fleshed

1. 1
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of flesh.

   The director fleshed out the screenplay with several new scenes.

   Researchers fleshed out their theory once more data arrived.

   Note

   A regular -ed form that does double duty: the hunter fleshed the hound (simple past), and the hound was fleshed (past participle after be or have). Behind it stands the hunter's verb, rewarding a hound or hawk with meat from the kill to whet it for more. It was extended to a weapon buried in flesh, and an obsolete use applied it to people, meaning to inure someone to a practice.

2. 2
   adjectivein compounds

   Having flesh or a body of a particular kind, described by a preceding modifier.

   Firm-fleshed varieties of tuna grill better than softer ones.

   The yellow-fleshed potatoes turned golden when roasted.

   Note

   A combining form that never stands alone. It needs a first element to say what kind of flesh is meant: firm-fleshed, yellow-fleshed, pale-fleshed, soft-fleshed. Where the "plump" adjective measures how much flesh a body carries, these compounds describe its quality. That is why they suit fruit, fish and vegetables, judged by texture and color rather than girth.

3. 3
   adjective

   Carrying a generous amount of flesh; plump or corpulent.

   The well-fleshed steers commanded premium prices at the fall sale.

   A well-fleshed face and an easy laugh made him seem prosperous.

   Similarplump, fleshy, meaty, stout, portly

   Oppositethin, lean, scrawny, skinny

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