fleshed
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- overfleshed adjective
- unfleshed adjective
Etymology
Origin of fleshed
late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425; flesh, -ed 3
Example Sentences
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The house needn’t be fleshed out to be made to seem real, but since it plays such an important role in the play, its presence onstage ought to at least be palpable to the characters.
From Los Angeles Times
Debates around the neutral official cash rate and estimates of full employment would be fleshed out, said Huw McKay, visiting fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University.
She doesn’t envision agents as stepping into their own fully fleshed out job titles.
Plans to restrict the companies’ activities in the housing market have been fleshed out in a bill that was recently passed by the Senate.
There are no needless digressions, and their architecture is as robust and tightly engineered as their characters are fully fleshed.
From Los Angeles Times
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