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flesh out, v.

become round, plump, or shapely
<verb.body>

fill out flesh out round

sample sentences

"The young woman is fleshing out"

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hypernym

add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing
<verb.communication> freq. cnt.: 11 freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1

dilate elaborate enlarge expand expatiate exposit expound flesh out lucubrate

sample sentences

"She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation"

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They %s that there was a traffic accident

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They %s that there was a traffic accident

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They %s that there was a traffic accident

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

elaboration elaboration

lexical pointers

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expository expounding exponent

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lexical pointers

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expansion expansion

antonym

lexical pointers

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semantic pointers

hypernym

clarify, clear up, elucidate

hyponym

detail set forth, expound, exposit illustrate, exemplify, instance specify, specialize, particularize, particularise, specialise

make fat or plump
<verb.consumption> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

fat fatten fatten out fatten up fill out flesh out plump plump out

sample sentences

"We will plump out that poor starving child"

verb frames

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derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hypernym

change, alter, modify

entailment