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fill
I. \ˈfil\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English fillen, from Old English fyllan; akin to Old High German fullen to fill, Old Norse fylla, Gothic fulljan; causative from the root of English full (I)
transitive verb
1.
a.
(1) : to supply with as much as can be held or contained
< filling the holes in the road >
(2) : to place or put as much material in as can be often conveniently contained
< fill a box >
: pour as much of a substance into as can be conveniently held
< fill a cup >
< fill a barrel with apples >
(3) : to furnish (as a container) especially in proportion : provide
< fill a glass with water >
< fill a page with print >
(4) : to provide (as a container) with a specified amount
< fill it half full >
(5) : pour
< fill wine into bottles >
: load, put
< fill coal into bins >
(6) : to make full or complete (as a partly empty line or an incomplete column in printed matter) by respacing the existing printed matter or by adding matter
(7) : to give a pleasingly full form to (as a dress) in wearing — often used with out
< she filled the dress nicely >
< he began to fill his suits out well as he grew older >
b.
(1) : to stop up : obstruct
< wreckage filled the channel >
— often used with up
< the traffic jam filled the street up completely >
(2) : to make an embankment in or raise the level of (a low place) with earth, gravel, or rock
c.
(1) : plug
< fill a chink >
: caulk
< fill the seams with oakum >
(2) : to stop up the interstices, crevices, or pores of (as cloth, wood, leather) with some foreign substance for the sake of hardening, dressing, or adulterating
(3) : load 3c(1)
(4) : to close up (a cavity in a tooth) with gold, silver, or other comparatively inert material
d. obsolete : impregnate
e.
(1) : to feed and water (livestock) immediately before sale to increase the apparent weight
(2) : to stuff (a food) with a filling
< filled rolls >
2.
a. : to occupy the whole of
< his huge bulk filled the chair >
b. : to swarm in : pervade
< shoppers filled the city >
c.
(1) : pack, load, surfeit
< her presence filled his heart with joy >
< filled his head with foolish ideas >
(2) : satisfy, satiate
< fill their guest with good food >
(3) : to belly out : distend — often used with out
< the wind filled the sails out >
d.
(1) : to supply fully or completely
< fill a long-felt want >
(2) : stock
< fill a stream with trout >
3.
a. : to execute or fulfill the requirements of (a business order)
b. : to complete or make out — often used with out
< fill out a check >
or up
< fill up the blanks in a questionnaire >
or in
< fill in the tax form >
c. : to make up (a prescription)
4.
a. : occupy, hold
< fill a throne >
b. : to provide with incumbents
< fill vacancies left by retirements >
— often used with up
c. : to possess and perform the duties of
< fill an office >
5. : to trim (a sail) so that the wind will blow on the after side
6. : to cover the surface of with a layer of precious metal — used chiefly as a past participle
< a gold-filled watch >
7. : to draw the cards in poker necessary to complete (a full house, a flush, or a straight)
intransitive verb
1.
a.
(1) : to become full
< the rivers filled >
(2) of the eyes : to become full with tears
(3) : to become so suffused with ink (as of the bowl of a letter or the space between the dots of a halftone) as to print improperly — often used with in or up
b. : to have the whole capacity occupied
< the stadium filled and overflowed >
c. : to fill a cup or glass for drinking
2.
a. : to become blocked, burdened, or obstructed by or as if by accumulations — often used with in
< the harbor gradually filled in >
or up
< the channel filled up >
b.
(1) : to become heavy, choked, or fraught
< his heart filled at the words >
< their expressions filled with grief >
(2) : to swell out in or as if in fullness
< the sails filled with wind >
< her body began to fill out >
< the balloon filled up >
3. : to complete a full house, flush, or straight in poker
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- fill one's shoes
- fill the bill
II. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English fille, from Old English fyllo; akin to Old High German fulli fill, abundance, Old Norse fyllr, Gothic ufarfullei great abundance; derivative from the root of English full (I)
1. : a full supply; especially : a quantity that satisfies or satiates — usually used with a possessive
< eat your fill >
< she wept her fill >
2.
a.
(1) : material used to fill a receptacle, cavity, or passage
< fill for a trench >
— see backfill; compare gob
(2) : an embankment (as in railroad construction) to fill a hollow or ravine or the place filled by such an embankment; also : the depth of the filling material when in place
(3) : material that is used to take up unused or vacant periods (as in a radio or television schedule)
b. : the contents of the digestive tract of an animal
3. : the maximum width of the paper producible by a particular papermaking machine
III. noun
(-s)
Etymology: by alteration
chiefly dialect : thill
IV. noun
: a bit of instrumental music that fills the pauses between phrases (as of a vocalist or soloist) |