Main Entry: ²flesh

Function: verb

Date: 1530

transitive verb

1 : to initiate or habituate especially by giving a foretaste
2 archaic : gratify
3 a : to clothe or cover with or as if with flesh; broadly : to give substance to —usually used with out <flesh out a plan> b : to make fuller or more nearly complete —used with out <museums fleshing out their collections with borrowed works>
4 : to free from fleshintransitive verb : to become fleshy —often used with up or out