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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
fill
n 1: a quantity sufficient to satisfy; "he ate his fill of
potatoes"; "she had heard her fill of gossip"
2: any material that fills a space or container; "there was not
enough fill for the trench" [syn: filling, fill]
v 1: make full, also in a metaphorical sense; "fill a
container"; "fill the child with pride" [syn: fill, fill
up, make full] [ant: empty]
2: become full; "The pool slowly filled with water"; "The
theater filled up slowly" [syn: fill, fill up] [ant:
discharge, empty]
3: occupy the whole of; "The liquid fills the container" [syn:
occupy, fill]
4: assume, as of positions or roles; "She took the job as
director of development"; "he occupies the position of
manager"; "the young prince will soon occupy the throne"
[syn: fill, take, occupy]
5: fill or meet a want or need [syn: meet, satisfy, fill,
fulfill, fulfil]
6: appoint someone to (a position or a job)
7: eat until one is sated; "He filled up on turkey" [syn: fill
up, fill]
8: fill to satisfaction; "I am sated" [syn: satiate, sate,
replete, fill]
9: plug with a substance; "fill a cavity"
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Fill \Fill\, n. [See Thill.]
One of the thills or shafts of a carriage. --Mortimer.
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Fill horse, a thill horse. --Shak.
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3. 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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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Fill \Fill\, n. [AS. fyllo. See Fill, v. t.]
1. A full supply, as much as supplies want; as much as gives
complete satisfaction. "Ye shall eat your fill." --Lev.
xxv. 19.
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I'll bear thee hence, where I may weep my fill.
--Shak.
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2. That which fills; filling; filler; specif., an embankment,
as in railroad construction, to fill a hollow or ravine;
also, the place which is to be filled.
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5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Fill \Fill\, v. i.
1. To become full; to have the whole capacity occupied; to
have an abundant supply; to be satiated; as, corn fills
well in a warm season; the sail fills with the wind.
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2. To fill a cup or glass for drinking.
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Give me some wine; fill full. --Shak.
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To back and fill. See under Back, v. i.
To fill up, to grow or become quite full; as, the channel
of the river fills up with sand.
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Thesaurus Results for fill:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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Common Misspellings > |
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