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   Fill

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   verb

   • 1. cause (a space or container) to become full or almost full: "I filled the bottle with water" Similar make/become fullfill upfill to the brimfill to overflowingchargeload (up)packtop upcrowdthrongpack (into)jamoccupy all ofpress intosqueeze intocram (into)overcrowdcongestoverfillstockpackloadsupplyfurnishprovidereplenishrestockrefillblock upbung upstop (up)plugsealcaulkcloseclog (up)chokeobstructoccludedam upOpposite emptyunblockopen
   • ▪ become full: "Elinor's eyes filled with tears"
   • ▪ insert material to block or close (a gap or opening): "road engineers planned to fill the hole with concrete"
   • ▪ block up (a cavity in a tooth) with cement, amalgam, or gold.
   • ▪ (of the wind) blow into (a sail), causing it to curve outwards.
   • ▪ (of a sail) curve out tautly from its supports as the wind blows into it.
   • 2. become an overwhelming presence in; pervade: "a pungent smell of garlic filled the air" Similar pervadespread throughout/throughpermeatesuffusebe diffused throughdiffuse throughimbuepenetratepass throughinfuseperfuseextend throughoutbe disseminated throughflow throughrun throughsaturateimpregnate
   • ▪ occupy or take up (a period of time): "the next few days were filled with meetings"
   • ▪ cause (someone) to experience a strong emotion or feeling: "his presence filled us with foreboding"
   • 3. appoint a person to hold (a vacant post): "the board contacted him to say they had already filled the position"
   • ▪ hold and perform the expected duties of (a post or role): "he had filled the post in an acting capacity for some time" Similar occupyholdtake upbe inhaveinformal:hold down
   • ▪ satisfy or fulfil (a want or need): "community land trusts are a way to fill the pressing need for housing" Similar carry outcompletefulfillexecuteperformimplementdischargebring aboutrare:effectuate
   • 4. be supplied with the items described in (a prescription or order): North American "she needed to fill a prescription"
   • 5. (in poker) complete (a good hand) by drawing the necessary cards.

   noun

   • 1. an amount of something which is as much as one wants or can bear: "we have eaten our fill"
   • 2. an amount of something which will occupy all the space in a container: "a fill of tobacco"
   • ▪ material, typically loose or compacted, which fills a space, especially in building or engineering work: "loose polystyrene fill"
   • ▪ the action of filling something, especially of shading in a region of a computer graphics display.
   • 3. (in popular music) a short interjected phrase on a particular instrument: "country-tinged guitar fills"

   Word Origin Old Englishfyllan (verb), fyllu (noun) of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vullen and German füllen (verbs), Fülle (noun), also to full1.

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   Synonyms for FILL: load, pack, cram, stuff, refill, brim, heap, jam; Antonyms of FILL: void, empty, vacate, eliminate, clear, evacuate, drain, lighten.

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   Synonyms for FILLED: packed, bursting, jammed, crammed, stuffed, full, loaded, crowded; Antonyms of FILLED: empty, blank, devoid, void, vacant, bare, short, stark.

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   Synonyms for FILL in English: top up, fill up, make full, become full, brim over, swell, expand, inflate, become bloated, extend, …

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   Synonyms and antonyms of. fill. in English. fill. verb. These are words and phrases related to fill. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of fill. Ask him to fill the bottle with turpentine.

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    Synonyms for FILL: charge, load, fill-up, pack, gorge, replenish, stuff, satisfy, sate, inflate, crowd, satiate; Antonyms for FILL: empty, exhaust, drain, take, deplete, empty, void, exhaust, drain, use, spend, emptiness.

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    fill. WordReference English Thesaurus © 2024. Sense: Verb: fit in as much as possible. Synonyms: stuff, load, cram, fill up, top up, fill sth to capacity, make sth full, fit. Antonyms: empty, drain, exhaust, clear, vacate, deplete, deflate, empty out. Sense: Verb: expand - followed by 'up' or 'out'. Synonyms: