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[ verb ] write all the required information onto a form

Examples

"fill out this questionnaire, please!" "make out a form"

Used in print

(Raymond J. Corsini et al., Roleplaying in Business...)

In_place_of asking salesmen to fill questionnaires , checking their references , interviewing them , asking them to be tried_out , he told them he would prefer to test them .

(Harry Olesker, Impact....)

Stanley had filled_out the return and because , when he was finished , it was close to the lunch hour , he had politely asked Kitti to join him , never expecting her to accept .

Related terms

write_down

2
[ verb ] make bigger or better or more complete

Synonyms

round_out

Used in print

(The Christian Science Monitor,...)

Everybody returned after intermission for the miscellaneous sweepings of the Fantasy for Piano , Chorus , and Orchestra in C minor , made_up by its composer to fill_out one of his programs .

Related terms

enrich

3
[ verb ] make fat or plump

Examples

"We will plump out that poor starving child"

Related terms

change feed

4
[ verb ] line or stuff with soft material

Synonyms

pad

Examples

"pad a bra"

Related terms

stuff rat pad

5
[ verb ] supplement what is thought to be deficient

Synonyms

eke_out

Examples

"He eked out his meager pay by giving private lessons" "Braque eked out his collages with charcoal"

Related terms

supplement

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[ verb ] become round, plump, or shapely

Synonyms

flesh_out round

Examples

"The young woman is fleshing out"

Related terms

gain

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