FLESH OUT

• (verb) become round, plump, or shapely

  "The young woman is fleshing out"

  synonyms : fill out , round

• (verb) 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"

  synonyms : dilate , elaborate , enlarge , expand , expatiate , exposit , expound , lucubrate

  “his nostrils dilated”, “the enlarged photograph of her grandparents hung on the wall”, “the lungs expand when air is inhaled”, “ she began to expatiate upon the recent political developments”, “he expounded, at great length, his vi -added by nsrees

  “he expounded, at great length, his views on the subject to this students”, “ she will need to flesh out the image of the "caring boss" she presented to her staff in the meeting” -added by nsrees

• (verb) make fat or plump

  "We will plump out that poor starving child"

  synonyms : fat , fatten , fatten out , fatten up , fill out , plump , plump out

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