"round out" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: rounds out [present, singular, third-person], rounding out [participle, present], rounded out [participle, past], rounded out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} round out (third-person singular simple present rounds out, present participle rounding out, simple past and past participle rounded out)
  1. (intransitive) To become rounder or plumper. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-round_out-en-verb-en:become_rounder_or_plumper Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (out) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 39 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (out): 77 23
  2. (transitive) To make more complete by adding details. Tags: transitive Synonyms: flesh out#Verb Translations (To make more complete by adding details): придавам завършеност прибавяйки (pridavam zavǎršenost pribavjajki) (Bulgarian), uitwerken (Dutch), дополня́ть (dopolnjátʹ) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-round_out-en-verb-en:flesh_out_with_more_details Categories (other): English links with manual fragments Disambiguation of 'To make more complete by adding details': 1 99

Inflected forms

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      "word": "uitwerken"
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