Etimology
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”)
verb
fill (third-person singular simple present fills, present participle filling, simple past and past participle filled)
(transitive) To occupy fully, to take up all of.
(transitive) To add contents to (a container, cavity, or the like) so that it is full.
To enter (something), making it full.
(intransitive) To become full.
(intransitive) To become pervaded with something.
(transitive) To satisfy or obey (an order, request, or requirement).
(transitive) To install someone, or be installed, in (a position or office), eliminating a vacancy.
(transitive) To treat (a tooth) by adding a dental filling to it.
(transitive) To fill or supply fully with food; to feed; to satisfy.
(transitive, nautical) To trim (a yard) so that the wind blows on the after side of the sails.
(transitive, slang, vulgar, of a male) To have sexual intercourse with (a female).
Examples
[…] the drums began to thunder, the sound of trumpets filled the air, the earth trembled beneath their feet, and the hearts of the gazing multitude throbbed with suspense and expectation […]
And now that I have given the one chapter to the theme that so filled my heart, and so often made it ache and ache again, I pass on, unhindered, to the event that had impended over me longer yet […] .
My hopes wa'n't disappointed. I never saw clams thicker than they was along them inshore flats. I filled my dreener in no time, and then it come to me that 'twouldn't be a bad idee to get a lot more, take 'em with me to Wellmouth, and peddle 'em out. Clams was fairly scarce over that side of the bay and ought to fetch a fair price.
She continued to frown as she filled Bony's cup and added brandy to her own.
She forgave him the pain as he filled the cavity in her back molar. Three weeks later, she let him fill a more intimate cavity.
Grat Herendeen was the first man, a huge man with his bull whip coiled and over his shoulder seeming almost a part of him. He grinned at her as she filled his plate with the eggs and motioned toward the bacon. "Help yourself, Grat."
In the evening of the 14th of July, there was a rainfall of 3 or 3½ inches in that locality. The water filled the ditch so full that it overflowed the levees on both sides in many places […] .
As the crowd filled the aisles, S repeated loudly what he had announced upon entering the stadium: 'I don't want anyone to touch me, and I will call the police if anyone does.'
the bucket filled with rain; the sails fill with wind
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.
The board of supervisors called a specal[sic] election to fill the office, and at such special election Henry C. Andrews was elected judge of probate to fill out the said term.
Sorry, no more applicants. The position has been filled.
Be that as it may, had the disturbance continued after our having filled the molar, and presuming that nothing had been done to the bicuspid, we might have been still as far as ever from knowing where the trouble lay.
Dr. Smith filled Jim's cavity with silver amalgam.
Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?
Things that are sweet and fat are more filling.
Did you fill that girl last night?
Related words
synonyms
(occupy fully, take up all of): pervade
(have sexual intercourse with a female): dick, get up in, knob, swive; see also Thesaurus:copulate with
antonyms
(antonym(s) of "add contents to a container or cavity"): empty
(antonym(s) of "to become full"): empty
hyponyms
backfill
polyfill
refill
related terms
full
Etimology
From Middle English fille, vülle, fülle, from Old English fyllu, from Proto-West Germanic *fullī, from Proto-Germanic *fullį̄ (“fullness”). Cognate with German Fülle.
noun
fill (countable and uncountable, plural fills)
(after a possessive) A sufficient or more than sufficient amount.
An amount that fills a container.
The filling of a container or area.
Inexpensive material used to occupy empty spaces, especially in construction.
(archaeology) Soil and/or human-created debris discovered within a cavity or cut in the layers and exposed by excavation; fill soil.
An embankment, as in railroad construction, to fill a hollow or ravine; also, the place which is to be filled.
(music) A short passage, riff, or rhythmic sound that helps to keep the listener's attention during a break between the phrases of a melody.
Examples
Don't feed him any more: he's had his fill.
Then they set somewhat of food before me, whereof I ate my fill, and gave me somewhat of clothes wherewith I clad myself anew and covered my nakedness; after which they took me up into the ship, […]
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.
Strippage from a borrow area was first treated as waste, under the contract, but after passage of time was suitable for fill and was so used.
The second part of recomposed Embroidering Golden Banner achieves the brightness and cheerfulness of music, and presents a cheerful passion through sanda playing methods such as left-hind octave fills, right-hand echo decoration, and encircled decoration.
bass fill
Related words
hyponyms
backfill
flood fill
refill
seed fill
related terms
fill soil
fill up
Etimology
See thill.
noun
fill (plural fills)
One of the thills or shafts of a carriage.
Examples
It was a challenge to learn to harness him, guide him slowly back between the fills of the carriage, then to fasten the right buckles and snaps, making the harness and buggy all ready for travel to church or to town.