Search results
When you fill something, you add to it until it's full, or has enough. When your car's almost out of gas, you have to fill the tank at a gas station. You can fill a bathtub with hot water and bubbles, but there's also a figurative way to fill: "Scary movies fill me with anxiety," or "Traveling fills me with a sense of adventure."
to supply the requirements or contents of (an order), as for goods; execute. to supply (a blank space) with written matter, decorative work, etc. to meet satisfactorily, as requirements: This book fills a great need. Synonyms: fulfill, answer, satisfy.
fill verb (BE NOTICEABLE) B1. If light, sound, or a smell fills a place, you can easily notice it: The smell of smoke filled the room. fill sb with anger/joy/pride, etc. B2. to make someone feel very angry / happy / proud, etc: The thought of losing him filled her with fear. fill a post/position/vacancy.
Synonyms for FILL: load, pack, cram, stuff, refill, brim, heap, jam; Antonyms of FILL: void, empty, vacate, eliminate, clear, evacuate, drain, lighten.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English fill1 /fɪl/ S1 W1 verb 1 become/make full [ intransitive, transitive] (also fill up) if a container or place fills, or if you fill it, enough of something goes into it to make it full He poured her a drink, then filled his own glass. My job was filling the flour sacks.
Definition of fill verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
4 days ago · 1. verb. If you fill a container or area, or if it fills, an amount of something enters it that is enough to make it full. Fill a saucepan with water and bring to a slow boil. [VERB noun + with] She made sandwiches, filled a flask and put sugar in. [VERB noun] The victims' lungs fill quickly with fluid. [VERB with noun]
