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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
filled
    adj 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 [ant: unfilled]
    3: (of time) taken up; "well-filled hours"

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Fill \Fill\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Filled; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Filling.] [OE. fillen, fullen, AS. fyllan, fr. full full;
   akin to D. vullen, G. f["u]llen, Icel. fylla, Sw. fylla, Dan.
   fylde, Goth. fulljan. See Full, a.]
   1. To make full; to supply with as much as can be held or
      contained; to put or pour into, till no more can be
      received; to occupy the whole capacity of.
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            The rain also filleth the pools.      --Ps. lxxxiv.
                                                  6.
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            Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with
            water. Anf they filled them up to the brim. --John
                                                  ii. 7.
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   2. To furnish an abudant supply to; to furnish with as mush
      as is desired or desirable; to occupy the whole of; to
      swarm in or overrun.
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            And God blessed them, saying. Be fruitful, and
            multiply, and fill the waters in the seas. --Gen. i.
                                                  22.
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            The Syrians filled the country.       --1 Kings xx.
                                                  27.
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   3. To fill or supply fully with food; to feed; to satisfy.
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            Whence should we have so much bread in the
            wilderness, as to fillso great a multitude? --Matt.
                                                  xv. 33.
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            Things that are sweet and fat are more filling.
                                                  --Bacon.
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   4. To possess and perform the duties of; to officiate in, as
      an incumbent; to occupy; to hold; as, a king fills a
      throne; the president fills the office of chief
      magistrate; the speaker of the House fills the chair.
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   5. To supply with an incumbent; as, to fill an office or a
      vacancy. --A. Hamilton.
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   6. (Naut.)
      (a) To press and dilate, as a sail; as, the wind filled
          the sails.
      (b) To trim (a yard) so that the wind shall blow on the
          after side of the sails.
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   7. (Civil Engineering) To make an embankment in, or raise the
      level of (a low place), with earth or gravel.
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   To fill in, to insert; as, he filled in the figures.

   To fill out, to extend or enlarge to the desired limit; to
      make complete; as, to fill out a bill.

   To fill up, to make quite full; to fill to the brim or
      entirely; to occupy completely; to complete. "The bliss
      that fills up all the mind." --Pope. "And fill up that
      which is behind of the afflictions of Christ." --Col. i.
      24.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
filled \filled\ adj.
   1. containing as much or as many as is possible or normal;
      as, filled to overflowing. Opposite of empty. [Narrower
      terms: abounding in(predicate), abounding
      with(predicate), bristling with(predicate), full
      of(predicate), overflowing, overflowing with(predicate),
      rich in(predicate), rife with(predicate), thick
      with(predicate); brimful, brimful of(predicate),
      brimfull, brimfull of(predicate), brimming, brimming
      with(predicate); chockablock(predicate),
      chock-full(predicate), chockfull(predicate),
      chockful(predicate), choke-full(predicate),
      chuck-full(predicate), cram full; congested, engorged;
      crawling with(predicate), overrun with, swarming,
      swarming with(predicate), teeming, teeming
      with(predicate); {flooded, inundated, swamped ; glutted,
      overfull; {heavy with(predicate) ; {laden, loaded ;
      {overladen, overloaded ; {stuffed ; stuffed; {well-lined
      ]

   Syn: full.
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   2. entirely of one substance with no holes inside. Opposite
      of hollow.

   Syn: solid.
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   3. having appointments throughout the course of a period; --
      of an appointment schedule; as, My calendar is filled for
      the week. Opposite of unoccupied and free

   Syn: occupied.
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