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fleshen

fleshen verb: to make or become fleshy; fill out.

Verb

fleshen (third-person singular simple present fleshens, present participle fleshening, simple past and past participle fleshened)

  1. (ambitransitive) To make or become fleshy; fill out
    • The thin crescent of the first quarter gradually works its way eastward and fleshens up into quite a dowager inside of two weeks.2003, Thomas S. Stribling, Randy K. Cross, John T. McMillan, Laughing Stock, page 228
    Synonyms:
    batten

Synonyms of fleshen

Forms of fleshen

third-person singular presentfleshens
present participlefleshening
past participlefleshened
pastfleshened

Origin of fleshen

From flesh + -en.

Questions about fleshen

What does fleshen mean?
Fleshen means to make or become fleshy; fill out.
What part of speech is fleshen?
Fleshen is a verb.
What is the past tense of fleshen?
The past tense of fleshen is fleshened.

Words near fleshen in the dictionary

  1. fleshcoloured
  2. fleshed
  3. fleshed one's maiden sword
  4. fleshed out
  5. fleshed-out
  6. fleshen
  7. fleshened
  8. fleshening
  9. fleshens
  10. flesher
  11. fleshers

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