Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

exchange flesh

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.11 in modern English

Syllables: ex-change flesh
IPA

32

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To engage in sexual intercourse.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"[…]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: […]"
"[W]ill-she, nill-she, she must have Roger's company nightly in her bed, to ensure that he lay not with another. . . . To exchange flesh with Roger she would bid all the world defiance."
"She thinks to herself, What crime have I committed? If two people exchange flesh for money, why is it that only the one who contributes the flesh is a criminal and not the one who pays?"

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

exchanges flesh (present, singular) exchanging flesh (participle, present) exchanged flesh (participle, past) exchanged flesh (past)

Phrases

become one flesh

Frequently Paired Words

become one flesh

Synonyms

copulate

Questions

What does exchange flesh mean?: To engage in sexual intercourse.

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