'Fill' definitions:
Definition of 'fill'
From: WordNet
noun
A quantity sufficient to satisfy; "he ate his fill of potatoes"; "she had heard her fill of gossip"
noun
Any material that fills a space or container; "there was not enough fill for the trench" [syn: filling, fill]
verb
Make full, also in a metaphorical sense; "fill a container"; "fill the child with pride" [syn: fill, fill up, make full] [ant: empty]
verb
Become full; "The pool slowly filled with water"; "The theater filled up slowly" [syn: fill, fill up] [ant: discharge, empty]
verb
Occupy the whole of; "The liquid fills the container" [syn: occupy, fill]
verb
Assume, as of positions or roles; "She took the job as director of development"; "he occupies the position of manager"; "the young prince will soon occupy the throne" [syn: fill, take, occupy]
verb
verb
Appoint someone to (a position or a job)
verb
Eat until one is sated; "He filled up on turkey" [syn: fill up, fill]
verb
verb
Plug with a substance; "fill a cavity"
Definition of 'Fill'
From: GCIDE
- Fill \Fill\, n. [See Thill.] One of the thills or shafts of a carriage. --Mortimer. [1913 Webster]
- Fill horse, a thill horse. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Fill'
From: GCIDE
- Fill \Fill\, n. [AS. fyllo. See Fill, v. t.]
- 1. A full supply, as much as supplies want; as much as gives complete satisfaction. "Ye shall eat your fill." --Lev. xxv. 19. [1913 Webster]
- I'll bear thee hence, where I may weep my fill. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which fills; filling; filler; specif., an embankment, as in railroad construction, to fill a hollow or ravine; also, the place which is to be filled. [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
Definition of 'Fill'
From: GCIDE
- Fill \Fill\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Filled; p. pr. & vb. n. Filling.] [OE. fillen, fullen, AS. fyllan, fr. full full; akin to D. vullen, G. f["u]llen, Icel. fylla, Sw. fylla, Dan. fylde, Goth. fulljan. See Full, a.]
- 1. To make full; to supply with as much as can be held or contained; to put or pour into, till no more can be received; to occupy the whole capacity of. [1913 Webster]
- The rain also filleth the pools. --Ps. lxxxiv. 6. [1913 Webster]
- Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. Anf they filled them up to the brim. --John ii. 7. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To furnish an abudant supply to; to furnish with as mush as is desired or desirable; to occupy the whole of; to swarm in or overrun. [1913 Webster]
- And God blessed them, saying. Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas. --Gen. i. 22. [1913 Webster]
- The Syrians filled the country. --1 Kings xx. 27. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To fill or supply fully with food; to feed; to satisfy. [1913 Webster]
- Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fillso great a multitude? --Matt. xv. 33. [1913 Webster]
- Things that are sweet and fat are more filling. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To possess and perform the duties of; to officiate in, as an incumbent; to occupy; to hold; as, a king fills a throne; the president fills the office of chief magistrate; the speaker of the House fills the chair. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To supply with an incumbent; as, to fill an office or a vacancy. --A. Hamilton. [1913 Webster]
- 6. (Naut.) (a) To press and dilate, as a sail; as, the wind filled the sails. (b) To trim (a yard) so that the wind shall blow on the after side of the sails. [1913 Webster]
- 7. (Civil Engineering) To make an embankment in, or raise the level of (a low place), with earth or gravel. [1913 Webster]
- To fill in, to insert; as, he filled in the figures.
- To fill out, to extend or enlarge to the desired limit; to make complete; as, to fill out a bill.
- To fill up, to make quite full; to fill to the brim or entirely; to occupy completely; to complete. "The bliss that fills up all the mind." --Pope. "And fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ." --Col. i. 24. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Fill'
From: GCIDE
- Fill \Fill\, v. i.
- 1. To become full; to have the whole capacity occupied; to have an abundant supply; to be satiated; as, corn fills well in a warm season; the sail fills with the wind. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To fill a cup or glass for drinking. [1913 Webster]
- Give me some wine; fill full. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- To back and fill. See under Back, v. i.
- To fill up, to grow or become quite full; as, the channel of the river fills up with sand. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'fill'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abide by,
- accommodate,
- act up to,
- adhere to,
- admit,
- advise,
- afford,
- allay,
- answer,
- assimilate,
- attend to,
- bag,
- bar,
- barrel,
- battologize,
- be enfeoffed of,
- be faithful to,
- be possessed of,
- be seized of,
- bellyful,
- bespread,
- bind,
- bloat,
- block,
- block up,
- blockade,
- blow up,
- boast,
- bottle,
- box,
- brim,
- bumper,
- bung,
- burden,
- can,
- capacity,
- carry out,
- caulk,
- ceil,
- charge,
- chink,
- chock,
- choke,
- choke off,
- choke up,
- claim,
- clog,
- clog up,
- close,
- clothe,
- cloy,
- command,
- complement,
- complete,
- comply with,
- comprehend,
- comprise,
- conform to,
- congest,
- constipate,
- contain,
- contribute,
- cork,
- count in,
- cover,
- cram,
- crate,
- crawl with,
- creep with,
- crowd,
- crush,
- dam,
- dam up,
- diffuse,
- discharge,
- distend,
- do,
- do justice to,
- donate,
- embody,
- embrace,
- encircle,
- enclose,
- encompass,
- endow,
- engorge,
- engorgement,
- enjoy,
- enough,
- envisage,
- execute,
- expand,
- extend throughout,
- face,
- fatten,
- feather,
- fill in,
- fill out,
- fill to overflowing,
- fill up,
- find,
- flood,
- follow,
- foul,
- freight,
- fulfill,
- full house,
- full measure,
- fullness,
- fund,
- fur,
- furnish,
- give,
- give an encore,
- glut,
- go over,
- go through,
- gorge,
- grow,
- have,
- have and hold,
- have in hand,
- have tenure of,
- heap,
- heap up,
- heed,
- hold,
- hold by,
- honeycomb,
- imbue,
- include,
- incorporate,
- increase,
- inflate,
- inform,
- inlay,
- interline,
- invest,
- iterate,
- jade,
- jam,
- jam up,
- jam-pack,
- keep,
- keep faith with,
- know no bounds,
- lade,
- lading,
- leave no void,
- leaven,
- let in on,
- line,
- live up to,
- load,
- luxuriate,
- maintain,
- make available,
- make good,
- make out,
- make provision for,
- mass,
- meet,
- more than enough,
- mouthful,
- notify,
- number among,
- observe,
- obstipate,
- obstruct,
- occlude,
- occupy,
- overabound,
- overbrim,
- overdose,
- overfeed,
- overfill,
- overflow,
- overgorge,
- overgrow,
- overrun,
- oversaturate,
- overspill,
- overspread,
- overstuff,
- overswarm,
- pack,
- pack away,
- pad,
- pall,
- penetrate,
- permeate,
- pervade,
- pile,
- plenty,
- plug,
- plug up,
- pocket,
- possess,
- practice,
- prepare,
- present,
- provide,
- provide for,
- pug,
- pullulate,
- ram in,
- reaffirm,
- reassert,
- recapitulate,
- receive,
- recite,
- reckon among,
- reckon in,
- reckon with,
- recount,
- recruit,
- regard,
- rehash,
- rehearse,
- reissue,
- reiterate,
- replenish,
- repletion,
- reprint,
- respect,
- restate,
- resume,
- retail,
- retell,
- review,
- reword,
- run over,
- run riot,
- run through,
- sack,
- sate,
- satiate,
- satiation,
- satiety,
- satisfaction,
- satisfy,
- saturate,
- saturatedness,
- saturation,
- saturation point,
- say over,
- say over again,
- seal,
- share,
- ship,
- skinful,
- slake,
- snootful,
- spile,
- spill over,
- squat,
- squat on,
- squeeze,
- stack,
- stall,
- stanch,
- stand in,
- stay,
- stench,
- stock,
- stodge,
- stop,
- stop up,
- stopper,
- stopple,
- store,
- stow,
- stretch,
- stuff,
- stuff up,
- subsidize,
- substitute,
- sufficiency,
- suffuse,
- sum up,
- summarize,
- superabound,
- supercharge,
- supersaturate,
- supersaturation,
- supply,
- support,
- surfeit,
- swarm,
- swarm with,
- swell,
- take in,
- take into account,
- take into consideration,
- take over,
- take up,
- tautologize,
- teem,
- teem with,
- tell,
- top off,
- transfuse,
- usucapt,
- wad,
- wainscot,
- weight,
- yield
Words containing 'Fill'
- Filled,
- Filling,
- To fill in,
- To fill out,
- To fill up,
- fill again,
- fill in,
- fill out,
- fill up,
- fille,
- Back filling,
- Fill horse,
- Filled cheese,
- To back and fill,
- back and fill,
- fill the bill,
- fill-in,
- filling station,
- gold filled,
- jeune fille,
- air-filled,
- blood-filled,
- egg-filled,
- fille de chambre,
- gas-filled,
- smoke-filled,
- sperm-filled