Definition of filo

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1. fill [ v ] make full, also in a metaphorical sense
Examples: "fill a container" "fill the child with pride"

Used in print:

(Rocky Mountains News, [Denver, Colorado],...)

Jay_Porter drew a base_on_balls to fill the bases but Don_Wert 's smash was knocked_down by Rudolph for the putout .

(Harry H. Hull, "The Normal Forces and Their Ther...)

* * f is the work necessary to fill the manometer column from the reference height to h .

(B. J. D. Meeuse, The Story of Pollination....)

She also builds one or two waxen cups which she fills with honey .

(Richard F. McLaughlin, et al., "A study of the...)

Some of these were obviously filling from interlobular branches of the bronchial_arteries while others were filling from direct hilar branches following along the pleural surface .

Some of these were obviously filling from interlobular branches of the bronchial_arteries while others were filling from direct hilar branches following along the pleural surface .

Synonyms fill fill_up make_full 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. fill [ v ] become full
Examples: "The pool slowly filled with water" "The theater filled up slowly"

Used in print:

(Frank Oppenheimer, "Science and Fear-- A Discussion...)

I am usually filled with an uneasiness that through some unwitting slip all hell may break_loose .

(James A. Ibers et al., "Proton magnetic resonance...)

The bubble was filled to the top and special precautions were taken to prevent any sample from remaining in the capillary .

(J. W. C. Hagstrom et al., "Debilitating muscular...)

Some of the small vessels were filled with fibrin thrombi , and there was extensive interstitial hemorrhage .

(Christopher Davis, First Family....)

Both watched Scotty constantly , Rachel without seeming to , Virginia openly , her eyes filled with concern .

(W. H. Gass, "The Pedersen Kid," in The...)

Big_Hans began pouring whisky in the kid 's mouth but his mouth filled without any getting down his throat and in a second it was dripping from his chin .

Synonyms fill fill_up Related Terms empty change_state rack_up water flood filling

3. fill [ v ] occupy the whole of
Examples: "The liquid fills the container"

Used in print:

(J. W. C. Hagstrom et al., "Debilitating muscular...)

The small and large_intestines were filled with gas , and the jejunum was dilated to about 2 times its normal circumference .

Synonyms fill occupy Related Terms be crowd take_up deluge occupation

4. fill [ v ] assume, as of positions or roles
Examples: "She took the job as director of development"

Used in print:

(Whit Masterson, Evil Come, Evil Go....)

Charlie_Marble was back_and_forth on several occasions , first to confer_with Andy on the advisability of cancelling the Las_Vegas engagement - they decided it was wise - and later to announce that a prominent comedian , also an agency client , had agreed to fill the casino 's open date .

Synonyms take fill Related Terms work assume

5. fill [ v ] fill or meet a want or need

Used in print:

(Gibson Winter, The Suburban Captivity of the...)

The perplexing question still remains as to why the middle_classes turn_to the churches as a vehicle of social identity when their clubs and charities should fill the same need .

(U.S. Reports. Volume 366. Cases Adjudged in the...)

Within a_few years various du_Pont manufactured items were filling the entire requirements of from four to seven of General_Motors ' eight operating divisions .

(Committee for Economic Development, Distressed...)

The existence of a public_school vocational training_program in trade and industry provides a base from which such needs can be filled .

(Jay Williams, The Forger....)

He filled a real need , showing society what it looked_like , turning it inside_out , portraying its wars and its leaders , its ugliness and its beauties , reflecting its profound religious impulses .

Synonyms meet satisfy fill fulfill fulfil Related Terms provide feed_on quench quell answer fulfillment satisfier satisfaction

6. fill [ n ] a quantity sufficient to satisfy
Examples: "he ate his fill of potatoes" she had heard her fill of gossip"

Synonyms fill Related Terms enough satiate

7. fill [ v ] eat until one is sated
Examples: "He filled up on turkey"

Used in print:

(Jack Kaplan, "The Health Machine Menace: Therapy by...)

In Chicago , some time ago , Mr._H. , age 27 , a diabetic since he was six , stopped using insulin because he had bought a `` magic spike '' - a glass tube about the size of a pencil filled with barium chloride worth a small fraction of a cent - sold by the Vrilium_Company of Chicago for $ 306 as a cure-all .

Synonyms fill stuff jam cram fill_up Related Terms eat gorge

8. fill [ v ] appoint someone to (a position or a job)

Used in print:

(The Dallas Morning News,...)

Marshall_Formby of Plainview , former chairman of the Texas_Highway_Commission , suggested a plan to fill by appointment future vacancies in the Legislature and Congress , eliminating the need for costly special elections .

Synonyms fill Related Terms hire

9. fill [ v ] plug with a substance
Examples: "fill a cavity"

Used in print:

(Los Angeles Times...)

`` Remember the night Will Rogers filled a tooth for me between numbers '' ?

Synonyms fill Related Terms repair close filling

10. fill [ v ] fill to satisfaction
Examples: "I am sated"

Used in print:

(Joyce O. Hertzler, American Social Institutions;...)

The significant things in it , at the higher religious levels , are the inner emotional , mental , and spiritual occurrences that fill the pressing human needs of self-preservation , self pacification , and self completion .