Dictionary

fill up en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (transitive) To make (something) completely full.
2. (intransitive) To fill the tank of a vehicle with fuel.
   • "Game over," Waddicor warns. "Look at the fuel gauge. Someone's forgotten to fill up." The heavily laden train has come from Freightliner's Maritime Terminal in Southampton's western docks. Waddicor reckons there might not be enough diesel in the tank to complete the journey. 2025 August 20, Paul Clifton, “A driver's eye view of East West Rail”, in RAIL, number 1042, page 30:
   • It costs a fortune these days to fill up.
3. (intransitive) To become completely full.
4. (intransitive) To become tearful as a result of strong emotion.
5. (colloquial, idiomatic) To annoy, or displease, by taunting, or by excessive nagging.
   • The teachers that taught me weren't cool. / You're holding me down, / Turning me 'round, / Filling me up with your rules. 1967, Lennon–McCartney, “Getting Better”, in Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, performed by The Beatles:
6. (transitive) To satisfy the hunger of (someone).
   • Thanks for the chocolate cake – it really filled me up!
7. (intransitive, reflexive) To satisfy one's hunger; to stop being hungry.
   • We've scoured these science and tapped the top experts to help you learn how to do just that. Use these seven simple strategies, and you'll fill up without filling out. 2008 October, David Schipper, “Outsmart your stomach: Seven ways to fill your gut—and lose it, too”, in Men's Health, volume 23, number 8, →ISSN, page 135:
8. (slang) To make a full house on the turn or the river.
9. (India, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, transitive) To fill in / fill out a form etc.
10. (obsolete, transitive) To make complete, to bring to a full development.
    • Our Father’s Death Would fill up all the Guilt of Civil War, And cloſe the Scene of Blood. 1712 (date written), [Joseph] Addison, Cato, a Tragedy. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], published 1713, →OCLC, Act I, scene i, page 1:

Forms

Relateds

fed up · get one's fill

Synonyms

jam

Translations (106)

ru наполня́ть (to make full) · fi olla täyttävää (to satisfy hunger) · es llenar (to make full) · ru наполня́ться (to become full) · de tanken (to fill the tank of a vehicle with fuel) · ar مَلَأَ (to make full) · la impleo (to make full) · it riempirsi (to become full) · pl nabiegać łzami (to become tearful as a result of strong emotion) · vec inpir (to make full) · pl wkurzyć (to annoy) · rm implir (to make full) · es repostar (to fill the tank of a vehicle with fuel) · uk напо́внити (to make full) · sk naplniť (to make full) · es repletarse (to satisfy hunger) · vec sgionfar (to satisfy hunger) · fa پر کردن (to make full) · pl denerwować (to annoy) · fr faire le plein (to fill the tank of a vehicle with fuel) · fi saada mittansa täyteen (to annoy) · rm emplenir (to make full) · fi tankata (to fill the tank of a vehicle with fuel) · ru заполня́ться (to become full) · fi saada tarpeekseen (to annoy) · ru заполня́ть (to make full) · grc ἀναπίμπλημι (to make full) · it riempire (to make full) · pl robić fula (poker slang: to make a full house on the turn or the river) · pl tankować (to fill the tank of a vehicle with fuel) · eo pleniĝi (to become full) · ru насы́тить (to satisfy hunger) · uk запо́внювати (to make full) · uk заправлятися (to fill the tank of a vehicle with fuel) · uk запо́внитися (to become full) · vec inpienir (to make full) · az doldurmaq (to make full) · pl napełniać (to make full) · pl napychać (to satisfy hunger) · de auffüllen (to make full) · ru напо́лниться (to become full) · gl encher (to make full) · rm stuppar (to make full) · pl wkurzać (to annoy) · sk nasýtiť (to satisfy hunger) · ca emplenar (to make full) · uk наповня́ти (to make full) · gd sàsaich (to satisfy hunger) · nl opvullen (to make full) · fr remplir (to make full) · pl napchać (to satisfy hunger) · cs napustit (to make full) · qu hunt'ay (to become full) · es repletar (to make full) · pl zrobić fula (poker slang: to make a full house on the turn or the river) · sk naplniť sa (to become full) · sh ìspuniti (to make full) · pl zdenerwować (to annoy) · de anfüllen (to make full) · nl tanken (to fill the tank of a vehicle with fuel) · vec inpinir (to make full) · fi täyttyä (to become full) · sk napĺňať (to make full) · fi purskahtaa kyyneliin (to become tearful as a result of strong emotion) · fi täyttää (to make full) · uk напо́внитися (to become full) · fr gazer (to fill the tank of a vehicle with fuel) · fi täyttää (to satisfy hunger) · uk напо́внюватися (to become full) · pl zatankować (to fill the tank of a vehicle with fuel) · sk napĺňať sa (to become full) · cmn 加油 (to fill the tank of a vehicle with fuel) · fi saada tarpeeksi (to annoy) · uk заправитися (to fill the tank of a vehicle with fuel) · pt encher (to make full) · ru напо́лнить (to make full) · es tankear (to fill the tank of a vehicle with fuel) · ru нае́сться (to satisfy hunger) · gd sàsaich (to make full) · oc emplenar (to make full) · fi täyttää tankki (to fill the tank of a vehicle with fuel) · uk запо́внити (to make full) · qu hunt'achiy (to make full) · es tanquear (to fill the tank of a vehicle with fuel) · ja 満たす (to make full) · eo plenigi (to make full) · uk запо́внюватися (to become full) · fi tulla täyteen (to become full) · ro umple (to make full) · ru запо́лнить (to make full) · ru насы́титься (to satisfy hunger) · ru запо́лниться (to become full) · pl zapełniać się (to become full) · es hartarse (to satisfy hunger) · cmn 裝滿 /装满 (to make full) · es cabalear (to make full) · pl zapełnić się (to become full) · pt encher o tanque (to fill the tank of a vehicle with fuel) · ro împlini (to make full) · pl napełnić (to make full) · cs naplnit (to make full) · rm amplanir (to make full) · rm amplaneir (to make full) · nl vollopen (to make full) · pl nabiec łzami (to become tearful as a result of strong emotion) · uga 𐎎𐎍𐎀 (to make full)