Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fleshen

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: flesh-en
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make or become fleshy; fill out

Example Sentences

"The thin crescent of the first quarter gradually works its way eastward and fleshens up into quite a dowager inside of two weeks."

Etymology

From flesh + -en.

Inflected Forms

fleshens (present, singular) fleshening (participle, present) fleshened (participle, past) fleshened (past)

Synonyms

batten

Questions

What does fleshen mean?: To make or become fleshy; fill out
Where does fleshen come from?: From flesh + -en.

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