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Verb
S:
(v)
fatten
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fat
,
flesh out
,
fill out
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plump
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plump out
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fatten out
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fatten up
(make fat or plump)
"We will plump out that poor starving child"
S:
(v)
elaborate
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lucubrate
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expatiate
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exposit
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enlarge
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flesh out
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expand
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expound
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dilate
(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"
S:
(v)
round
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flesh out
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fill out
(become round, plump, or shapely)
"The young woman is fleshing out"