fill

/fɪl/

verb

  1. 1

    To occupy fully, to take up all of.

  2. 2

    To add contents to (a container, cavity or the like) so that it is full.

  3. 3

    To enter (something), making it full.

  4. 4

    To become full.

    the bucket filled with rain;  the sails fill with wind
  5. 5

    To become pervaded with something.

    My heart filled with joy.
  6. 6

    To satisfy or obey (an order, request or requirement).

    The pharmacist filled my prescription for penicillin.
  7. 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. 8

    To treat (a tooth) by adding a dental filling to it.

    Dr. Smith filled Jim's cavity with silver amalgam.
  9. 9

    To fill or supply fully with food; to feed; to satisfy.

  10. 10

    To trim (a yard) so that the wind blows on the after side of the sails.

  11. 11

    (of a male) To have sexual intercourse with (a female).

    Did you fill that girl last night?

Antonyms

noun

  1. 1

    (after a possessive) A sufficient or more than sufficient amount.

    Don't feed him any more: he's had his fill.
  2. 2

    An amount that fills a container.

    The mixer returned to the plant for another fill.
  3. 3

    The filling of a container or area.

    That machine can do 20 fills a minute.
  4. 4

    Inexpensive material used to occupy empty spaces, especially in construction.

    The ruins of earlier buildings were used as fill for more recent construction.
  5. 5

    Soil and/or human-created debris discovered within a cavity or cut in the layers and exposed by excavation; fill soil.

  6. 6

    An embankment, as in railroad construction, to fill a hollow or ravine; also, the place which is to be filled.

  7. 7

    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

  1. 1

    One of the thills or shafts of a carriage.

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