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flesh out


verb
1. 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
Syn:
elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge,
expand, expound, dilate
Ant:
contract (for: expand)
Derivationally related forms:
dilation (for: dilate), expository (for: expound), exponent (for: expound), expounding (for: expound), expansion (for: expand), enlargement (for: enlarge), exposition (for: exposit), expatiation (for: expatiate), lucubration (for: lucubrate), elaboration (for: elaborate)
Hypernyms:
clarify, clear up, elucidate
Hyponyms:
detail, set forth, expound, exposit, exemplify,
exemplify, instance, specify, particularize, particularise,
specialize, specialise
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s PP
2. make fat or plump
- We will plump out that poor starving child
Syn:
fatten, fat, fill out, plump, plump out,
fatten out, fatten up
Derivationally related forms:
fat (for: fat)
Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
Entailment:
feed, give
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
3. become round, plump, or shapely
- The young woman is fleshing out
Syn:
round, fill out
Hypernyms:
gain, put on
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s


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