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FILL IN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 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))

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