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fill

[fil]

verb (used with object)

  1. to make full; put as much as can be held into.

    to fill a jar with water.

  2. to occupy to the full capacity.

    Water filled the basin.

    The crowd filled the hall.

    Synonyms: , , ,
  3. to supply to an extreme degree or plentifully.

    to fill a house with furniture;

    to fill the heart with joy.

  4. to satisfy fully the hunger of; satiate.

    The roast beef filled the diners.

  5. to put into a receptacle.

    to fill sand into a pail.

  6. to be plentiful throughout.

    Fish filled the rivers.

  7. to extend throughout; pervade completely.

    The odor filled the room.

  8. to furnish with an occupant.

    The landlord filled the vacancy yesterday.

  9. to provide (an office or opening) with an incumbent.

    The company is eager to fill the controllership.

  10. to occupy and perform the duties of (a vacancy, position, post, etc.).

    They have already found someone to fill the position.

  11. to supply the requirements or contents of (an order), as for goods; execute.

  12. to supply (a blank space) with written matter, decorative work, etc.

  13. to meet satisfactorily, as requirements.

    This book fills a great need.

    Synonyms: , ,
  14. to make up, compound, or otherwise provide the contents of (a medical prescription).

  15. to stop up or close (a cavity, hole, etc.).

    to fill a tooth.

  16. Cooking.to insert a filling into.

    to fill cupcakes with custard.

  17. Nautical.

    1. to distend (a sail) by pressure of the wind so as to impart headway to a vessel.

    2. to brace (a yard) so that the sail will catch the wind on its after side.

  18. to adulterate.

    to fill soaps with water.

  19. Civil Engineering, Building Trades.to build up the level of (an area) with earth, stones, etc.



verb (used without object)

  1. to become full.

    The hall filled rapidly.

    Our eyes filled with tears.

  2. to increase in atmospheric pressure.

    a filling cyclone.

  3. to become distended, as sails with the wind.

noun

  1. a full supply; enough to satisfy want or desire.

    to eat one's fill.

  2. an amount of something sufficient for filling; charge.

    The brigade had only one quarter of a fill of fuel.

    He begged a fill of tobacco for his pipe.

  3. Civil Engineering, Building Trades.a quantity of earth, stones, etc., for building up the level of an area of ground.

    These houses were built on fill.

  4. the feed and water in the digestive tract of a livestock animal, especially that consumed before marketing.

verb phrase

    1. to complete (a document, list, etc.) by supplying missing or desired information.

      It takes about 35 minutes to fill out the forms for hospital admission.

    2. to become larger, fuller, or rounder, as the figure.

      The children have begun to fill out since I saw them last.

    1. to fill completely.

      to fill up a glass;

      to fill up a fuel tank.

    2. to become completely filled.

      The riverbed filled up as a result of the steady rains.

    1. to supply missing or desired information.

      He suggested you fill in the facts of your business experience.

      For each sentence, fill in the blank with the correct word.

    2. to complete by adding detail, as a design or drawing.

      to fill in a sketch with shadow.

    3. to substitute for.

      to fill in for a colleague who is ill.

    4. to fill with some material.

      to fill in a crack with putty.

    5. Informalto supply (someone) with information.

      Please fill me in on the morning news.

  1. Nautical

    1. to fall off the wind and proceed on a board.

    2. to brace the yards, so that sails that have been aback will stand full.

fill

/ ɪ /

verb

  1. (also intr) to make or become full

    to fill up a bottle

    the bath fills in two minutes

  2. to occupy the whole of

    the party filled two floors of the house

  3. to plug (a gap, crevice, cavity, etc)

  4. to meet (a requirement or need) satisfactorily

  5. to cover (a page or blank space) with writing, drawing, etc

  6. to hold and perform the duties of (an office or position)

  7. to appoint or elect an occupant to (an office or position)

  8. building trades to build up (ground) with fill

  9. (also intr) to swell or cause to swell with wind, as in manoeuvring the sails of a sailing vessel

  10. to increase the bulk of by adding an inferior substance

  11. poker to complete (a full house, etc) by drawing the cards needed

  12. to put together the necessary materials for (a prescription or order)

  13. informalto serve or perform adequately

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. material such as gravel, stones, etc, used to bring an area of ground up to a required level

  2. the quantity needed to satisfy one

    to eat your fill

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • fillable adjective
  • half-filled adjective
  • unfilled adjective
  • well-filled adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of fill1

First recorded before 900; Middle English fillen, fullen, fellen, Old English fyllan; cognate with German ü, Gothic fulljan “to make full”; full 1
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of fill1

Old English fyllan ; related to Old Frisian fella , Old Norse fylla , Gothic fulljan , Old High German fullen ; see full 1 , fulfil
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. fill and stand on, (of a sailing vessel) to proceed on a tack after being hove to or halted facing the wind; fill away.

  2. fill the bill. bill.

In addition to the idioms beginning with fill, also see back and fill; get one's fill of. Also see under full.
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Example Sentences

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