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"

Related terms

change feed

2
[ verb ] become round, plump, or shapely

Synonyms

fill_out round

Examples

"The young woman is fleshing out"

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"

Related terms

abridge clarify exemplify set_forth specify detail amplification exposition expansion expatiation dilation expansion lucubration

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fleshed_out flake_out flush_it flush_toilet fly_sheet flush_down flue_stop

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