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Synonyms for flesh out
flesh out
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Princeton's WordNet
fatten, fat, flesh out, fill out, plump, plump out, fatten out, fatten upverb
make fat or plump
"We will plump out that poor starving child"
Synonyms:
elaborate, round out, plank, fill in, fat, expound, lucubrate, fatten, plump down, exposit, plop, go, make out, plunk, fill out, plump, eke out, fatten up, plummet, plunk down, expatiate, plonk, expand, fatten out, complete, dilate, plump out, enlarge, pad, flump, roundelaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilateverb
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"
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work out, refine, fat, expound, fatten, exposit, dilate, fill out, spread out, extend, amplify, blow up, rarify, lucubrate, set forth, fatten up, thrive, elaborate, magnify, plump, expatiate, inflate, expand, fatten out, complicate, plump out, boom, enlarge, flourish, distend, roundround, flesh out, fill outverb
become round, plump, or shapely
"The young woman is fleshing out"
Synonyms:
snipe, lucubrate, expatiate, expound, fatten, exposit, complete, labialize, fat, round down, round off, fill out, dilate, lash out, plump out, assail, plump, round, elaborate, attack, pad, round out, fatten out, fill in, enlarge, make out, brush up, fatten up, expand, polish up, assault, eke out, labialise, polish
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#123 | go | |
#522 | complete | |
#1309 | round | |
#1690 | fat | |
#2262 | attack | |
#2479 | enlarge | |
#3129 | expand | |
#4532 | extend | |
#4835 | polish | |
#5030 | pad | |
#5397 | refine | |
#6171 | assault | |
#7386 | boom | |
#12849 | plump | |
#13066 | elaborate | |
#18549 | thrive | |
#22933 | plank | |
#23713 | flourish | |
#29947 | magnify | |
#34586 | complicate | |
#36507 | amplify | |
#38823 | inflate | |
#43281 | snipe | |
#60912 | plummet | |
#65325 | plop | |
#75307 | expound | |
#82174 | assail | |
#84676 | dilate | |
#92066 | plonk | |
#95819 | plunk | |
#98633 | fatten | |
#321810 | distend |
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It is not unusual -- and frankly it can be quite beneficial -- to advancing American interests for the spouse of a cabinet secretary to occasionally travel with him or her. The spouse often engages in separate encounters during such trips meeting with local officials and participating in cultural or educational engagements that flesh out and help inform America's foreign policy.
We are meeting with faculty regularly to plan best modes of instruction, faculty members are also helping flesh out other aspects of the return to campus. In addition, we are closely following guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Georgia Department of Public Health and the Governor's Coronavirus Task Force.
That said, if the exit polls are confirmed in the official vote count, we would expect Zelenskiy to be put under greater pressure in the run-up to the second round to flesh out his policy agenda.
Texting is precarious for a lot of people in relationships because it’s hard to flesh out our genuine expressions, when one person is less interactive, the expectation is not matched by the reality for the other, and this can lead to disappointment and a feeling of disconnection.
It feels like and sounds like an experiment. They have not been able to flesh out from top to bottom what this Department of Public Safety is gonna look like, you know, if you can't tell us -- and I'm not saying you have to have one hundred percent of everything, you know, fleshed out -- but give us something. You know what I mean? Put some meat on the bones. There's nothing here other than we're gonna have a Department of Public Safety and, you know, it's gonna have mental health workers that go on calls. That's not enough.
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