Phrase guide
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verb
To complete; to create details from a basic outline, structure, or skeleton.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, transitive
Synonyms: round out
Antonyms: none provided
verb
become round, plump, or shapely
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: round, fill out
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: gain, put on
verb
add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, expand, expound, dilate
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: clarify, clear up, elucidate
Narrower terms: detail, set forth, expound, exposit, exemplify, illustrate, instance, specify, particularize, particularise, specialize, specialise
verb
make fat or plump
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: fatten, fat, fill out, plump, plump out, fatten out, fatten up
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change, alter, modify
History
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Across languages
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
