1. (verb) complete, fill out, fill in, make out
write all the required information onto a form
"fill out this questionnaire, please!"; "make out a form"
2. (verb) round out, fill out
make bigger or better or more complete
3. (verb) eke out, fill out
supplement what is thought to be deficient
"He eked out his meager pay by giving private lessons"; "Braque eked out his collages with charcoal"
4. (verb) pad, fill out
line or stuff with soft material
"pad a bra"
5. (verb) fatten, fat, flesh out, fill out, plump, plump out, fatten out, fatten up
make fat or plump
"We will plump out that poor starving child"
6. (verb) round, flesh out, fill out
become round, plump, or shapely
"The young woman is fleshing out"
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