fill out

Complete the form

Fill out means to complete a form or document by providing requested information: Fill out this application and return it to the front desk.

It also means to become fuller or more substantial—a person fills out as they gain weight or mature: He filled out after college.

To fill out a story or explanation is to add details that make it more complete.

expand

enlarge

Increase in size

extendMake longer or larger
widenExpand in breadth
stretchPull to extend

spread · amplify · augment · elaborate · develop · detail · add to · supplement · expound · enhance

complete

finish

Bring to completion

finalizeSettle decisively
submitPresent for consideration
accomplishComplete successfully

conclude · execute · fulfill · perfect · settle · resolve · wrap up · end · close · answer

physique

plump

Agreeably fat, well-filled

fattenIncrease body mass
bulk upGain muscle mass
gain weightIncrease body mass

mature · develop · grow into · thicken · put on weight · curve · broaden

Categories

phrasal verbspick up, look at, put down, turn on, turn off
size changesenlarge, enlargement, expand, expansion, shrink
clarifyexplain, clarify, elucidate, elaborate, explicate

Opposites

completion of forms/documents

fill outleave blank

erase · delete · clear · blank out · skip

physical expansion/body volume

fill outthin out

Reduce crowding gradually

slim down · waste away · shrink · wither · lose weight

content elaboration

fill outcondense

Make more compact

abbreviate · abridge · summarize · truncate · cut down

Family

fill, out, filling, filled, refill, fill in, fulfilled, fills, unfilled

Familiarity: Top 10,000
Profile: Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G