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fleshes out

fleshes out is the third-person singular simple present indicative of flesh out.

Meaning of flesh out

Verb

flesh out (third-person singular simple present fleshes out, present participle fleshing out, simple past and past participle fleshed out)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To complete; to create details from a basic outline, structure, or skeleton.
    • The model shows the basics, but we still need to flesh out the details.
    Synonyms:
    round out

Questions about fleshes out

What is fleshes out the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Fleshes out is the third-person singular simple present indicative of flesh out.

Words near fleshes out in the dictionary

  1. fleshens
  2. flesher
  3. fleshers
  4. fleshes
  5. fleshes one's maiden sword
  6. fleshes out
  7. fleshfest
  8. fleshfests
  9. fleshflies
  10. fleshfly
  11. fleshhood

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fleshes out (page history and authors); flesh out (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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