fill out

See also: fill-out

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɪl aʊt/

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.

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

• Armenian: լրացնել (hy) (lracʻnel)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 填 (tin⁴)

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

• Czech: vyplnit
• Dutch: invullen (nl)
• Esperanto: plenigi
• 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)
• Hebrew: השלים (hishlím)
• Irish: scríobh
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: riempire (it), compilare (it)
• Japanese: 書き込む (かきこむ, kakikomu), 記入する (きにゅうする, kinyū-suru), 埋める (ja) (umeru)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Norman: remplyi (Jersey)
• Polish: wypełniać (pl)
• Portuguese: preencher (pt)
• Russian: заполня́ть (ru) impf (zapolnjátʹ), запо́лнить (ru) pf (zapólnitʹ)
• Slovak: vyplniť, vypĺňať
• Spanish: rellenar (es), cumplimentar (es)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

to have one's physique expand

• Armenian: լցվել (hy) (lcʻvel)
• Dutch: dikkerworden
• Finnish: lihoa (fi), pyöristyä (fi)
• French: se fortifier (fr), forcir (fr), empâter (fr)
• German: zulegen (de), zunehmen (de)
• Hebrew: התמלא (he) (hitmalé)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: ingrassare (it), riempirsi (it)
• Polish: zaokraglić
• Portuguese: encorpar
• Russian: расширя́ться (ru) impf (rasširjátʹsja), расши́риться (ru) pf (rasšíritʹsja)
• Spanish: engordar (es), crecer (es)

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