Fill definition

fĭl

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To fill is defined as to put as much as possible or to occupy.

An example of to fill is putting as much salt into a salt shaker as will fit.

verb

The definition of fill is to supply what is needed, satisfy, close or put a person into.

An example of to fill is a pharmacy giving a prescription to a customer.

An example of to fill is a pregnant woman eating ice cream after having a craving for it.

An example of to fill is putting putty into a small wall hole and making it smooth.

An example of to fill is hiring someone for a position that was open at a company.

verb

An amount needed to make full, complete, or satisfied.

Eat one's fill.

noun

To cover the surface of (an inexpensive metal) with a layer of precious metal, such as gold.

verb

To put something into (a container, for example) to capacity or to a desired level.

Fill a glass with milk; filled the tub with water.

verb

To supply or provide to the fullest extent.

Filled the mall with new stores.

verb

To build up the level of (low-lying land) with material such as earth or gravel.

verb

To stop or plug up (an opening, for example).

verb

To repair a cavity of (a tooth).

verb

To add a foreign substance to (cloth or wood, for example).

verb

To flow or move into (a container or area), often to capacity.

Water is filling the basement. Fans are filling the stadium.

verb

To pervade.

Music filled the room.

verb

To satiate, as with food and drink.

The guests filled themselves with pie.

verb

To engage or occupy completely.

A song that filled me with nostalgia.

verb

To satisfy or meet; fulfill.

Fill the requirements.

verb

To supply what is specified by or required for.

Fill a prescription; fill an order.

verb

To put a person into (a job or position).

We filled the job with a new hire.

verb

To discharge the duties of; occupy.

How long has she filled that post?

verb

To cause (a sail) to swell.

verb

To adjust (a yard) so that wind will cause a sail to swell.

verb

To become full.

The basement is filling with water.

verb

Material for filling a container, cavity, or passage.

noun

A built-up piece of land; an embankment.

noun

The material, such as earth or gravel, used for this.

noun

To fulfill (an engagement to perform, speak, etc.)

verb

To satisfy the hunger or desire of; feed or satiate.

verb

To raise the level of (low land) by adding earth, gravel, etc.

verb

(poker) To draw the card or cards needed to complete (a straight, flush, or full house)

verb

To put as much as possible into; make full.

verb

To put a considerable quantity of something into.

To fill the tub for a bath, to fill one's life with joy.

verb

To take up or occupy all or nearly all the capacity, area, or extent of.

The crowd filled the room.

verb

To spread or be diffused throughout.

verb

To occupy (an office, position, etc.)

verb

To put a person into (an office, position, etc.)

verb

To supply the things needed or called for in (an order, prescription, etc.)

verb

To satisfy (a need, requirement, etc.)

verb

To close or plug (holes, cracks, etc.)

verb

To insert a filling in (a tooth)

verb

To cause (a sail) to swell out.

verb

To adjust (a sail) so that the wind strikes its after side.

verb

To become full.

verb

All that is needed to make full.

noun

All that is needed to satisfy.

To eat or drink one's fill.

noun

Anything that fills or is used to fill; esp., earth, gravel, etc. used for filling a hole or depression.

noun

A piece of land artificially raised to a required level, as a railroad embankment.

noun

A trading term that indicates that the customer’s order to buy or sell stocks, bonds, futures, or options has been successfully completed. Orders that are only partly filled are called partial fills.

A surname.

pronoun

(1) In a graphics program, to apply color to a graphics object such as a rectangle, circle or polygon. In a paint program, the fill function is depicted as a paint bucket icon. It is used to "paint" objects or the entire canvas.

fill (someone's) shoes

To assume someone's position or duties.

idiom

(informal) fill the bill

To serve a particular purpose.

idiom

fill in

to fill with some substance
to make complete by inserting or supplying something
to insert or supply for completion
to be a substitute

idiom

fill out

to make or become larger, rounder, shapelier, etc.
to make (a document, etc.) complete by inserting or supplying information

idiom

fill someone in (on)

to provide someone with additional facts, details, etc. (about)

idiom

fill up

to make or become completely full

idiom

Other Word Forms

Noun

Singular:

fill

Plural:

fills

Idioms and Phrasal Verbs

fill (someone's) shoes

fill someone in (on)

Origin of fill

Middle English fillen from Old English fyllan pelə-¹ in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From a medieval diminutive of the given name Philip.

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Fill definition

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Noun

Idioms and Phrasal Verbs

Origin of fill

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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