fill | English to English Dictionary

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fill

(f/I/l )

a quantity sufficient to satisfy(noun.quantity)

Example:
He ate his fill of potatoes.
She had heard her fill of gossip.

source: wordnet30
any material that fills a space or container(noun.substance)

Example:
There was not enough fill for the trench.

Synonym:
filling

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One of the thills or shafts of a carriage.(noun)

source: webster1913
A full supply, as much as supplies want; as much as gives complete satisfaction.(noun)

source: webster1913
That which fills; filling; specif., an embankment, as in railroad construction, to fill a hollow or ravine; also, the place which is to be filled.(noun)

source: webster1913

make full, also in a metaphorical sense(verb.change)

Example:
Fill a container.
Fill the child with pride.

Synonym:
fill up, make full
Antonym:
empty

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become full(verb.change)

Example:
The pool slowly filled with water.
The theater filled up slowly.

Synonym:
fill up
Antonym:
discharge, empty

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occupy the whole of(verb.stative)

Example:
The liquid fills the container.

Synonym:
occupy

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assume, as of positions or roles(verb.social)

Synonym:
occupy, take

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fill or meet a want or need(verb.consumption)

Synonym:
fulfil, fulfill, meet, satisfy

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appoint someone to (a position or a job)(verb.social)

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eat until one is sated(verb.consumption)

Example:
He filled up on turkey.

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fill to satisfaction(verb.consumption)

Synonym:
replete, sate, satiate

source: wordnet30
plug with a substance(verb.change)

Example:
Fill a cavity.

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To make full; to supply with as much as can be held or contained; to put or pour into, till no more can be received; to occupy the whole capacity of.(verb)

source: webster1913
To become full; to have the whole capacity occupied; to have an abundant supply; to be satiated; as, corn fills well in a warm season; the sail fills with the wind.(verb)

source: webster1913