fill out

fill  (fl)

v. filled, fill·ing, fills

v.tr.

1.

a. To put into (a container, for example) as much as can be held: fill a glass with milk.

b. To supply or provide to the fullest extent: filled the mall with new stores.

c. To build up the level of (low-lying land) with material such as earth or gravel.

d. To stop or plug up (an opening, for example).

e. To repair a cavity of (a tooth).

f. To add a foreign substance to (cloth or wood, for example).

2.

a. To satiate, as with food and drink.

b. To satisfy or meet; fulfill: fill the requirements. See Synonyms at satisfy.

c. To complete (something) by insertion or addition: fill in the blanks.

d. To supply with material, such as writing, an inscription, or an illustration: filled the blank spaces on the page with notes.

3. To supply as required: fill a prescription; fill an order.

4.

a. To place a person in: fill a job vacancy.

b. To possess and discharge the duties of; hold: fill a post.

5.

a. To occupy the whole of; pervade: Music filled the room.

b. To spread throughout: Fear filled the city.

c. To engage or occupy completely; make full: filled the child's mind with strange ideas; a story that filled our hearts with joy.

6. To cover the surface of (an inexpensive metal) with a layer of precious metal, such as gold.

7. Nautical

a. To cause (a sail) to swell.

b. To adjust (a yard) so that wind will cause a sail to swell.

v.intr.

To become full.

n.

1. An amount needed to make full, complete, or satisfied: eat one's fill.

2. Material for filling a container, cavity, or passage.

3.

a. A built-up piece of land; an embankment.

b. The material, such as earth or gravel, used for this.

Phrasal Verbs:

fill in

1. Informal To provide with information that is essential or newly acquired: I wasn't therewould you fill me in?

2. To act as a substitute; stand in: an understudy who filled in at the last minute.

fill out

1. To complete (a form, for example) by providing required information: carefully filled out the job application.

2. To become or make more fleshy: He filled out after age 35.

Idioms:

fill (someone's) shoes

To assume someone's position or duties.

fill the bill Informal

To serve a particular purpose.

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[Middle English fillen, from Old English fyllan; see pel-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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filla·ble adj.

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fill out

Verb

1. to fill in (a form or application)

2. to make or become plumper, thicker, or rounder

3. to make more substantial: he filled out his speech with a few jokes

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	fill out - write all the required information onto a form; "fill out this questionnaire, please!"; "make out a form" fill in, complete, make out
	2.	fill out - make bigger or better or more complete round out enrich - make better or improve in quality; "The experience enriched her understanding"; "enriched foods"
	3.	fill out - supplement what is thought to be deficient; "He eked out his meager pay by giving private lessons"; "Braque eked out his collages with charcoal" eke out supplement - add as a supplement to what seems insufficient; "supplement your diet"
	4.	fill out - line or stuff with soft material; "pad a bra" pad stuff - cram into a cavity; "The child stuffed candy into his pockets" rat - give (hair) the appearance of being fuller by using a rat
	5.	fill out - make fat or plump; "We will plump out that poor starving child" fat, fatten, fatten out, fatten up, flesh out, plump out, plump alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
	6.	fill out - become round, plump, or shapely; "The young woman is fleshing out" flesh out, round gain, put on - increase (one's body weight); "She gained 20 pounds when she stopped exercising"