filling in
Taking someone's place
Filling in means substituting temporarily for someone or something absent: She's filling in for the manager while he's on leave.
It also means supplying missing information: I'm still filling in the details.
To fill someone in is to bring them up to speed: Can you fill me in on what I missed?
Administrative written tasks
- applicationFormal request document
- questionnaireFormal inquiry form
- surveySystematic data collection
- blanksUnfilled spaces on forms
fields · boxes · checkboxes · answers · responses · details · information · data entry
Excessive gathering in limited space
- packingPutting items in containers
- stuffingSeasoned mixture for cavities
- crammingIntensive last-minute study
- congestingOvercrowding a space
cluttering · jamming · squeezing · overflowing · brimming · sardines · packed · crammed
Putting a substitute in
- coveringLayer that shields or hides
- standing inTemporary replacement duty
- subbingTemporary replacement duty
- deputizingAppointing a stand-in
stepping in · pinch-hitting · relieving · backing up · taking over · understudying · sitting in · temp
Bringing to completion
- finalizingMaking something permanent
- concludingBringing to an end
- wrapping upCompleting a task
- accomplishingSuccessfully finishing an undertaking
resolving · settling · executing · perfecting · rounding out · tying up · polishing off · clinching
Concise information session
- updatingMaking something current
- catching upClosing a distance
- debriefingQuestioning following an operation
- explainingMaking something understood
apprising · notifying · summarizing · recapping · background · context · details · lowdown
Depicting light and darkness
- sketchingMaking rough drawings
- outliningTracing outer contours
- drawingMarks forming a picture
- hatchingEmergence from an egg
stippling · rendering · detailing · crayons · markers · pencils · tracing
Abnormal tissue enlargement
- bloatingSwollen, expanded state
- plumpingMaking something fuller
- inflatingCausing to expand
- puffing upInflating or expanding
bulging · distending · engorging · thickening · spreading · growing · enlarging · rounding out
paperwork
Administrative written tasks
- applicationFormal request document
- questionnaireFormal inquiry form
- surveySystematic data collection
blanks · fields · boxes · checkboxes · answers · responses · details · information · data entry · registration
crowding
Excessive gathering in limited space
- packingPutting items in containers
- stuffingSeasoned mixture for cavities
- crammingIntensive last-minute study
congesting · cluttering · jamming · squeezing · overflowing · brimming · sardines · packed · crammed · tight
replacing
Putting a substitute in
- coveringLayer that shields or hides
- standing inTemporary replacement duty
- subbingTemporary replacement duty
stepping in · deputizing · pinch-hitting · relieving · backing up · taking over · understudying · sitting in · temp · proxy
finishing
Bringing to completion
- finalizingMaking something permanent
- concludingBringing to an end
- wrapping upCompleting a task
accomplishing · resolving · settling · executing · perfecting · rounding out · tying up · polishing off · clinching · sealing
briefing
Concise information session
- updatingMaking something current
- catching upClosing a distance
- debriefingQuestioning following an operation
explaining · apprising · notifying · summarizing · recapping · background · context · details · lowdown · rundown
shading
Depicting light and darkness
hatching · stippling · rendering · detailing · crayons · markers · pencils · tracing
swelling
Abnormal tissue enlargement
puffing up · bulging · distending · engorging · thickening · spreading · growing · enlarging · rounding out · fattening
- filling incramming, inserting, stuffing, packing, loading
- coloringcoloring book, dye, colorize, coloring books, coloring page
- kind actshelping, aiding, assisting, donating, sharing
- Catching Upreunion, reconnecting, coffee date, phone call, update
- perception errorsmisperception, illusion, optical illusion, visual distortion, blind spot
- brow tattoosmicroblading, permanent makeup, feathering, pigment, blade
filling inomitting
Failing to include
erasing · hollowing out · deleting · blanking out · redacting
filling inhollowing out
Removing interior material
emptying · excavating · digging out · draining · clearing out
filling inleaving out
Failing to include
withholding · omitting · holding back · concealing · glossing over
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