food. --Swift.

Flesh side, The side of a skin or hide which was next to the flesh; -- opposed to grain side.

Flesh tint (Painting), A color used in painting to imitate the hue of the living body.

Flesh worm (Zool.), Any insect larva of a flesh fly. See Flesh fly (above).

Proud flesh. See under Proud.

To be one flesh, To be closely united as in marriage; to become as one person. -- Gen. ii. 24.

Fleshed (imp. & p. p.) of Flesh.

Fleshing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flesh.

Flesh (v. t.) To feed with flesh, as an incitement to further exertion; to initiate; -- from the practice of training hawks and dogs by feeding them with the first game they take, or other flesh. Hence, to use upon flesh (as a murderous weapon) so as to draw blood, especially for the first time.

Full bravely hast thou fleshed Thy maiden sword. -- Shak.

The wild dog Shall flesh his tooth on every innocent. -- Shak.

Flesh (v. t.) To glut; to satiate; hence, to harden, to accustom. "Fleshed in triumphs." -- Glanvill.

Old soldiers Fleshed in the spoils of Germany and France. -- Beau. & Fl.

Flesh (v. t.) (Leather Manufacture) To remove flesh, membrance, etc., from, as from hides.

Flesh (n.) The soft tissue of the body of a vertebrate: mainly muscle tissue and fat.

Flesh (n.) Alternative names for the body of a human being; "Leonardo studied the human body"; "he has a strong physique"; "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak" [syn: human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh].

Flesh (n.) A soft moist part of a fruit [syn: pulp, flesh].

Flesh (v.) Remove adhering flesh from (hides) when preparing leather manufacture.

Flesh, () In the Old Testament denotes (1) a particular part of the body of man and animals (Gen. 2:21; 41:2; Ps. 102:5, marg.); (2) the whole body (Ps. 16:9); (3) all living things having flesh, and particularly humanity as a whole (Gen. 6:12, 13); (4) mutability and weakness (2 Chr. 32:8; comp. Isa. 31:3; Ps. 78:39). As suggesting the idea of softness it is used in the expression "heart of flesh" (Ezek. 11:19). The expression "my flesh and bone" (Judg. 9:2; Isa. 58:7) denotes relationship.

In the New Testament, besides these it is also used to denote the sinful element of human nature as opposed to the "Spirit" (Rom. 6:19; Matt. 16:17). Being "in the flesh" means being unrenewed (Rom. 7:5; 8:8, 9), and to live "according to the flesh" is to live and act sinfully (Rom. 8:4, 5, 7, 12).

This word also denotes the human nature of Christ (John 1:14, "The Word was made flesh." Comp. also 1 Tim. 3:16; Rom. 1:3).

FLESH, (n.)  The Second Person of the secular Trinity.

Fleshed (a.) Corpulent; fat; having flesh.

Fleshed (a.) Glutted; satiated; initiated.

Fleshed with slaughter. -- Dryden.

Flesher (n.) A butcher.

A flesher on a block had laid his whittle down. -- Macaulay.

Flesher (n.) A two-handled, convex, blunt-edged knife, for scraping hides; a fleshing knife.

Fleshhood (n.) The state or condition of having a form of flesh; incarnation. [R.]

Thou, who hast thyself Endured this fleshhood. -- Mrs. Browning.

Fleshiness (n.) The state of being fleshy; plumpness; corpulence; grossness.  -- Milton.

Fleshings (n. pl.) Flesh-colored tights, worn by actors dancers. -- D. Jerrold.

Fleshless (a.) Destitute of flesh; lean. -- Carlyle.

Fleshliness (n.) The state of being fleshly; carnal passions and appetites.   -- Spenser.

Fleshing (n.) A person devoted to fleshly things.

The Fleshlumpeater (n.) 吃人肉塊巨人 Character Analysis: The Fleshlumpeater is one of the mean, non-BFG giants that we see the most often. He’s both gross- and scary-looking:

“When the Fleshlumpeater was speaking, she got a glimpse of his tongue. It was jet black, like a slab of black steak.” (11.36) 

We’re guessing that’s not the kind of steak you drool over in a fancy French restaurant.

The Fleshlumpeater picks on the BFG when he leaves to catch dreams, and actually lifts him up to toss him to the other giants. But what goes around comes around: later that day, the BFG blows him a nightmare when he’s sleeping.

We know that the Fleshlumpeater is one of the most menacing giants, because he’d like to taste the Queen. The only reason he hasn’t tried yet is because he’s scared of the Queen’s guard’s hats getting stuck in his throat “‘Fleshlumpeater is a very careful giant,’ the BFG said.” (15.33) Even big dudes don’t want to choke on fuzzy hats, after all.

The Fleshlumpeater shows up again toward the end of the story. He wakes up when the soldiers are trying to capture him, and almost eats the soldiers. Luckily, Sophie and the BFG trick him into thinking he’s been bitten by a snake and sneak the rope around him while he is distracted.

Good thing he’s so scared of snakes.

Fleshly (a.) Of or pertaining to the flesh; corporeal. "Fleshly bondage." -- Denham.

Fleshly (a.) Animal; not vegetable. -- Dryden.

Fleshly (a.) Human; not celestial; not spiritual or divine. "Fleshly wisdom." -- 2 Cor. i. 12.

Much ostentation vain of fleshly arm And fragile arms. -- Milton.

Fleshly (a.) Carnal; wordly; lascivious.

Abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the   soul. -- 1 Pet. ii. 11.

Fleshly (adv.) In a fleshly manner; carnally; lasciviously. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.

Fleshly (a.) Marked by the appetites and passions of the body; "animal instincts"; "carnal knowledge"; "fleshly desire"; "a sensual delight in eating"; "music is the only sensual pleasure without vice" [syn: animal(a), carnal, fleshly, sensual].

Fleshment (n.) The act of fleshing, or the excitement attending a successful beginning. [R.] -- Shak.

Fleshmonger (n.) One who deals in flesh; hence, a pimp; a procurer; a pander.  [R.] -- Shak.

Fleshpot (n.) A pot or vessel in which flesh is cooked In the land of Egypt . . . we sat by the fleshpots, and . . . did eat bread to the full. -- Ex. xvi. 3.

Fleshpot (n.) hence, pl. Plenty; high living.

Fleshpot (n.) pl. Places providing opportunity to indulge in amusements or pleasures without moral restraints.

Fleshquake (n.) A quaking or trembling of the flesh; a quiver. [Obs.] -- B. Jonson.

Fleshy (a.) Full of, or composed of, flesh; plump; corpulent; fat; gross.

The sole of his foot is fleshy. -- Ray.

Fleshy (a.) Human. [Obs.] "Fleshy tabernacle." -- Milton.

Fleshy (a.) (Bot.) Composed of firm pulp; succulent; as, the houseleek, cactus, and agave are fleshy plants.

Fleshy (a.) Usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it [syn: fleshy, heavy, overweight].

Fleshy (a.) Of or relating to or resembling flesh [syn: fleshy, sarcoid].

Flet (p. p.) Skimmed. [Obs.]

Fletched (imp. & p. p.) of Fletch.

Fletching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fletch.

Fletch (v. t.) To feather, as an arrow. -- Bp. Warburton.

[Congress] fletched their complaint, by adding: "America loved his brother." -- Bancroft.
Fletcher (n.) One who fletches of feathers arrows; a manufacturer of bows and arrows. [Obs.] -- Mortimer.

Flete (v. i.) To float; to swim. [Obs.] "Whether I sink or flete." -- Chaucer.

Fletiferous (a.) Producing tears. [Obs.] -- Blount.

Fleurs-de-lis (n. pl. ) of Fleur-de-lis.

Fleur-de-lis (n.) (Bot.) The iris. See Flower-de-luce.

Fleur-de-lis (n.) A conventional flower suggested by the iris, and having a form which fits it for the terminal decoration of a scepter, the ornaments of a crown, etc. It is also a heraldic bearing, and is identified with the royal arms and adornments of France.

Fleury (a.) (Her.) Finished at the ends with fleurs-de-lis; -- said esp. of a cross so decorated.

Flew () imp. of Fly.

Flewed (a.) Having large flews. -- Shak.

Flews (n. pl.) The pendulous or overhanging lateral parts of the upper lip of dogs, especially prominent in hounds; -- called also chaps. See Illust. of Bloodhound.

Flexed (imp. & p. p.) of Flex.

Flexing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flex.

Flex (v. t.) To bend; as, to flex the arm.

Flex (n.) Flax. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.

Flexanimous (a.) Having power to change the mind. [Obs.] -- Howell.

Flexibility (n.) The state or quality of being flexible; flexibleness; pliancy; pliability; as, the flexibility of strips of hemlock, hickory, whalebone or metal, or of rays of light. -- Sir I. Newton.

All the flexibility of a veteran courtier. -- Macaulay.

Flexibility (n.) The property of being flexible; easily bent or shaped [syn: flexibility, flexibleness] [ant: inflexibility, inflexibleness].

Flexibility (n.) The quality of being adaptable or variable; "he enjoyed the flexibility of his working arrangement" [syn: flexibility, flexibleness] [ant: inflexibility, rigidity, rigidness].

Flexibility (n.) The trait of being easily persuaded [syn: tractability, tractableness, flexibility] [ant: intractability, intractableness].

Flexibility (n.) [ U ] 柔韌性，機動性，靈活性 The quality of being able to change or be changed easily according to the situation.

// The new law gives auto makers more flexibility in meeting lower pollution targets.

Flexible (a.) Capable of being flexed or bent; admitting of being turned, bowed, or twisted, without breaking; pliable; yielding to pressure; not stiff or brittle.

When the splitting wind Makes flexible the knees of knotted oaks. -- Shak.

Flexible (a.) Willing or ready to yield to the influence of others; not invincibly rigid or obstinate; tractable; manageable; ductile; easy and compliant; wavering.

Phocion was a man of great severity, and no ways flexible to the will of the people. -- Bacon.

Women are soft, mild, pitiful, and flexible. -- Shak.

Flexible (a.) Capable or being adapted or molded; plastic,; as, a flexible language.

This was a principle more flexible to their purpose. -- Rogers.

Syn: Pliant; pliable; supple; tractable; manageable; ductile; obsequious; inconstant; wavering. -- Flex"i*ble*ness, n. -- Flex"i*bly, adv.

Flexible (a.) Capable of being changed; "flexible schedules" [ant: inflexible].

Flexible (a.) Able to flex; able to bend easily; "slim flexible birches" [syn: flexible, flexile] [ant: inflexible].

Flexible (a.) Able to adjust readily to different conditions; "an adaptable person"; "a flexible personality"; "an elastic clause in a contract" [syn: elastic, flexible, pliable, pliant].

Flexible (a.) Bending and snapping back readily without breaking [syn: flexible, whippy].

Flexible (a.) Making or willing to make concessions; "loneliness tore through him...whenever he thought of...even the compromising Louis du Tillet" [syn: compromising, conciliatory, flexible] [ant: inflexible, sturdy, uncompromising].

Flexicostate (a.) (Anat.) Having bent or curved ribs.

Flexile (a.) Flexible; pliant; pliable; easily bent; plastic; tractable. -- Wordsworth.

Flexion (n.) The act of flexing or bending; a turning.

Flexion (n.) A bending; a part bent; a fold. -- Bacon.

Flexion (n.) (Gram.) Syntactical change of form of words, as by declension or conjugation; inflection.

Express the syntactical relations by flexion. -- Sir W. Hamilton.

Flexion (n.) (Physiol.) The bending of a limb or joint; that motion of a joint which gives the distal member a continually decreasing angle with the axis of the proximal part; -- distinguished from extension.

Flexion (n.) The state of being flexed (as of a joint) [syn: flexure, flection, flexion].

Flexion (n.) Deviation from a straight or normal course [syn: inflection, flection, flexion].

Flexion (n.) Act of bending a joint; especially a joint between the bones of a limb so that the angle between them is decreased [syn: flexion, flexure] [ant: extension].

Flexor (n.) [NL.] (Anat.) A muscle which bends or flexes any part; as, the flexors of the arm or the hand; -- opposed to extensor. flextime; flexitime

Flexor (n.) A skeletal muscle whose contraction bends a joint [syn: flexor muscle, flexor] [ant: extensor, extensor muscle].

Flexuose (a.) Flexuous.

Flexuous (a.) Having turns, windings, or flexures.

Flexuous (a.) (Bot.) Having alternate curvatures in opposite directions; bent in a zigzag manner.

Flexuous (a.) Wavering; not steady; flickering. -- Bacon.

Compare: Curved

Curved (a.) Not straight; having or marked by curves. Opposite of straight.

Note: [Narrower terms: arced, arched, arching, arciform, arcuate, bowed; falcate, sickle-shaped; flexuous; incurvate, incurved: recurved, recurvate; semicircular: serpentine, snaky: sinuate, sinuous, wavy: sinusoidal].

Syn: curving.

Curved (a.) (Botany) Curved with the micropyle near the base almost touching its stalk; -- of a plant ovule. Opposite of orthotropous.

Syn: campylotropous.

Flexuous (a.) Having turns or windings; "the flexuous bed of the stream".

Flexural (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resulting from, flexure; of the nature of, or characterized by, flexure; as, flexural elasticity.

Flexure (n.) The act of flexing or bending; a turning or curving; flexion; hence, obsequious bowing or bending.

Will it give place to flexure and low bending? -- Shak.

Flexure (n.) A turn; a bend; a fold; a curve.

Varying with the flexures of the valley through which it meandered. -- British Quart. Rev.

Flexure (n.) (Zool.) The last joint, or bend, of the wing of a bird.

Flexure (n.) (Astron.) The small distortion of an astronomical instrument caused by the weight of its parts; the amount to be added or substracted from the observed readings of the instrument to correct them for this distortion.

The flexure of a curve (Math.), The bending of a curve towards or from a straight line.

Flexure (n.) The state of being flexed (as of a joint) [syn: flexure, flection, flexion].

Flexure (n.) An angular or rounded shape made by folding; "a fold in the napkin"; "a crease in his trousers"; "a plication on her blouse"; "a flexure of the colon"; "a bend of his elbow" [syn: fold, crease, plication, flexure, crimp, bend].

Flexure (n.) Act of bending a joint; especially a joint between the bones of a limb so that the angle between them is decreased [syn: flexion, flexure] [ant: extension].

Flibbergib (n.) A sycophant. [Obs. & Humorous.] "Flatterers and flibbergibs." -- Latimer.

Flibbertigibbet (n.) An imp. --Shak.

Flibustier (n.) A buccaneer; an American pirate. See Flibuster. [Obs.]

Flicked (imp. & p. p.) of Flick.

Flicking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flick.

Flick (v. t.) To whip lightly or with a quick jerk; to flap; as, to flick a horse; to flick the dirt from boots. -- Thackeray.

Flick (v. t.) To throw, snap, or toss with a jerk; to flirt; as, to flick a whiplash.

Rude boys were flicking butter pats across chaos. -- Kipling.

Flick (n.) A flitch; as, a flick of bacon.

Flickered (imp. & p. p.) of Flicker.

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