flesh
[ flesh ]
/ flɛʃ /
noun
verb (used with object)
Verb Phrases
flesh out,
- to gain weight: He realized to his dismay that he had fleshed out during the months of forced inactivity.
- to add details to or make more complete: She fleshed out her proposal considerably before presenting it to the committee for action.
Idioms for flesh
Origin of flesh
before 900; Middle English
flesc, Old English
flǣsc; cognate with Old Frisian
flēsk, Old High German
fleisk (German
Fleisch), Old Norse
flesk bacon
OTHER WORDS FROM flesh
flesh·less, adjectiveWords nearby flesh
British Dictionary definitions for flesh out (1 of 2)
flesh out
verb (adverb)
(tr)
to give substance to (an argument, description, etc)
(intr)
to expand or become more substantial
British Dictionary definitions for flesh out (2 of 2)
flesh
/ (flɛʃ) /
noun
verb
Word Origin for flesh
Old English
flǣsc; related to Old Norse
flesk ham, Old High German
fleisk meat, flesh
Medical definitions for flesh out
flesh
[ flĕsh ]
n.
The soft tissue of the body of a vertebrate, covering the bones and consisting mainly of skeletal muscle and fat.
Other words from flesh
flesh′y adj.Idioms and Phrases with flesh out (1 of 2)
flesh out
Also, put flesh on the bones of. Give substance to, provide with details, amplify. For example, The editor told her to flesh out the story, or You need to put flesh on the bones of these characters. This metaphoric expression, alluding to clothing a nude body or adding flesh to a skeleton, was in the mid-1600s put simply as to flesh, the adverb out being added about two centuries later.
Idioms and Phrases with flesh out (2 of 2)
flesh