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flesh out

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: flesh out

1
 v
add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing
2
 v
make fat or plump
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: flesh out
1

v add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing

Synonyms:
dilate, elaborate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, exposit, expound, lucubrate
Antonyms:
abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten
reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
cut, edit, edit out
cut and assemble the components of
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detail
provide details for
exposit, expound, set forth
state
exemplify, illustrate, instance
clarify by giving an example of
particularise, particularize, specialise, specialize, specify
be specific about
depict, describe, draw
give a description of
premise
set forth beforehand, often as an explanation
spell out
make explicit; specify in detail
Type of:
clarify, clear up, elucidate
make clear and (more) comprehensible
2

v make fat or plump

Synonyms:
fat, fatten, fatten out, fatten up, fill out, plump, plump out
Type of:
alter, change, modify
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation

v become round, plump, or shapely

“The young woman is fleshing out”
Synonyms:
fill out, round
Type of:
gain, put on
increase (one's body weight)
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