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flesh out

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  • verb idiomatic to complete; to create details from a basic outline, structure or skeleton

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing
  • verb become round, plump, or shapely
  • verb make fat or plump

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hypernyms (5)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. alter
  2. change
  3. gain
  4. modify
  5. put on

cross-references (4)

Cross-references

  1. fill in
  2. fill out
  3. flush out
  4. round out

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