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/fˈÉĒl ˈÉĒn/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "fill in"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

to fill in
[phrase form: fill]
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āϜāĻžāύāĻžāύ⧋, āĻ…āĻŦāĻ—āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to inform someone with facts or news
Transitive: to fill in sb on a situation or event
to fill in definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Please fill in your colleagues on the latest developments in the client's requirements.
āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§‡āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ⧀āϝāĻŧāϤāĻžāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϏāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻļ⧇āώ āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϝāĻŧāύ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āϏāĻšāĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§€āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϜāĻžāύāĻžāύāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§‚āϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to write all the information that is needed in a form
Dialectbritish flagBritish
fill outamerican flagAmerican
Transitive: to fill in a form
to fill in definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I am filling in the application form for the new job.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āύāϤ⧁āύ āϚāĻžāĻ•āϰāĻŋāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āφāĻŦ⧇āĻĻāύ āĻĢāĻ°ā§āĻŽ āĻĒā§‚āϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤
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āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧā§€āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻ“ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāϞāĻžāĻ­āĻŋāώāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to temporarily do a person's job while they are away or are unable to do it themselves
Intransitive: to fill in for sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The manager is on vacation, so I'll need someone to fill in for her and oversee the team's projects in the meantime.
āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāύ⧇āϜāĻžāϰ āϛ⧁āϟāĻŋāϤ⧇ āφāϛ⧇āύ, āϤāĻžāχ āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ•āĻžāωāϕ⧇ āĻ­āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāχ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāϞ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϤāĻĻāĻžāϰāĻ•āĻŋ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĒā§‚āϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ­āϰāĻžāϟ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to add new material or substance to a space or area where something was previously missing or removed
Transitive: to fill in a space or area
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The gardener will fill in the bare patches of the lawn with new grass seed to promote even growth.
āĻŽāĻžāϞ⧀ āύāϤ⧁āύ āϘāĻžāϏ⧇āϰ āĻŦā§€āϜ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϞāύ āĻ–āĻžāϞāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāϚ āĻ­āϰāĻžāϟ āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇ āĻāĻŽāύāĻ•āĻŋ āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϚāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝāĨ¤
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āĻ­āϰāĻžāϟ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ›āĻžāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to add darker tones or colors to areas in an image or illustration to simulate the shadows created by light sources
Transitive: to fill in shadows of an image
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In digital design, it 's essential to fill in the shadows realistically to give a three-dimensional appearance to the rendered object.
āĻĄāĻŋāϜāĻŋāϟāĻžāϞ āĻĄāĻŋāϜāĻžāχāύ⧇, āϰ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻ…āĻŦāĻœā§‡āĻ•ā§āϟāϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŋāĻ• āĻšā§‡āĻšāĻžāϰāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻ›āĻžāϝāĻŧāĻžāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŦāϏāĻŽā§āĻŽāϤāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ­āϰāĻžāϟ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻ…āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻšāĻžāĻ°ā§āϝāĨ¤
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āĻŽāĻžāϰāĻž, āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to physically harm or attack someone
Dialectbritish flagBritish
Transitive: to fill in sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Nobody likes a bully. If he tries to intimidate me again, I'll have to fill him in to put an end to it
āϕ⧇āωāχ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻŦ⧁āϞāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āύāĻžāĨ¤ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āϏ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āφāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻ­āϝāĻŧ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧋āϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇, āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ­āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
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