Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

become one flesh

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.17 in modern English

Syllables: be-come one flesh
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To join together in marriage; to develop a unifying bond as a result of marrying.

Example Sentences

""We must become one flesh without any delay, Jane: there is but the licence to get—then we marry.""
"Just when it seemed like BRAD PITT and GWYNETH PALTROW were moving so smoothly into becoming one flesh that they even had the same haircut, they abruptly called it all off."
"“When my husband and I got married, we became one flesh,” Drummond wrote in a recent post."

Inflected Forms

becomes one flesh (present, singular) becoming one flesh (participle, present) became one flesh (past)

Phrases

exchange flesh

Frequently Paired Words

exchange flesh

Questions

What does become one flesh mean?: To join together in marriage; to develop a unifying bond as a result of marrying.

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