fill in
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.64 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To inform somebody, especially to supply someone missing or missed information.
Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "After you're done laying the pipe, fill in the trench."
- "The decking of the bridge consisted of steel troughing over an average clear span of 26 ft., the troughing being filled in with concrete to form the road surface."
- "Typically for the 'get-on-with-it' era, the railway and military worked like demons to restore the vital rail link. The crater was rapidly filled in and the earth tamped solid, the wreckage was removed by breakdown trains, new rails and sleepers were rushed forward by willing hands, and US Army bulldozers piled in. By 2020 on the same day, both tracks were open for traffic again where there had been a gaping pit just hours before."
- "If you know anything about this, maybe you can fill me in."
- "Wait, uh - I-I-I should go distract Caine so he doesn't l-listen in on this. Uh, j-just fill me in afterwards."
- "He can't go on vacation very often because there is nobody to fill in for him."
Usage
- Transitive verb
- Intransitive verb
- British usage
- Slang