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exchanging flesh

exchanging flesh is the present participle and gerund of exchange flesh.

Meaning of exchange flesh

Verb

exchange flesh (third-person singular simple present exchanges flesh, present participle exchanging flesh, simple past and past participle exchanged flesh)

  1. (archaic, euphemistic, idiomatic, rare) To engage in sexual intercourse.
    • […]it was thought ſhe was a Woman, and was turn'd into a cold fiſh, for ſhe wold not exchange fleſh with one that lou'd her: […]c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
    Synonyms:
    copulate

Questions about exchanging flesh

What is exchanging flesh the present participle and gerund of?
Exchanging flesh is the present participle and gerund of exchange flesh.

Words near exchanging flesh in the dictionary

  1. exchangest
  2. exchangeth
  3. exchanging
  4. exchanging blows
  5. exchanging contracts
  6. exchanging flesh
  7. exchanging of contracts
  8. exchanging vows
  9. Exchangite
  10. Exchangites
  11. excheat

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