what does flesh out mean?
FLESH OUT as VERB
- Meaning
- become round, plump, or shapely
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- The young woman is fleshing out
Hypernyms(s) flesh out is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
- Meaning
- add details, as to an account or idea
- clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing
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- She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation
Hypernyms(s) flesh out is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
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- We will plump out that poor starving child
Hypernyms(s) flesh out is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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