FILL IN
Dictionary entry overview: What does fill in mean?
• FILL IN (verb)
The verb FILL IN has 4 senses:
1. supply with information on a specific topic
2. represent the effect of shade or shadow on
3. be a substitute
4. write all the required information onto a form
Familiarity information: FILL IN used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• FILL IN (verb)
Meaning:
Supply with information on a specific topic
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Context example:
He filled me in on the latest developments
Hypernyms (to "fill in" is one way to...):
inform (impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Represent the effect of shade or shadow on
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
shade; fill in
Hypernyms (to "fill in" is one way to...):
paint (make a painting)
draw (represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface)
Domain category:
art; artistic creation; artistic production (the creation of beautiful or significant things)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "fill in"):
crosshatch (shade with multiple crossing lines)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Be a substitute
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
stand in; sub; substitute; fill in
Context examples:
The young teacher had to substitute for the sick colleague / The skim milk substitutes for cream--we are on a strict diet
Hypernyms (to "fill in" is one way to...):
change; exchange; interchange (give to, and receive from, one another)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Write all the required information onto a form
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
fill out; fill in; complete; make out
Context examples:
fill out this questionnaire, please! / make out a form
"Fill in" entails doing...:
get down; put down; set down; write down (put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc.)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
