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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

fleshen en · VERB

Etymology

From flesh + -en.

Meanings

  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:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
fleshens Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
fleshening Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
fleshened Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
fleshened Tense=Past lexicographic

Synonyms

batten