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Noun: filling filing- Any material that fills a space or container
- fill - Flow into something (as a container)
- A food mixture used to fill pastry or sandwiches etc.
- The yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving
- woof, weft, pick - (dentistry) a dental appliance consisting of any of various substances (as metal or plastic) inserted into a prepared cavity in a tooth
"when he yawned I could see the gold fillings in his teeth" - The act of filling something
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"
Derived forms: fillings See also: fill in, fill out, filled, filler, unfilled Type of: alter, be, bushel [US], cater, change, change of integrity, change state, concoction, consume, dental appliance, do work, doctor, eat, employ, engage, fix, flow, furbish up, have, hire, ingest, intermixture, material, mend, mixture, modify, ply, provide, repair, restore, stuff, supply, take, take in, thread, touch on, turn, work, yarn Antonym: empty Part of: cloth, fabric, material, textile, weave Encyclopedia: Fill Filling |