flesh out

1. Make fat or plump (synset 201197471)
   "We will plump out that poor starving child"
   entail: feed, give - give food to
   is a type of: alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
   same as: fat, fatten, fatten out, fatten up, fill out, plump, plump out
2. Add details, as to an account or idea;
   Clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing (synset 200957633)
   "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation"
   is a type of: clarify, clear up, elucidate - make clear and (more) comprehensible
   subtypes:

   • detail - provide details for
   • exposit, expound, set forth - state
   • exemplify, illustrate, instance - clarify by giving an example of
   • particularise, particularize, specialise, specialize, specify - be specific about
   same as: dilate, elaborate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, exposit, expound, lucubrate
3. Become round, plump, or shapely (synset 200046099)
   "The young woman is fleshing out"
   is a type of: gain, put on - increase (one's body weight)
   same as: fill out, round

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