- elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate - add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation"
--1 is one way to clarify, clear up, elucidate
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun exponent2, noun expounding1
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
- set forth, expound, exposit - state; "set forth one's reasons"
--2 is one way to elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something