fill out Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb write all the required information onto a form
    fill in; make out; complete.
    • fill out this questionnaire, please!
    • make out a form
  2. verb make bigger or better or more complete
    round out.
  3. verb supplement what is thought to be deficient
    eke out.
    • He eked out his meager pay by giving private lessons
    • Braque eked out his collages with charcoal
  4. verb line or stuff with soft material
    pad.
    • pad a bra
  5. verb make fat or plump
    fatten up; fat; flesh out; fatten; fatten out; plump out; plump.
    • We will plump out that poor starving child
  6. verb become round, plump, or shapely
    round; flesh out.
    • The young woman is fleshing out

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