Synonyms: fill out, flesh out, round
Definition: become round, plump, or shapely
Usage: The young woman is fleshing out
Definition: increase (one's body weight)
Usage: She gained 20 pounds when she stopped exercising
Synonyms: lucubrate, dilate, elaborate, expand, expatiate, exposit, expound, enlarge, flesh out
Definition: add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing
Usage: She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation
Similar words: clarify, clear up, elucidate
Definition: make clear and (more) comprehensible
Usage: clarify the mystery surrounding her death
Synonyms: plump, plump out, fill out, flesh out, fat, fatten, fatten out, fatten up
Definition: make fat or plump
Usage: We will plump out that poor starving child
Similar words: alter, change, modify
Definition: cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
Usage: The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city; The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue