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Verb: fill out  fil awt
  1. Write all the required information onto a form
    "fill out this questionnaire, please!";
    - complete, fill in, make out
     
  2. Become round, plump, or shapely
    "The young woman is filling out";
    - round, flesh out
     
  3. Make fat or plump
    "The farmer filled out the pigs for market";
    - fatten, fat [archaic], flesh out, plump, plump out, fatten out, fatten up
     
  4. Make bigger, better or more complete
    "Adding a conclusion will fill out your essay nicely";
    - round out
     
  5. Supplement what is thought to be deficient
    "He filled out his meagre pay by giving private lessons";
    - eke out
     
  6. Line or stuff with soft material
    "fill out a bra";
    - pad

Derived forms: filled out, filling out, fills out

Type of: alter, change, enrich, gain, modify, put on, stuff, supplement, write