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fill en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /fɪl/
• [ˈfɪɫ]
• (US) audio
• [ˈfɪʊ̯] l-vocalization
• /fɪʊ̯/ l-vocalization

Etymology

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”)

Meanings

1. (ergative, transitive) To make full ▸ To add contents to (a container, cavity, or the like) so that it is full.
   • 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. 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter III, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
   • 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." 2006, Gilbert Morris, Sante Fe Woman, B&H, page 95:
   • She filled a glass with milk.
   • She continued to frown as she filled Bony's cup and added brandy to her own. 1950, Arthur W. Upfield, chapter 11, in The Bachelors of Broken Hill:
   • 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. 2005, Wendy Coakley-Thompson, What You Won't Do for Love, published 2006, →ISBN, page 10:
   • dreams filled with surreal imagery
2. (ergative, transitive) To make full ▸ To enter (something), making it full.
   • The doors opened and guests filled the auditorium.
   • 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 […] . 1910 May 13, John C. Sherwin, opinion, Delashmutt et al. v. Chicago, B. & Q. R. Co. et al., reprinted in volume 126, North Western Reporter, page 359, at 360
   • 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.' 2004, Peter Westen, The Logic of Consent, Ashgate, →ISBN, page 322:
3. (ergative, transitive) To make full ▸ To occupy fully, to take up all of.
   • The smell of spring filled the air.
   • 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[…]. 1860 December – 1861 August, Charles Dickens, chapter XXXVIII, in Great Expectations […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, […], published October 1861, →OCLC:
   • […]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[…] c. 1761, Tobias Smollett, transl., Don Quixote, part 2, book 5, chapter 4:
4. (intransitive, of containers, qualifier:cavities; or the like; cavities; or the like) To become full.
   • The bucket filled with rain
   • The room filled with thick smoke.
   • The sails fill with wind
5. (intransitive) To become full. ▸ To become pervaded with something.
   • My heart filled with joy.
6. (transitive) To satisfy or meet (as, an order, request, or requirement).
   • To qualify for a home loan, you need to fill a number of requirements.
   • The pharmacist filled my prescription for penicillin.
   • We can't let the library close! It fills a great need in the community.
7. (transitive) To install someone, or be installed, in (a position or office), eliminating a vacancy.
   • The board of supervisors called a specal election to fill the office, and at such special election Henry C. Andrews was elected judge of probate to fill out the said term. 1891 January 23, Allen Morse, opinion, Lawrence v. Hanley, reprinted in volume 47, Northwestern Reporter, page 753, at 755
   • Sorry, no more applicants. The position has been filled.
8. (transitive) To treat (a tooth) by adding a dental filling to it.
   • 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. a. 1891, "Intimate Diagnosis of Diseased Teeth", in Items of Interest: A Monthly Magazine of Dental Art, Science and Literature, volume 13, number 11, November 1891, page 657 http://google.com/books?id=eS21AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA657&dq=%22filled+the+molar%22
   • Dr. Smith filled Jim's cavity with silver amalgam.
9. (transitive) To block, obstruct
   • The drains were filled with gunk and no water could flow off.
10. (transitive) To supply fully with food; to feed; to satisfy.
    • Are all the children filled and ready for bed?
    • Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude? 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 15:33:
    • Things that are sweet and fat are more filling. 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
11. (transitive) To trim (a yard) so that the wind blows on the after side of the sails.
12. (of a male, slang, transitive, vulgar) To have sexual intercourse with (a female).
    • Did you fill that girl last night?
13. (of a male, slang, transitive, vulgar) To ejaculate inside someone or something.

Forms

Antonyms

empty (antonym(s) of “add contents to a container or cavity”) · empty (antonym(s) of “to become full”)

Deriveds

fill up · fill and fly · fill away · floor-filling · misfill · fill and flee · fill one's boots · fill out · back and fill · fill in the blank · fill someone's boots · fill or kill · eye-filling · fulfill · fillgap · forthfill · unfill · microfill · lakefill · fill in · autofill · fill one's pockets · fillup · fill the bill · linefill · fill someone's shoes · backfill · fiberfill · filling gas · fillable · filling station · fulfil · fill music · infill · filler · prefill · upfill · fill-dyke · fill one's hand · fibrefill · filling · fill-dike · fill one's pants · underfill · fill one's face · rockfill · loosefill · overfill · fillrate

Hyponyms

polyfill · backfill · refill

Relateds

full

Synonyms

dick (have sexual intercourse with a female) · stop · pervade (occupy fully, take up all of) · get up in · swive · knob

Translations (266)

ru наполня́ться (become full of contents) · th ทำให้เต็ม (add contents to, so it is full) · lad yenar (add contents to, so it is full) · ca empastar (treat (a tooth)) · el σφραγίζω (treat (a tooth)) · bg изпълня (satisfy, obey) · pl zapełnić (occupy fully, take up all of) · sq mbush (add contents to, so it is full) · nl opvullen (add contents to, so it is full) · ar مَلَأَ (add contents to, so it is full) · cy llenwi (occupy fully, take up all of) · ga líon (enter, making it full) · tr dolmak (become full of contents) · cy llenwi (enter, making it full) · he מִלָּא (add contents to, so it is full) · he התמלא (become full of contents) · de sich füllen (become pervaded with something) · ja 埋める (enter, making it full) · nl vollopen (become full of contents) · ml നിറയുക (become full of contents) · de ausfüllen (occupy fully, take up all of) · fr se remplir (become full of contents) · fi täyttää (occupy fully, take up all of) · ml നിറയ്ക്കുക (add contents to, so it is full) · ru заполня́ть (occupy fully, take up all of) · ln tondisa (add contents to, so it is full) · cy llenwi (treat (a tooth)) · kmr tijî kirin (add contents to, so it is full) · cy llenwi (add contents to, so it is full) · fr combler (install someone or be installed in) · is fylla (add contents to, so it is full) · dlm emplar (add contents to, so it is full) · ary عمّر (add contents to, so it is full) · is fyllast (become pervaded with something) · ja 溢れる (occupy fully, take up all of) · sk naplniť sa (become pervaded with something) · afb فول (add contents to, so it is full) · sk splniť (satisfy, obey) · ml നിറയുക (enter, making it full) · vo fulikön (become full of contents) · fi täyttyä (become full of contents) · wa rimpli (add contents to, so it is full) · ga líon (occupy fully, take up all of) · sk zapĺňať (occupy fully, take up all of) · nl gevuld worden met (become pervaded with something) · it occupare pienamente (occupy fully, take up all of) · sk uspokojiť (satisfy, obey) · ru запо́лнить (enter, making it full) · sk obsadiť (install someone or be installed in) · bg запълвам (enter, making it full) · sk napĺňať sa (become full of contents) · enm fillen (occupy fully, take up all of) · nl vullen (enter, making it full) · enm fillen (enter, making it full) · ajp حشى (add contents to, so it is full) · de füllen (treat (a tooth)) · gl encher (add contents to, so it is full) · de füllen (occupy fully, take up all of) · lad inchir (add contents to, so it is full) · it riempire (occupy fully, take up all of) · az dolmaq (become full of contents) · nl invullen (install someone or be installed in) · mhr авалаш (add contents to, so it is full) · sga línaid (add contents to, so it is full) · es llenar (occupy fully, take up all of) · sv fylla (occupy fully, take up all of) · sh pȕniti (add contents to, so it is full) · cy llenwi (become full of contents) · de besetzen (install someone or be installed in) · ru заполня́ться (become full of contents) · ru заполня́ться (become pervaded with something) · ru запо́лнить (add contents to, so it is full) · dsb połniś (add contents to, so it is full) · ajp عبّى (add contents to, so it is full) · sk naplniť sa (become full of contents) · nl vullen (add contents to, so it is full) · rup umplu (add contents to, so it is full) · fur jemplâ (add contents to, so it is full) · cmn 裝滿 /装满 (add contents to, so it is full) · uk запо́внювати (occupy fully, take up all of) · got 𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌽𐌰𐌽 (become full of contents) · bg заема (install someone or be installed in) · bg изпълвам (add contents to, so it is full) · dsb połniś se (become full of contents) · pl napełniać (add contents to, so it is full) · dsb połniś (occupy fully, take up all of) · fi täyttää (add contents to, so it is full) · sk zaplniť (occupy fully, take up all of) · cs vyplnit (occupy fully, take up all of) · hu megtelik (become pervaded with something) · pl napełniać (occupy fully, take up all of) · fr remplir (add contents to, so it is full) · nl vullen (occupy fully, take up all of) · hy լցնել (add contents to, so it is full) · ajp ملّى (add contents to, so it is full) · scn ìnciri (add contents to, so it is full) · es ocupar (install someone or be installed in) · cy llenwi (install someone or be installed in) · el γεμίζω (add contents to, so it is full) · vo plumbön (treat (a tooth)) · grc πληρόω (add contents to, so it is full) · ko 채우다 (add contents to, so it is full) · gd sàsaich (enter, making it full) · sk vybaviť (satisfy, obey) · de sich füllen (become full of contents) · ml നിറയുക (occupy fully, take up all of) · oc emplenar (add contents to, so it is full) · pl napełnić (add contents to, so it is full) · ota طولمق (become full of contents) · sv fyllas (become full of contents) · cim büllan (add contents to, so it is full) · sk zapĺňať (enter, making it full) · ca omplir (occupy fully, take up all of) · pt encher (enter, making it full) · ltg piļdeit (occupy fully, take up all of) · hy լցվել (become full of contents) · bg запълня (add contents to, so it is full) · es amacizar (add contents to, so it is full) · wa rapleni (add contents to, so it is full) · es implar (add contents to, so it is full) · om guutuu (occupy fully, take up all of) · de füllen (add contents to, so it is full) · it imbottire (add contents to, so it is full) · ar مَلَأَ (occupy fully, take up all of) · rm emplenir (add contents to, so it is full) · ru заполня́ть (add contents to, so it is full) · dsb połniś se (become pervaded with something) · mi tiriwā (install someone or be installed in) · sk obsadzovať (install someone or be installed in) · lt pi̇̀ldyti (add contents to, so it is full) · arz ملى (add contents to, so it is full) · hu betöm (treat (a tooth)) · rm amplanir (add contents to, so it is full) · bg запълвам (add contents to, so it is full) · be запаўня́ць (occupy fully, take up all of) · he מָלֵא (become full of contents) · vec inpienir (add contents to, so it is full) · afb ترس (add contents to, so it is full) · sk spĺňať (satisfy, obey) · my ဖြည့် (add contents to, so it is full) · kmr tijî bûn (become full of contents) · pl wypełniać (add contents to, so it is full) · hu betölt (enter, making it full) · sk naplniť (add contents to, so it is full) · bg изпълня (add contents to, so it is full) · uk заповня́ти (occupy fully, take up all of) · uga 𐎎𐎍𐎀 (add contents to, so it is full) · hu megtölt (occupy fully, take up all of) · cmn 裝滿 /装满 (occupy fully, take up all of) · it occupare interamente (occupy fully, take up all of) · it occupare completamente (occupy fully, take up all of) · vec inpinir (add contents to, so it is full) · is fyllast (become full of contents) · az doldurmaq (occupy fully, take up all of) · pt restaurar (treat (a tooth)) · bg изпълвам се (become pervaded with something) · es empastar (treat (a tooth)) · kmr dagirtin (add contents to, so it is full) · gl empastar (treat (a tooth)) · ro a umple (add contents to, so it is full) · ru заполня́ть (enter, making it full) · ru запо́лниться (become pervaded with something) · sk vyplniť (add contents to, so it is full) · ja 満ちる (become full of contents) · ru наполня́ть (add contents to, so it is full) · ru напо́лнить (occupy fully, take up all of) · ru напо́лнить (add contents to, so it is full) · hu megtelik (become full of contents) · chr ᎠᎧᎵᎢᎭ (add contents to, so it is full) · bg пълня (add contents to, so it is full) · sk napĺňať (add contents to, so it is full) · eo plenigi (add contents to, so it is full) · sk napĺňať sa (become pervaded with something) · nl vervullen (satisfy, obey) · cy llenwi (satisfy, obey) · hy լցնել (enter, making it full) · be запо́ўніць (occupy fully, take up all of) · hu betelik (install someone or be installed in) · ru напо́лниться (become full of contents) · qu hunt'ay (add contents to, so it is full) · sa पृणाति (occupy fully, take up all of) · es llenar (satisfy, obey) · az doldurmaq (add contents to, so it is full) · eo enspaci (occupy fully, take up all of) · sv fylla (add contents to, so it is full) · pt encher (become full of contents) · kmr tijî bûn (occupy fully, take up all of) · tr doldurmak (add contents to, so it is full) · enm fillen (become pervaded with something) · pl zapełniać (occupy fully, take up all of) · it riempire (add contents to, so it is full) · cmn 填滿 /填满 (add contents to, so it is full) · sh pȕniti (enter, making it full) · be напаўня́ць (occupy fully, take up all of) · km បំពេញ (add contents to, so it is full) · ca emplenar (add contents to, so it is full) · enm fillen (satisfy, obey) · pl wypełnić (add contents to, so it is full) · ru запо́лнить (occupy fully, take up all of) · sk vybavovať (satisfy, obey) · ro plomba (treat (a tooth)) · pt encher (occupy fully, take up all of) · acw عبّى (add contents to, so it is full) · bg запълвам (occupy fully, take up all of) · fur implenâ (add contents to, so it is full) · is fylla (occupy fully, take up all of) · kmr dagirtin (treat (a tooth)) · ja 一杯になる (become full of contents) · be напо́ўніць (occupy fully, take up all of) · rm stuppar (add contents to, so it is full) · bg заемам (install someone or be installed in) · cy llenwi (become pervaded with something) · bg напълня (vulgar: to ejaculate inside) · vo fulükön (add contents to, so it is full) · hu megtölt (add contents to, so it is full) · rm amplaneir (add contents to, so it is full) · vec inpir (add contents to, so it is full) · ru наполня́ть (occupy fully, take up all of) · grc πίμπλημι (add contents to, so it is full) · bg изпълнявам (satisfy, obey) · pl napełnić (occupy fully, take up all of) · pt encher (add contents to, so it is full) · mi whakakī (add contents to, so it is full) · enm fillen (add contents to, so it is full) · scn ìnchiri (add contents to, so it is full) · uk запо́внити (occupy fully, take up all of) · gl encher (occupy fully, take up all of) · es llenar (add contents to, so it is full) · vo fulükön (occupy fully, take up all of) · ar اِمْتَلأَ (become full of contents) · ru наполня́ться (become pervaded with something) · sk zaplombovať (treat (a tooth)) · sv fylla (enter, making it full) · scn jìnchiri (add contents to, so it is full) · bg напълвам се (become full of contents) · ga líon (add contents to, so it is full) · nl vervullen (become pervaded with something) · grc μεστόω (add contents to, so it is full) · got 𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (add contents to, so it is full) · sk vypĺňať (add contents to, so it is full) · hy լցվել (become pervaded with something) · hy լցնել (occupy fully, take up all of) · lv pildīt (occupy fully, take up all of) · gd sàsaich (add contents to, so it is full) · sk zaplniť (enter, making it full) · ce дуза (occupy fully, take up all of) · ga líon (become full of contents) · enm fillen (become full of contents) · bn ভরা (add contents to, so it is full) · la pleō (add contents to, so it is full) · ru напо́лниться (become pervaded with something) · sga línaid (occupy fully, take up all of) · ja 一杯にする (add contents to, so it is full) · hu kielégít (satisfy, obey) · ja 満たす (add contents to, so it is full) · bni tondisa (add contents to, so it is full) · ru запо́лниться (become full of contents) · rm implir (add contents to, so it is full) · bg пломбирам (treat (a tooth)) · es macizar (add contents to, so it is full) · ro împlini (add contents to, so it is full) · sk uspokojovať (satisfy, obey) · nl vullen (treat (a tooth)) · qu hunt'achiy (add contents to, so it is full) · fr remplir (occupy fully, take up all of) · fi paikata (treat (a tooth))

wikipedia: fill

fill en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /fɪl/
• [ˈfɪɫ]
• (US) audio
• [ˈfɪʊ̯] l-vocalization
• /fɪʊ̯/ l-vocalization

Etymology

From Middle English fille, vülle, fülle, from Old English fyllu, from Proto-West Germanic *fullī, from Proto-Germanic *fullį̄ (“fullness”). Cognate with German Fülle.

Meanings

1. (after a possessive, countable, uncountable) A sufficient or more than sufficient amount.
   • 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, […] 1885, Richard F. Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night:
2. (countable, uncountable) An amount that fills a container.
   • The mixer returned to the plant for another fill.
3. (countable, uncountable) The filling of a container or area.
   • This paint program supports lines, circles, and textured fills.
   • That machine can do 20 fills per minute.
4. (countable, uncountable) Inexpensive material used to occupy empty spaces, especially in 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. 1946, Digest of the Decisions of the Corps of Engineers Board of Contract Appeals, page 101:
   • The ruins of earlier buildings were used as fill for more recent construction.
5. (countable, uncountable) Soil and/or human-created debris discovered within a cavity or cut in the layers and exposed by excavation; fill soil.
6. (countable, uncountable) An embankment, as in railroad construction, to fill a hollow or ravine; also, the place which is to be filled.
7. (countable, uncountable) A short passage, riff, or rhythmic sound that helps to keep the listener's attention during a break between the phrases of a melody.
   • 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. 2015, Dawei Zheng, Control, Mechatronics and Automation Technology, →ISBN:
   • bass fill
8. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable) Ellipsis of fill light.
   alt of fill light
9. (countable, uncountable) The weft yarn.
10. (countable, qualifier:crosswording, uncountable) The answers in a crossword puzzle that are not part of the theme.

Forms

Deriveds

one's fill · eat one's fill · landfill · polyfill · slack fill · fill dirt · valley fill · refill · gap fill · backfill · fill site · drum fill · fill line · clean fill · have one's fill · get one's fill · script fill · in-fill · February fill-dike

Hyponyms

backfill · flood fill · refill · seed fill

Relateds

fill soil · fill up

Translations (24)

nl lading (amount that fills a container) · bg достатъчно количество (sufficient or more than sufficient amount) · de Füllmaterial (something used to occupy empty spaces) · es repostaje (filling of a container) · bg запълване (filling of a container) · nl vulsel (something used to occupy empty spaces) · de Füllung (amount that fills a container) · gd leòr (sufficient or more than sufficient amount) · fi täyte (something used to occupy empty spaces) · fi tarpeeksi (sufficient or more than sufficient amount) · fi täyttö (amount that fills a container) · ga sáith (sufficient or more than sufficient amount) · bg запълване (amount that fills a container) · enm fille (sufficient or more than sufficient amount) · nl vulling (something used to occupy empty spaces) · ms tambakan (something used to occupy empty spaces) · fi täyteaine (something used to occupy empty spaces) · de Füllung (filling of a container) · es relleno (something used to occupy empty spaces) · fi täyttö (filling of a container) · id urukan (something used to occupy empty spaces) · bg пълнеж (something used to occupy empty spaces) · la pleo (sufficient or more than sufficient amount) · gd sàth (sufficient or more than sufficient amount)

wikipedia: fill

fill en · NOUN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

• /fɪl/
• [ˈfɪɫ]
• (US) audio
• [ˈfɪʊ̯] l-vocalization
• /fɪʊ̯/ l-vocalization

Etymology

See thill.

Meanings

1. One of the thills or shafts of a carriage.
   • 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. 2008, Martha E. Green, Pioneers in Pith Helmets:

Forms

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