from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
flesh out
v 1: make fat or plump; "We will plump out that poor starving
child" [syn: {fatten}, {fat}, {flesh out}, {fill out},
{plump}, {plump out}, {fatten out}, {fatten up}]
2: 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" [syn:
{elaborate}, {lucubrate}, {expatiate}, {exposit}, {enlarge},
{flesh out}, {expand}, {expound}, {dilate}] [ant:
{abbreviate}, {abridge}, {contract}, {cut}, {foreshorten},
{reduce}, {shorten}]
3: become round, plump, or shapely; "The young woman is fleshing
out" [syn: {round}, {flesh out}, {fill out}]