释义 |
Verb: fill fil- Make full, also in a metaphorical sense
"fill a container"; "fill the child with pride" - fill up, make full - Become full
"The pool slowly filled with water"; "The theatre filled up slowly" - fill up - Occupy the whole of
"The liquid fills the container" - occupy - Assume, as of positions or roles
- take, occupy - Fill or meet a want or need
- meet, satisfy, fulfill [N. Amer], fulfil [Brit, Cdn] - Appoint someone to (a position or a job)
- Eat until one is sated
"He filled up on turkey" - fill up - Fill to satisfaction
- satiate, sate, replete - Plug with a substance
"fill a cavity" Noun: fill fil- 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" - filling
Derived forms: filling, fills, filled See also: fill in, fill out, filled, filler, filling, unfilled Type of: alter, be, bushel [US], cater, change, change state, consume, do work, doctor, eat, employ, engage, enough, fix, furbish up, have, hire, ingest, material, mend, modify, nuff [non-standard], ply, provide, repair, restore, stuff, sufficiency, supply, take, take in, touch on, turn, work Antonym: empty Encyclopedia: Fill |