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| 1. | [ verb ] make full, also in a metaphorical sense | |
| Synonyms: | fill_up make_full | |
| Examples: | "fill a container" "fill the child with pride" |
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| Related terms: | empty change load deluge replenish complete stuff load pack people overfill clog heap brim impregnate electrify impregnate saturate top_off line lubricate surcharge ink stuff prime lube line stuff pad clutter shade fatten makeweight filler filling | |
| 2. | [ verb ] become full | |
| Synonyms: | fill_up | |
| Examples: | "The pool slowly filled with water" "The theater filled up slowly" |
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| Related terms: | empty change_state rack_up water flood filling | |
| 3. | [ verb ] occupy the whole of | |
| Synonyms: | occupy | |
| Examples: | "The liquid fills the container" |
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| Related terms: | be crowd take_up deluge occupation | |
| 4. | [ verb ] (work) assume, as of positions or roles | |
| Synonyms: | take | |
| Examples: | "She took the job as director of development" |
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| Related terms: | work assume | |
| 5. | [ verb ] fill or meet a want or need | |
| Synonyms: | meet satisfy fulfill fulfil | |
| Related terms: | provide feed_on quench quell answer fulfillment satisfier satisfaction | |
| 6. | [ noun ] a quantity sufficient to satisfy | |
| Examples: | "he ate his fill of potatoes" she had heard her fill of gossip" |
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| Related terms: | enough satiate | |
| 7. | [ verb ] (food) eat until one is sated | |
| Synonyms: | stuff cram jam fill_up | |
| Examples: | "He filled up on turkey" |
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| Related terms: | eat gorge | |
| 8. | [ verb ] (work) appoint someone to (a position or a job) | |
| Related terms: | hire | |
| 9. | [ verb ] plug with a substance | |
| Examples: | "fill a cavity" |
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| Related terms: | repair close filling | |
| 10. | [ verb ] fill to satisfaction | |
| Synonyms: | satiate replete sate | |
| Examples: | "I am sated" |
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| Related terms: | consume cloy | |
| 11. | [ verb ] fill or stop up | |
| Synonyms: | fill_up close | |
| Examples: | "Can you close the cracks with caulking?" |
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| Related terms: | change seal plug coapt blockage | |
| 12. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 24677 | |
| 13. | [ noun ] any material that fills a space or container | |
| Synonyms: | filling | |
| Examples: | "there was not enough fill for the trench" |
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| Related terms: | material cement | |
| Similar spelling: |
filly fille file Fiala |
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