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US
/ˈfɪɫ/
]
[ UK /fˈɪl/ ]
[ UK /fˈɪl/ ]
VERB
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become full
The theater filled up slowly
The pool slowly filled with water -
eat until one is sated
He filled up on turkey -
occupy the whole of
The liquid fills the container -
fill to satisfaction
I am sated -
make full, also in a metaphorical sense
fill the child with pride
fill a container -
fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condtion ro restriction
does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?
This job doesn't match my dreams
meet a need -
plug with a substance
fill a cavity - appoint someone to (a position or a job)
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assume, as of positions or roles
She took the job as director of development
the young prince will soon occupy the throne
he occupies the position of manager
NOUN
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any material that fills a space or container
there was not enough fill for the trench -
a quantity sufficient to satisfy
she had heard her fill of gossip
he ate his fill of potatoes
How To Use fill In A Sentence
- The main square is called “Rynek” (which basically means “central market place”), and in the middle there are two buildings: “Ratusz” or City Hall (compare with German “Rathaus”) and “Sukiennice”, a long one-level building not unlike a bazaar, filled with stores. Matthew Yglesias » Krakow
- Warner wrote from Egypt expressing sympathy for their unfurnished state of affairs, but added, "I would rather fit out three houses and fill them with furniture than to fit out one 'dahabiyeh'. Mark Twain, a Biography. Complete
- Save for a worktable placed almost exactly in the center of the floor, I see only a few benches, some unlit rush lamps, a large set of scales, and a wooden crate, which I discover upon examination contains small crystal vials waiting to be filled. Secret History of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer
- Perhaps it comes straight out of that party line dictionary that was written in a smoke-filled room in Sevastapol Street by the same faceless Provo apparatchik who a few years back advocated the practically endless use of the term 'securocrat'. Archive 2009-01-01
- Canadians were unhappy with so-called intrusive questions, the aggravation of filling it out and even a few were convinced the census was part of a government plot, according to Thestar.com - Home Page
- The rest of them continued filling plates while Reggie and Lettie returned at brisk intervals to reload their trays. WEEKEND FOR MURDER
- But, fortunately, there were cavities in the two teeth on either side of the gap -- one in the first molar and one in the palatine surface of the cuspid; might he not drill a socket in the remaining root and sockets in the molar and cuspid, and, partly by bridging, partly by crowning, fill in the gap? McTeague
- 'If he _has not fulfilled_ his promise to write,' but 'If he _did not write_ as he undertook to do' ([Greek: _egrapsen huposchomenos_]); nor 'If he _has commenced and finished_,' but 'If he _commenced and finished_' ([Greek: _arxamenos sunetelese_]). A Reply to Dr. Lightfoot's Essays
- Following the example set by her father, she has fulfilled her role and done her duty.
- That's the normal time-filler for parliamentarians at this time of year. Times, Sunday Times