flesh_out | ||
1. | [ verb ] make fat or plump | |
Synonyms: | fatten plump fill_out plump_out fatten_out fatten_up fat | |
Examples: | "We will plump out that poor starving child" |
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Related terms: | change feed | |
2. | [ verb ] become round, plump, or shapely | |
Synonyms: | fill_out round | |
Examples: | "The young woman is fleshing out" |
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Related terms: | gain | |
3. | [ verb ] add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing | |
Synonyms: | elaborate expound enlarge exposit expand lucubrate dilate expatiate | |
Examples: | "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation" |
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Related terms: | abridge clarify exemplify set_forth specify detail amplification exposition expansion expatiation dilation expansion lucubration | |
Similar spelling: |
fleshed_out flake_out flush_it flush_toilet fly_sheet flush_down flue_stop |