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fill
[fil]
verb (used with object)
to make full; put as much as can be held into.
to fill a jar with water.
to occupy to the full capacity.
Water filled the basin.
The crowd filled the hall.
to supply to an extreme degree or plentifully.
to fill a house with furniture;
to fill the heart with joy.
to satisfy fully the hunger of; satiate.
The roast beef filled the diners.
to put into a receptacle.
to fill sand into a pail.
to be plentiful throughout.
Fish filled the rivers.
to extend throughout; pervade completely.
The odor filled the room.
to furnish with an occupant.
The landlord filled the vacancy yesterday.
to provide (an office or opening) with an incumbent.
The company is eager to fill the controllership.
to occupy and perform the duties of (a vacancy, position, post, etc.).
They have already found someone to fill the position.
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.
to make up, compound, or otherwise provide the contents of (a medical prescription).
to stop up or close (a cavity, hole, etc.).
to fill a tooth.
Cooking., to insert a filling into.
to fill cupcakes with custard.
Nautical.
to distend (a sail) by pressure of the wind so as to impart headway to a vessel.
to brace (a yard) so that the sail will catch the wind on its after side.
to adulterate.
to fill soaps with water.
Civil Engineering, Building Trades., to build up the level of (an area) with earth, stones, etc.
verb (used without object)
to become full.
The hall filled rapidly.
Our eyes filled with tears.
to increase in atmospheric pressure.
a filling cyclone.
to become distended, as sails with the wind.
noun
a full supply; enough to satisfy want or desire.
to eat one's fill.
an amount of something sufficient for filling; charge.
The brigade had only one quarter of a fill of fuel.
He begged a fill of tobacco for his pipe.
Civil Engineering, Building Trades., a quantity of earth, stones, etc., for building up the level of an area of ground.
These houses were built on fill.
the feed and water in the digestive tract of a livestock animal, especially that consumed before marketing.
verb phrase
fill out
to complete (a document, list, etc.) by supplying missing or desired information.
It takes about 35 minutes to fill out the forms for hospital admission.
to become larger, fuller, or rounder, as the figure.
The children have begun to fill out since I saw them last.
fill up
to fill completely.
to fill up a glass;
to fill up a fuel tank.
to become completely filled.
The riverbed filled up as a result of the steady rains.
fill in
to supply missing or desired information.
He suggested you fill in the facts of your business experience.
For each sentence, fill in the blank with the correct word.
to complete by adding detail, as a design or drawing.
to fill in a sketch with shadow.
to substitute for.
to fill in for a colleague who is ill.
to fill with some material.
to fill in a crack with putty.
Informal., to supply (someone) with information.
Please fill me in on the morning news.
fill away
to fall off the wind and proceed on a board.
to brace the yards, so that sails that have been aback will stand full.
fill
/ fɪl /
verb
(also intr) to make or become full
to fill up a bottle
the bath fills in two minutes
to occupy the whole of
the party filled two floors of the house
to plug (a gap, crevice, cavity, etc)
to meet (a requirement or need) satisfactorily
to cover (a page or blank space) with writing, drawing, etc
to hold and perform the duties of (an office or position)
to appoint or elect an occupant to (an office or position)
building trades to build up (ground) with fill
(also intr) to swell or cause to swell with wind, as in manoeuvring the sails of a sailing vessel
to increase the bulk of by adding an inferior substance
poker to complete (a full house, etc) by drawing the cards needed
to put together the necessary materials for (a prescription or order)
informal, to serve or perform adequately
noun
material such as gravel, stones, etc, used to bring an area of ground up to a required level
the quantity needed to satisfy one
to eat your fill
Other Word Forms
- fillable adjective
- half-filled adjective
- unfilled adjective
- well-filled adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of fill1
Idioms and Phrases
fill and stand on, (of a sailing vessel) to proceed on a tack after being hove to or halted facing the wind; fill away.
fill the bill. bill.
More idioms and phrases containing fill
- back and fill
- full
- get one's fill of
Example Sentences
It’s those small gestures during their hangouts — like Dennis refraining from correcting Roman’s misuse of idioms — that forge a special if imbalanced dynamic as they try to fill their respective voids.
The house was filled with memories, which comforted me as much as they stung by critical absences.
The area was so filled, he was placed on a waiting list.
The committee — now filled with members handpicked by Kennedy — is scheduled to meet in a few weeks.
All-rounders Bethell and Jacks have to fill the role of the fifth bowler, sending down 10 overs of spin between them.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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