fill
noun
1. a quantity sufficient to satisfy
- he ate his fill of potatoes
- she had heard her fill of gossip
Definition categories: quantity, enough, sufficiency
2. any material that fills a space or container
- there was not enough fill for the trench
Similar word(s): filling
Definition categories: substance, material, stuff
Sentences with fill as a noun:
- Don't feed him any more: he's had his fill.
- The mixer returned to the plant for another fill.
- That machine can do 20 fills a minute.
- This paint program supports lines, circles, and textured fills.
- The ruins of earlier buildings were used as fill for more recent construction.
verb
1. make full, also in a metaphorical sense
- fill a container
- fill the child with pride
Definition categories: change, alter, modify
2. become full
- The pool slowly filled with water
- The theater filled up slowly
Definition categories: change, turn
3. occupy the whole of
- The liquid fills the container
Similar word(s): occupy
Definition categories: stative, be
4. assume, as of positions or roles
Definition categories: social, work
5. fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condtion ro restriction
Similar word(s): fit, fulfil, fulfill, meet, satisfy
Definition categories: consumption, cater, ply, provide, supply
6. appoint someone to (a position or a job)
Definition categories: social, employ, engage, hire
7. eat until one is sated
- He filled up on turkey
Definition categories: consumption, eat
8. fill to satisfaction
Similar word(s): replete, sate, satiate
Definition categories: consumption, consume, have, ingest, take
9. plug with a substance
- fill a cavity
Definition categories: change, bushel, doctor, fix, mend, repair, restore
Sentences with fill as a verb:
- the bucket filled with rain;
- My heart filled with joy.
- The pharmacist filled my prescription for penicillin.
- We can't let the library close! It fills a great need in the community.
- Sorry, no more applicants. The position has been filled.