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单词 to fill up
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to fill up
to fill up
Up is often used without much addition to the force of the verb’ (Johnson).
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1. transitive. To fill to repletion.
2. To complete the process of filling; to fill the vacant parts or places in (anything); to supply the deficiencies in.
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the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > take up (space or a place) [verb (transitive)] > fill > bring up to capacity
to fill up1712
to top up1937
a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iv. iii. 63 Your Wiues, your Daughters..could not fill vp The Cesterne of my Lust. View more context for this quotation
1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 432. ⁋11 When you want a Trifle to fill up a Paper.
1780 A. McDougall in J. Sparks Corr. Amer. Revol. (1853) III. 136 They have passed very decisive laws for filling up their regiments for the war.
1827 W. Scott Bonnie Dundee in London Lit. Gaz. 8 Dec. 786 Come fill up my cup, come fill up my can.
1846 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. in Wks. II. 209/2 He has left us a design to fill up.
1891 ‘S. C. Scrivener’ Our Fields & Cities 72 These people could fill up their time at agriculture.
3. To supply (a deficiency, a vacancy); to provide an occupant for (a vacant post).
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society > occupation and work > working > labour supply > [verb (transitive)] > hire or employ
hirec1000
i-bye10..
i-hirec1000
soldc1386
takea1400
retain1437
wage1465
conduct1476
fee1488
conduce1502
implya1533
entertain1572
enter1585
wager1592
to fill up1598
to take on1611
improve1640
to speak for ——a1688
employa1727
engage1753
ploy1871
to turn on1893
to book up1915
the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > take up (space or a place) [verb (transitive)] > fill > fill a vacant space or place
complisha1500
to fill up1598
to fill in1858
to fill out1880
society > occupation and work > working > labour supply > [verb (transitive)] > fill a vacant position
filla1616
replenish1632
to fill up1891
person1972
1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iv. ii. 32 Such haue I to fill vp the roomes of them as haue bought out their seruices. View more context for this quotation
1611 Bible (King James) Coloss. i. 24 Who..fill vp that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh. View more context for this quotation
1694 F. Bragge Pract. Disc. Parables v. 181 A numerous progeny to..fill up the vacancies left by the fall of the rebel angels.
1891 Law Times 90 419/2 He has had to fill up two High Court judgeships.
4. To come up to the measure of; to equal.
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1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 193 How manie inches doth fill vp one mile? View more context for this quotation
5. To complete the measure of. Obsolete.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > make complete [verb (transitive)] > complete the full amount of
mete1600
to fill up1611
complete1649
to fill up (also fill full) the measure of1820
1611 Bible (King James) 1 Thess. ii. 16 Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles, that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway. View more context for this quotation
1642 Chauncy in Bradford Plymouth Plantation (1856) 396 God sometimes hids a sinner until his wickednes is filled up.
6. To fulfil, satisfy. Obsolete.
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the world > action or operation > carrying out > execute, perform, or carry out [verb (transitive)] > carry into effect (a command, promise, plan, etc.)
fillOE
fulfilc1300
performc1300
executec1405
to draw in(to) consequencec1420
forthfillc1420
persolve1548
to go through ——a1586
effecta1593
to fill up1600
complete1680
to carry (something) into effect (also execution, practice, etc.)1715
implement1806
to put into effect1936
the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > [verb (transitive)] > satisfy (needs or desires)
sleckc1175
stanch1340
fulfilc1384
satiatec1450
satisfyc1475
slockc1480
expletea1500
supplya1513
satisfice?1531
suffice1533
stake1550
to fill up1600
1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice iv. i. 158 Comes..to fill vp your graces request in my stead. View more context for this quotation
7. To write what is requisite in the blank space or spaces of a cheque, form, etc. Cf. to fill in 2 at Phrasal verbs.
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society > communication > writing > [verb (transitive)] > fill in with writing
to fill up1802
enface1861
to fill in1893
accomplish1918
1802 Ld. Eldon in Vesey's Reports VII. 78 A blank, left for the name of the person..was not filled up.
1885 Act 48 Vict. c. 15 Sched. ii. Forms, Part ii. Form (A) You are hereby required to fill up accurately the under-written form.
1885 Manch. Examiner 3 June 4/7 One of them [cheques] he filled up for £1,000.
8. To stop up; to do away with (a hole) by filling.
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the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > close or shut [verb (transitive)] > close an aperture or orifice
ditc1000
shut1362
steekc1380
stopc1400
quirt1532
to close up1542
to fill up1598
unspar1611
caulk1616
cork1650
busha1659
instop1667
close1697
the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > take up (space or a place) [verb (transitive)] > fill > fill a vacant space or place > fill a hole or gap
stop1388
stuff1597
to fill up1598
to fay in1847
infill1958
1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iii. ii. 116 To fill the mouth of deepe defiance vp. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) v. iii. 101 Ile fill your Graue vp. View more context for this quotation
1804 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. III. 106 A commoner cannot fill up rabbit burrows, made by the lord.
1896 N.E.D. at Fill Mod. There was a pond here, but it has been filled up.
9. intransitive. ‘To grow full’ (Johnson) Of (the bed of) a sea: To silt up.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > sediment or alluvium > [verb (intransitive)] > silt up
to fill up1695
1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 50 Neither the Palus Mœotis..nor any other Seas, fill up, or by degrees grow shallower.
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