单词 | to fill up |
释义 | > as lemmasto fill up to fill up ‘Up is often used without much addition to the force of the verb’ (Johnson). Thesaurus » 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. ΘΚΠ 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). ΘΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 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 ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. < as lemmas |
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