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Definition of Flesh out
1. Verb. Make fat or plump. "We will plump out that poor starving child"
Exact synonyms: Fat, Fatten, Fatten Out, Fatten Up, Fill Out, Plump, Plump Out
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Entails: Feed, Give
Derivative terms: Fat, Fat
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Entails: Feed, Give
Derivative terms: Fat, Fat
2. Verb. Add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing. "They flesh out that there was a traffic accident "; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation"
Exact synonyms: Dilate, Elaborate, Enlarge, Expand, Expatiate, Exposit, Expound, Lucubrate
Generic synonyms: Clarify, Clear Up, Elucidate
Specialized synonyms: Detail, Exposit, Expound, Set Forth, Exemplify, Illustrate, Instance, Particularise, Particularize, Specialise, Specialize, Specify
Derivative terms: Dilation, Elaboration, Elaboration, Enlargement, Expansion, Expansion, Expatiation, Exposition, Exponent, Expository, Expounding, Lucubration
Antonyms: Contract
Generic synonyms: Clarify, Clear Up, Elucidate
Specialized synonyms: Detail, Exposit, Expound, Set Forth, Exemplify, Illustrate, Instance, Particularise, Particularize, Specialise, Specialize, Specify
Derivative terms: Dilation, Elaboration, Elaboration, Enlargement, Expansion, Expansion, Expatiation, Exposition, Exponent, Expository, Expounding, Lucubration
Antonyms: Contract
3. Verb. Become round, plump, or shapely. "The young woman is fleshing out"
Definition of Flesh out
1. Verb. (idiomatic) to complete; to create details from a basic outline, structure or skeleton ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
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