FLESH OUT as VERB

  1. Meaning
    • become round, plump, or shapely
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • 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
  2. Meaning
    • add details, as to an account or idea
    • clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • 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 Antonym(s) Hyponym(s) Derived(s)
  3. Meaning
    • make fat or plump
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • 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 Derived(s) Entail(s)