1. (usually followed by 'with' or used as a combining form) generously supplied with
   "theirs was a house filled with laughter"; "a large hall filled with rows of desks"; "fog-filled air" 
2. Of purchase orders that have been filled 
3. (of time) taken up
   "well-filled hours"

1. Make full, also in a metaphorical sense
   "fill a container"; "fill the child with pride"
   - fill up, make full 
2. Become full
   "The pool slowly filled with water"; "The theatre filled up slowly"
   - fill up 
3. Occupy the whole of
   "The liquid fills the container"
   - occupy 
4. Assume, as of positions or roles
   - take, occupy 
5. Fill or meet a want or need
   - meet, satisfy, fulfill [N. Amer], fulfil [Brit, Cdn] 
6. Appoint someone to (a position or a job) 
7. Eat until one is sated
   "He filled up on turkey"
   - fill up 
8. Fill to satisfaction
   - satiate, sate, replete 
9. Plug with a substance
   "fill a cavity"

See also: fill in, fill out, filler, filling, full, occupied, unfilled

Type of: alter, be, bushel [US], cater, change, change state, consume, do work, doctor, eat, employ, engage, fix, furbish up, have, hire, ingest, mend, modify, ply, provide, repair, restore, supply, take, take in, touch on, turn, work

Antonym: empty, unfilled

Encyclopedia: Fill

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