fill

Plural: fills

Noun

• a quantity sufficient to satisfy
  • "he ate his fill of potatoes"
  • "she had heard her fill of gossip"
• any material that fills a space or container
  • "there was not enough fill for the trench"
• A sufficient or more than sufficient amount.
• An amount that fills a container.
• The filling of a container or area.
• Inexpensive material used to occupy empty spaces, especially in construction.
• Soil and/or human-created debris discovered within a cavity or cut in the layers and exposed by excavation; fill soil.
• An embankment, as in railroad construction, to fill a hollow or ravine; also, the place which is to be filled.
• A short passage, riff, or rhythmic sound that helps to keep the listener's attention during a break between the phrases of a melody.
• Ellipsis of fill light.
• The weft yarn.
• One of the thills or shafts of a carriage.

Verb

Verb Forms: filled, filling, fills

• To make something full or occupy space completely.
• make full, also in a metaphorical sense
  • "fill a container"
  • "fill the child with pride"
• become full
  • "The pool slowly filled with water"
  • "The theater filled up slowly"
• occupy the whole of
  • "The liquid fills the container"
• assume, as of positions or roles
• fill or meet a want or need
• appoint someone to (a position or a job)
• eat until one is sated
  • "He filled up on turkey"
• fill to satisfaction
• plug with a substance
  • "fill a cavity"
• To make full
• To add contents to (a container, cavity, or the like) so that it is full.
• To make full
• To enter (something), making it full.
• To make full
• To occupy fully, to take up all of.
• To become full.
• To become full.
• To become pervaded with something.
• To satisfy or obey (an order, request, or requirement).
• To install someone, or be installed, in (a position or office), eliminating a vacancy.
• To treat (a tooth) by adding a dental filling to it.
• To block, obstruct
• To supply fully with food; to feed; to satisfy.
• To trim (a yard) so that the wind blows on the after side of the sails.
• To have sexual intercourse with (a female).
• To ejaculate inside someone or something.

Examples

• Are all the children filled and ready for bed?
• bass fill
• Did you fill that girl last night?
• Don't feed him any more: he's had his fill.
• Dr. Smith filled Jim's cavity with silver amalgam.
• My heart filled with joy.
• She filled a glass with milk.
• Sorry, no more applicants. The position has been filled.
• That machine can do 20 fills per minute.
• The bucket filled with rain
• The challenge was to fill the board with high-scoring words, leaving no gaps.
• The doors opened and guests filled the auditorium.
• The drains were filled with gunk and no water could flow off.
• The mixer returned to the plant for another fill.
• The pharmacist filled my prescription for penicillin.
• The room filled with thick smoke.
• The ruins of earlier buildings were used as fill for more recent construction.
• The sails fill with wind
• The smell of spring filled the air.
• This paint program supports lines, circles, and textured fills.
• To qualify for a home loan, you need to fill a number of requirements.
• We can't let the library close! It fills a great need in the community.

Synonyms

fill up, filling, fulfil, fulfill, make full, meet, occupy, replete, sate, satiate, satisfy, take, copulate with, dick, get up in, knob, pervade, stop, swive

Antonyms

empty

Related Words

fill soil, fill up, full