Fleshen

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To make or become fleshy; fill out ambitransitive

    "The thin crescent of the first quarter gradually works its way eastward and fleshens up into quite a dowager inside of two weeks."

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battenbatten

Example

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"The thin crescent of the first quarter gradually works its way eastward and fleshens up into quite a dowager inside of two weeks."

Etymology

From flesh + -en.

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fill out

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