"fleshen" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: fleshens [present, singular, third-person], fleshening [participle, present], fleshened [participle, past], fleshened [past]
Etymology: From flesh + -en. Etymology templates: {{af|en|flesh|-en|id2=inchoative}} flesh + -en Head templates: {{en-verb}} fleshen (third-person singular simple present fleshens, present participle fleshening, simple past and past participle fleshened)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To make or become fleshy; fill out Tags: intransitive, transitive Synonyms: batten
    Sense id: en-fleshen-en-verb-tKmr9udQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -en (inchoative)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for fleshen meaning in English (1.6kB)

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