Meanings
present singular third person fills out · participle present filling out · participle past filled out · past filled out
- transitiveTo complete a form or questionnaire with requested information.
Please fill out this application if you are interested in the job.
- intransitiveTo have one's physique expand with maturity or with surplus weight.
He began to fill out once he started college.
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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 - obsoletetransitiveTo fill up; to make full.
The other lady, […] filling out a very large glass of wine, advised, and at last prevailed with her to drink it.
1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC
Synonyms & antonyms
More synonyms by meaning
verbmake fat or plump
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Germanausfüllen
- Englishfill out
In the sense of to 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.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic مَلَأَ
- مَلَأَ (malaʔa)to complete a form
Bulgarian попъ́лвам, попъ́лня
- попъ́лвам (popắlvam)to complete a form
- попъ́лня (popắlnja)to complete a form
- напълнявам (napălnjavam)to have one's physique expand
- напълнея (napălneja)to have one's physique expand
Chinese Cantonese 填
- 填 (tin⁴)to complete a form
Chinese Mandarin 填, 填寫 /填写
- 填 (tián)to complete a form
- 填寫 /填写 (tiánxiě)to complete a form
- 記入 /记入 (jìrù)to complete a form
Czech vyplňovat, vyplnit
- vyplňovatto complete a form
- vyplnitto complete a form
Dutch invullen, dikkerworden
- invullento complete a form
- dikkerwordento have one's physique expand
Esperanto plenigi
- plenigito complete a form
Estonian täitma
- täitmato complete a form
Finnish täyttää lomake, lihoa
- täyttää lomaketo complete a form
- lihoato have one's physique expand
- pyöristyäto have one's physique expand
French remplir, compléter
- remplirto complete a form
- compléterto complete a form
- se fortifierto have one's physique expand
- forcirto have one's physique expand
- empâterto have one's physique expand
German ausfüllen, eintragen
- ausfüllento complete a form
- eintragento complete a form
- zulegento have one's physique expand
- zunehmento have one's physique expand
Greek συμπληρώνω
- συμπληρώνω (sympliróno)to complete a form
Hebrew הִשְׁלִים, הִתְמַלֵּא
- הִשְׁלִים (hishlím)to complete a form
- הִתְמַלֵּא (hitmalé)to have one's physique expand
Hindi भरना
- भरना (bharnā)to complete a form
Hungarian kitölt, kitelik
- kitöltto complete a form
- kitelikto have one's physique expand
Irish scríobh
- scríobhto complete a form
Italian compilare, ingrassare
- compilareto complete a form
- ingrassareto have one's physique expand
- riempirsito have one's physique expand
Japanese 書き込む, 記入する
- 書き込む (kakikomu)to complete a form
- 記入する (kinyū suru)to complete a form
- 埋める (umeru)to complete a form
Korean 기입하다
- 기입하다 (giiphada)to complete a form
Persian پر کردن
- پر کردن (por kardan)to complete a form
Polish wypełniać, wypełnić
- wypełniaćto complete a form
- wypełnićto complete a form
- zaokraglićto have one's physique expand
Portuguese preencher, encorpar
- preencherto complete a form
- encorparto have one's physique expand
Russian заполня́ть, запо́лнить
- заполня́ть (zapolnjátʹ)to complete a form
- запо́лнить (zapólnitʹ)to complete a form
- расширя́ться (rasširjátʹsja)to have one's physique expand
- расши́риться (rasšíritʹsja)to have one's physique expand
Slovak vypĺňať, vyplniť
- vypĺňaťto complete a form
- vyplniťto complete a form
Spanish rellenar, cumplimentar
- rellenarto complete a form
- cumplimentarto complete a form
- requisitarto complete a form
Swahili jaza
- jazato complete a form
Swedish fylla i
- fylla ito complete a form
Thai กรอก
- กรอก (grɔ̀ɔk)to complete a form
Turkish doldurmak
- doldurmakto complete a form
Ukrainian запо́внювати, заповня́ти
- запо́внювати (zapóvnjuvaty)to complete a form
- заповня́ти (zapovnjáty)to complete a form
- запо́внити (zapóvnyty)to complete a form
Urdu بھرنا, پر کرنا
- بھرنا (bharnā)to complete a form
- پر کرنا (pur karnā)to complete a form
Vietnamese điền vào, ghi vào
- điền vàoto complete a form
- ghi vàoto complete a form
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with fill out
Cite this entry
fill out. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fill%20out
“fill out.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fill%20out. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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