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please Interjection

— We say "please" when we want to ask someone politely to do something. Pass the salt, please.

please Verb

— Someone pleases someone else when they do what that person likes or wants. Giving her these flowers will please her.

fill Verb

— If you fill something, you put something in it until there is no space left. She added some games to fill the gap in the schedule. His eyes filled with tears as he watched her walk away. She filled the car up with gas. He's so mean, he just fills me with anger every time I think of him. Suddenly, the screen was filled with light. I fill up the dog's new dish to the top and stick it on the floor. Instead of eating a good dinner she just fills up on bread. — If you fill in something, you give the missing information, especially personal information on a form. She gave me another form to fill in for housing benefit. When I got back, she filled me in on what had been happening. — If you fill out, your body reaches its adult shape, especially women's breasts and men's shoulders.

fill Noun

— The full amount of food or drink that a person can eat or drink. Don't feed him any more, he's had his fill. I've had my fill of alcohol for tonight. — Fill is extra material, often of low quality, used to give something more volume. They used the rocks as fill under the new house.

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out Preposition

— Something that is out is not in. Polly opened the door and went out. — If something using electricity is out, it is turned off or the electricity is not flowing.. Turn the light out before you leave. The power's out so nothing's working. I'm trying to find which light went out. Oh, no! The fire's gone out again. — Something that moves out moves from the inside to a place that is not inside. He took the pen out of his pocket. Please, close the door as you go out. If you walk out that door, you can't come back. The car stopped and out came two men. — far away We live out in the country. He's about half an hour out of Toronto. — If someone is out, they are not in the place where someone is looking for them. You can't see the doctor now. He is out. — to a number of people We'll give out the books after everyone has arrived. — away Don't throw that out. I'm still using it. — If something is out, you can look at or see it. the sun is out the flowers are out — If something comes out of something, it comes from it. — If something is out, it is available for sale. — If something is out, it is not in fashion. — If someone is out, they are not conscious. — If a you are out of something, you had it before but you've used or sold all of it. — If mathx/math is made out of mathy/math, mathy/math is the material that mathx/math is made of.

out Noun

— If someone is prevented from scoring in baseball, they make an out. There were two men on base and two outs. — A way to escape is an out.

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this Determiner

— You use this to show which thing or idea you are talking about. You use it when the thing or idea is close to you. This trip was a great idea. Which book is yours, this one or that one? — The known thing. This man went to the door.

this Demonstrative Determiner

— The thing indicated. This is my hand.

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form Noun

— Form is the shape or structure of a person or a thing. — A thing that makes shapes to other things, as in a mold. — Form is a blank document which is to be filled in by a person. To join with the club, please fill in this application form.

form Verb

— If you form something, you give it shape or structure.

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