fill out

See also: fill-out

English

Etymology

In the sense of “complete a form” originally attested in American English, possibly as a calque of German ausfüllen. Later spread to British English, where it now competes with the traditional expression fill in.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɪl ˈaʊt/

Verb

fill out (third-person singular simple present fills out, present participle filling out, simple past and past participle filled out)

1. (transitive) To complete a form or questionnaire with requested information.

   Synonyms: complete, fill in, populate

   Please fill out this application if you are interested in the job.

2. (intransitive) To have one's physique expand with maturity or with surplus weight.

   He began to fill out once he started college.

   • 2008 October, David Schipper, “Outsmart your stomach: Seven ways to fill your gut—and lose it, too”, in Men's Health, volume 23, number 8, →ISSN, page 135:

     We've scoured these science and tapped the top experts to help you learn how to do just that. Use these seven simple strategies, and you'll fill up without filling out.

3. (transitive, obsolete) To fill up; to make full.
   • 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:

     The other lady, […] filling out a very large glass of wine, advised, and at last prevailed with her to drink it.

Translations

to complete a form

• Arabic: مَلَأَ‎ (malaʔa)
• Armenian: լրացնել (hy) (lracʿnel)
• Belarusian: запаўня́ць impf (zapaŭnjácʹ), запо́ўніць pf (zapóŭnicʹ)
• Bulgarian: попъ́лвам (bg) impf (popǎ́lvam), попъ́лня (bg) pf (popǎ́lnja)
• Burmese: ဖြည့် (my) (hprany.)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 填 (tin⁴)

  Mandarin: 填 (zh) (tián), 填寫／填写 (zh) (tiánxiě), 記入／记入 (zh) (jìrù)

• Czech: vyplňovat impf, vyplnit pf
• Dutch: invullen (nl)
• Esperanto: plenigi
• Estonian: täitma (et)
• Finnish: täyttää lomake
• French: remplir (fr), compléter (fr)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: (the form) ausfüllen (de); (the information) eintragen (de)
• Greek: συμπληρώνω (el) (sympliróno)
• Hebrew: הִשְׁלִים‎ (hishlím)
• Hindi: भरना (hi) (bharnā)
• Hungarian: kitölt (hu)
• Irish: scríobh
• Italian: compilare (it)
• Japanese: 書き込む (かきこむ, kakikomu), 記入する (ja) (きにゅうする, kinyū suru), 埋める (ja) (うめる, umeru)
• Khmer: បំពេញ (km) (bɑmpɨñ)
• Korean: 기입하다 (ko) (giiphada)
• Macedonian: пополнува impf (popolnuva), пополни pf (popolni)
• Norman: remplyi (Jersey)
• Persian: پر کردن‎ (fa) (por kardan)
• Polish: wypełniać (pl) impf, wypełnić (pl) pf
• Portuguese: preencher (pt)
• Russian: заполня́ть (ru) impf (zapolnjátʹ), запо́лнить (ru) pf (zapólnitʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: попуња́вати impf, по̀пунити pf

  Roman: popunjávati (sh) impf, pòpuniti (sh) pf

• Slovak: vypĺňať impf, vyplniť pf
• Slovene: izpolnjevati impf, izpolniti pf
• Spanish: rellenar (es), cumplimentar (es)
• Swedish: fylla i (sv)
• Thai: กรอก (th) (grɔ̀ɔk)
• Turkish: doldurmak (tr)
• Ukrainian: запо́внювати impf (zapóvnjuvaty), заповня́ти impf (zapovnjáty), запо́внити pf (zapóvnyty)
• Urdu: بھرنا‎ (bharnā), پر کرنا‎ (pur karnā)
• Vietnamese: điền vào, ghi vào

to have one's physique expand

• Armenian: լցվել (hy) (lcʿvel)
• Dutch: dikkerworden
• Finnish: lihoa (fi), pyöristyä (fi)
• French: se fortifier (fr), forcir (fr), empâter (fr)
• German: zulegen (de), zunehmen (de)
• Hebrew: הִתְמַלֵּא‎ (he) (hitmalé)
• Hungarian: kitelik (hu)
• Italian: ingrassare (it), riempirsi (it)
• Polish: zaokraglić
• Portuguese: encorpar
• Russian: расширя́ться (ru) impf (rasširjátʹsja), расши́риться (ru) pf (rasšíritʹsja)
• Spanish: engordar (es), crecer (es)

References

• Locher, Miriam A.; Strässler, Jürg. 2008. Standards and norms in the English language. New York: De Gruyer. Page 26.

Anagrams

• toilful