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filling out

filling out is the present participle and gerund of fill out.

Meaning of fill out

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.
    • 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. (obsolete, transitive) To 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
  4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fill, out.

Questions about filling out

What is filling out the present participle and gerund of?
Filling out is the present participle and gerund of fill out.

Words near filling out in the dictionary

  1. filling in the blanks
  2. filling one's boots
  3. filling one's face
  4. filling one's hand
  5. filling one's pants
  6. filling out
  7. filling site
  8. filling someone's boots
  9. filling someone's shoes
  10. filling station
  11. filling stations

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