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"forms": [
{
"form": "fleshes out",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "fleshing out",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "fleshed out",
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"past"
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{
"form": "fleshed out",
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}
],
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},
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}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
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{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
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"Entry maintenance"
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"source": "w"
},
{
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}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The model shows the basics, but we still need to flesh out the details."
}
],
"glosses": [
"To complete; to create details from a basic outline, structure, or skeleton."
],
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(idiomatic, transitive) To complete; to create details from a basic outline, structure, or skeleton."
],
"related": [
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"word": "fill in"
},
{
"word": "fill out"
},
{
"word": "flush out"
},
{
"word": "put meat on the bones"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "round out#English:_flesh out with more details"
}
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic",
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "zh",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "chōngshí",
"sense": "complete",
"word": "充实"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "complete",
"word": "täydentää"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "complete",
"word": "détailler"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "complete",
"word": "herausarbeiten"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "complete",
"word": "ausschmücken"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "sajžruulax",
"sense": "complete",
"word": "сайжруулах"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "bajažuulax",
"sense": "complete",
"word": "баяжуулах"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "complete",
"word": "desenvolver"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "complete",
"word": "concretiza"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "complete",
"word": "fylla ut"
}
]
}
],
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"audio": "en-au-flesh out.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/14/En-au-flesh_out.ogg/En-au-flesh_out.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/En-au-flesh_out.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
"word": "flesh out"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "fleshes out",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "fleshing out",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "fleshed out",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "fleshed out",
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],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
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"word": "fill in"
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{
"word": "fill out"
},
{
"word": "flush out"
},
{
"word": "put meat on the bones"
}
],
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"English idioms",
"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English phrasal verbs",
"English phrasal verbs with particle (out)",
"English terms with audio links",
"English transitive verbs",
"English verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The model shows the basics, but we still need to flesh out the details."
}
],
"glosses": [
"To complete; to create details from a basic outline, structure, or skeleton."
],
"links": [
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(idiomatic, transitive) To complete; to create details from a basic outline, structure, or skeleton."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "round out#English:_flesh out with more details"
}
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic",
"transitive"
]
}
],
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/En-au-flesh_out.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "zh",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "chōngshí",
"sense": "complete",
"word": "充实"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "complete",
"word": "täydentää"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "complete",
"word": "détailler"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "complete",
"word": "herausarbeiten"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "complete",
"word": "ausschmücken"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "sajžruulax",
"sense": "complete",
"word": "сайжруулах"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "bajažuulax",
"sense": "complete",
"word": "баяжуулах"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "complete",
"word": "desenvolver"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "complete",
"word": "concretiza"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "complete",
"word": "fylla ut"
}
],
"word": "flesh out"
}
{
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"msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": chōngshí vs. chōngshí",
"path": [
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"section": "English",
"subsection": "verb",
"title": "flesh out",
"trace": ""
}
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