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FILL IN
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Supply with information on a specific topic
Example:
He filled me in on the latest developments
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "fill in" is one way to...):
inform (impart knowledge of some fact, state of affairs, or event to)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 2
Meaning:
Write all the required information onto a form
Example:
make out a form
Synonyms:
complete; fill in; fill out; make out
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
"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
Sense 3
Meaning:
Represent the effect of shade or shadow on
Synonyms:
fill in; shade
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
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
Sense 4
Meaning:
Be a substitute
Example:
The skim milk substitutes for cream--we are on a strict diet
Synonyms:
fill in; stand in; sub; substitute
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
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
Derivation:
fill-in (someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult))
