Showing posts with label fledge. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fledge. Show all posts

Friday, September 4, 2015

flesh, fleche

Flesh or flesh means the muscle, and fat of a body, either human or animal--
He doesn't have much flesh; he's much too thin.
They eat no flesh, only eggs, cheese, vegetables and grains.

Flesh may also mean the outer part of a body; the skin and some of the tissue beneath--
The dog tore his flesh, but he seems all right.
Thye were quite excited to see their hero in the flesh, at a public appearance.

Flèche or flèche ( rhymes with flesh ) means a spire, or a dart or arrow--
There is a flèche topped by a cross on each end of the building.
He threw a flèche, and missed the target completely.

Now that you know that, you can say--
"He shot the flèche into the air, but it stuck in the flesh of a bystander."

Note--"fletch" means to equip an arrow with feathers--
He is looking for feathers to fletch his new arrows.
Note # 2--"fledge", of a bird, means to grow the feathers needed to fly--
This baby bird will fledge in another week or so, then we cna let him go.