fill
verb
- 1
To occupy fully, to take up all of.
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To add contents to (a container, cavity or the like) so that it is full.
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To enter (something), making it full.
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To become full.
“the bucket filled with rain; the sails fill with wind”
- 5
To become pervaded with something.
“My heart filled with joy.”
- 6
To satisfy or obey (an order, request or requirement).
“The pharmacist filled my prescription for penicillin.”
- 7
To install someone, or be installed, in (a position or office), eliminating a vacancy.
“Sorry, no more applicants. The position has been filled.”
- 8
To treat (a tooth) by adding a dental filling to it.
“Dr. Smith filled Jim's cavity with silver amalgam.”
- 9
To fill or supply fully with food; to feed; to satisfy.
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To trim (a yard) so that the wind blows on the after side of the sails.
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(of a male) To have sexual intercourse with (a female).
“Did you fill that girl last night?”
noun
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(after a possessive) A sufficient or more than sufficient amount.
“Don't feed him any more: he's had his fill.”
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An amount that fills a container.
“The mixer returned to the plant for another fill.”
- 3
The filling of a container or area.
“That machine can do 20 fills a minute.”
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Inexpensive material used to occupy empty spaces, especially in construction.
“The ruins of earlier buildings were used as fill for more recent construction.”
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Soil and/or human-created debris discovered within a cavity or cut in the layers and exposed by excavation; fill soil.
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An embankment, as in railroad construction, to fill a hollow or ravine; also, the place which is to be filled.
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A short passage, riff, or rhythmic sound that helps to keep the listener's attention during a break between the phrases of a melody.
“bass fill”
noun
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One of the thills or shafts of a carriage.
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