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Flesh out Common

Flesh out has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
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
Related Terms
Antonyms
reduce
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
change clarify gain
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
detail set forth exemplify specify
Rhyming Words
out tout yout hout gout pout aout dout lout bout kout rout fout scout grout smout chout plout x out trout
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