fill
Meaning
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- To make full
- To make full
- To make full
- To become full.
- To become full.
- To satisfy or obey (an order, request, or requirement).
- To install someone, or be installed, in (a position or office), eliminating a vacancy.
- To treat (a tooth) by adding a dental filling to it.
- To block, obstruct
- To supply fully with food; to feed; to satisfy.
- To trim (a yard) so that the wind blows on the after side of the sails.
- (slang) To have sexual intercourse with (a female).
Synonyms
make full
put into
stuff into
take possession
fill to overflowing
take on cargo
place inside
be full
put goods on
take in charge
place in
pour into
wield
become full
be full of
blotting out
cover over
extreme limit
filled with
satisfy oneself
be filled up
pour upon
eat to excess
play the role
be crowded
raising the ground level
blow against
meet expectations
gapfiller
add more
comethrough
shower upon
chemical fill
occupy completely
filling material
weighting material
transfer container
contend in
back-up sand
filler sand
countervail
feed back
land reclamation
live up to
make up for
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/fɪl/
Etymology
table From Middle English fillen, fullen, from Old English fyllan (“to fill, fill up, replenish, satisfy; complete, fulfill”), from Proto-West Germanic *fullijan, from Proto-Germanic *fullijaną (“to make full, fill”), from *fullaz (“full”), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (“full”). Cognate with Scots fill (“to fill”), West Frisian folje (“to fill”), Low German füllen (“to fill”), Dutch vullen (“to fill”), German füllen (“to fill”), Danish fylde (“to fill”), Swedish fylla (“to fill”), Norwegian fylle (“to fill”), Icelandic fylla (“to fill”) and Latin plenus (“full”)
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