fleshen
verbEtymology From flesh + -en.
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:
- Synonyms
- batten