Flesh Out (Verb)

Meaning ¹

Add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation".

Classification

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.

Synonyms

• Elaborate
• Exposit
• Lucubrate
• Expatiate
• Expand
• Enlarge
• Dilate
• Expound

Hypernyms

• Clarify
• Clear Up
• Elucidate

Hyponyms

• Exposit
• Particularise
• Illustrate
• Set Forth
• Specialize
• Instance
• Detail
• Exemplify
• Specialise
• Expound
• Specify
• Particularize

Meaning ²

Make fat or plump; "We will plump out that poor starving child".

Classification

Verbs of eating and drinking.

Synonyms

• Plump Out
• Fatten Up
• Fat
• Fill Out
• Fatten
• Fatten Out
• Plump

Hypernyms

• Change
• Alter

Meaning ³

Become round, plump, or shapely; "The young woman is fleshing out".

Classification

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care.

Synonyms

• Fill Out
• Round

Hypernyms

• Gain