Flesh out has 4 different meanings across 1 category:
Verb
Verb
1
make fat or plump
"We will plump out that poor starving child"
2
add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing
"She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation"
3
become round, plump, or shapely
"The young woman is fleshing out"
4
To complete; to create details from a basic outline, structure, or skeleton.
Example Sentences
"We will plump out that poor starving child"
verb
"She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation"
verb
"The young woman is fleshing out"
verb
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)