fill inverb

• 1

  To fill; to replace material that is absent or has been removed.

  • 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.
• 2

  To inform somebody, especially to supply someone missing or missed information.

  • 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.
• 3

  To substitute for somebody or something.

  • He can't go on vacation very often because there is nobody to fill in for him.
• 4

  To complete a form or questionnaire with requested information.

  • I've got a form that is to be filled in in ink.
  • The findings emerged from questionnaires filled in by 2,211 staff in 145 wards of 55 hospitals in England and Wales and 105 observations of care of dementia patients. Two-thirds of staff said they had not had enough training to provide proper care, 50% said they had not been trained how to communicate properly with such patients and 54% had not been told how to handle challenging or aggressive behaviour.
• 5

  slangTo beat up; to physically assault.

  • Talk to me like that again and I'll fill you in!
  • It's just a rumour that was spread around town Somebody said that someone got filled in For saying that people get killed in The result of this shipbuilding