English verb: flesh out | |||
1. | flesh out (consumption) make fat or plump | ||
Samples | We will plump out that poor starving child. | ||
Synonyms | fat, fatten, fatten out, fatten up, fill out, plump, plump out | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | alter, change, modify | ||
Entail | feed, give | ||
2. | flesh out (communication) add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing | ||
Samples | She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation. | ||
Synonyms | dilate, elaborate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, exposit, expound, lucubrate | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something. Somebody ----s PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | clarify, clear up, elucidate | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | detail, exemplify, exposit, expound, illustrate, instance, particularise, particularize, set forth, specialise, specialize, specify | ||
Antonyms | abbreviate, abridge, foreshorten, shorten, contract, reduce, cut | ||
3. | flesh out (body) become round, plump, or shapely | ||
Samples | The young woman is fleshing out. | ||
Synonyms | fill out, round | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | gain, put on | ||