| VERB | consumption | flesh out, fatten, fat, fill out, plump, plump out, fatten out, fatten up | make fat or plump |
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| communication | flesh out, elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, expand, expound, dilate | add details, as to an account or idea | |
| body | flesh out, round, fill out | become round, plump, or shapely |
| Meaning | make fat or plump. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | fatten, fat, fill out, plump, plump out, fatten out, fatten up | |
| Entails | feed, give | Give food to |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Spanish | cebar, engordar, sainar | |
| Catalan | encebar-se, encebar, engreixar-se, engreixar, saginar | |
| Meaning | add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning / meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, expand, expound, dilate | |
| Narrower | detail | Provide details for |
| exemplify, illustrate, instance | clarify by giving an example of | |
| set forth, expound, exposit | state | |
| specify, particularize, particularise, specialize, specialise | Be specific about | |
| Broader | clarify, clear up, elucidate | make clear and (more) comprehensible |
| Opposite | abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce | Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements |
| Spanish | ampliar, dilatarse, expandir, explicar, exponer, extenderse | |
| Catalan | ampliar, expandir | |
| Meaning | Become round, plump, or shapely. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonyms | round, fill out | |
| Broader | gain, put on | increase (one's body weight) |
| Catalan | arrodonir, embotir, engreixar, farcir, omplir | |
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