What is the meaning of fill out?

verb

  • Write all the required information onto a form.
    • usage: "fill out this questionnaire, please"; "make out a form"
  • Make bigger or better or more complete.
  • Supplement what is thought to be deficient.
    • usage: "He eked out his meager pay by giving private lessons"; "Braque eked out his collages with charcoal"
  • Line or stuff with soft material.
    • usage: "pad a bra"
  • Make fat or plump.
    • usage: "We will plump out that poor starving child"
  • Become round, plump, or shapely.
    • usage: "The young woman is fleshing out"
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APAWordNet. (2010). fill out. Retrieved September 22, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/fill_out/definitions/1327664
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