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to fleshen

to fleshen

9.9
To make a model or character look like a real person
  • verb
  • Archaic
translation icon : dar forma
  • The artist used bright colors to fleshen the figures in her painting, making them look more lifelike.

Examples

  • To create a realistic model, you need to fleshen the clay, ensuring it has depth and texture.

  • The designer wanted to fleshen the prototype to give it a more organic feel, resembling human features.

  • Thus in the age of reason I ripped out the blind soothsayers eyes and lain fleshed their empty temples.

Synonyms

to carnify
vsto fleshen
  • Archaic
9.9

To grow more muscle or flesh

makes something look fleshy by covering or filling it

Antonyms

to skeletonize
  • NSFW
1 8.9

To remove the flesh from a body until only the bones remain

How Lifelike

to embody
104 5.1
to realize
  • US
142 2.7
to fleshen
  • Archaic
9.9
to sketch
45 3.0
outline
59 2.7

Surface Forms

fleshen infinitive
fleshed past
fleshed past participle
fleshing present participle
fleshens third person singular

Morphology

fleshen = flesh (transparent) = flesh + en

Regular derivation: the verb is formed by adding the productive verb-forming suffix '-en' to the noun 'flesh', meaning 'make into or cover with flesh'.

Etymology

Fleshen comes from the English word flesh plus the ending -en, which means 'make' or 'become'. So to fleshen something is to 'make it flesh', to cover, fill, or shape it so it looks fleshy or more lifelike.