Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Destitute of flesh; wanting in flesh; lean.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Destitute of flesh; lean.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Without
flesh , lackingflesh .
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Examples
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Above you, a seagull picks at the near fleshless skull of a Hasidic Jew—small pieces of flesh and beard and two curly sideburns are all that remain.
Can You Survive The Zombie Apocalypse? Max Brallier 2011
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Above you, a seagull picks at the near fleshless skull of a Hasidic Jew—small pieces of flesh and beard and two curly sideburns are all that remain.
Can You Survive The Zombie Apocalypse? Max Brallier 2011
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The simple silver band had slipped down the fleshless digit to rest against the knuckle joint.
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Someday they, too, may return to wreathe the fleshless grin of this country, the nexus of their souls.
El Dia de los Muertos JP Reese 2011
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She hunched her fleshless shoulders and pointed her Heidelberg spoon toward the ceiling.
Shortcut Man P. G. Sturges 2011
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The Korean edition shows a simple smooth form, a human line that you can follow form the thigh up the hip. but if you look, the "allegedly" edited US version presents a form that cuts in in an altogether unnatural place, where not even a fleshless skeleton would indent.
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She hunched her fleshless shoulders and pointed her Heidelberg spoon toward the ceiling.
Shortcut Man P. G. Sturges 2011
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The perfect, bloodless, fleshless Jesus we insist upon and cling to today is a myth.
God is Not a Christian, Nor a Jew, Muslim, Hindu … Carlton Pearson 2010
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Once the fans shatter his fleshless skull with a sledgehammer, I don't think anyone will even THINK about publishing a negative review for this film.
First Negative Dark Knight Review - And Why It's Bullsh*t « FirstShowing.net 2008
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Against the shadow of the doorway, his skin was almost translucently white, and his eyes bulged out of a horrific visage, a death-mask of hollow cheeks and taut, fleshless lips.
Blood Ninja II Nick Lake 2010
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