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- 1 A surname transferred from the given name.
- 1 A sufficient or more than sufficient amount. countable, uncountable
"Don't feed him any more: he's had his fill."
- 2 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."
- 3 a quantity sufficient to satisfy wordnet
- 4 An amount that fills a container. countable, uncountable
"The mixer returned to the plant for another fill."
- 5 any material that fills a space or container wordnet
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- 6 The filling of a container or area. countable, uncountable
"That machine can do 20 fills per minute."
- 7 Inexpensive material used to occupy empty spaces, especially in construction. countable, uncountable
"The ruins of earlier buildings were used as fill for more recent construction."
- 8 Soil and/or human-created debris discovered within a cavity or cut in the layers and exposed by excavation; fill soil. countable, uncountable
- 9 An embankment, as in railroad construction, to fill a hollow or ravine; also, the place which is to be filled. countable, uncountable
- 10 A short passage, riff, or rhythmic sound that helps to keep the listener's attention during a break between the phrases of a melody. countable, uncountable
"bass fill"
- 11 Ellipsis of fill light. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
- 12 The weft yarn. countable, uncountable
- 13 The answers in a crossword puzzle that are not part of the theme. countable, uncountable
- 1 To make full; To add contents to (a container, cavity, or the like) so that it is full. ergative, transitive
"She filled a glass with milk."
- 2 plug with a substance wordnet
- 3 To make full; To enter (something), making it full. ergative, transitive
"The doors opened and guests filled the auditorium."
- 4 become full wordnet
- 5 To make full; To occupy fully, to take up all of. ergative, transitive
"The smell of spring filled the air."
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- 6 make full, also in a metaphorical sense wordnet
- 7 To become full. intransitive
"The bucket filled with rain"
- 8 fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condition or restriction wordnet
- 9 To become full.; To become pervaded with something. intransitive
"My heart filled with joy."
- 10 fill to satisfaction wordnet
- 11 To satisfy or obey (an order, request, or requirement). transitive
"The pharmacist filled my prescription for penicillin."
- 12 eat until one is sated wordnet
- 13 To install someone, or be installed, in (a position or office), eliminating a vacancy. transitive
"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."
- 14 appoint someone to (a position or a job) wordnet
- 15 To treat (a tooth) by adding a dental filling to it. transitive
"Dr. Smith filled Jim's cavity with silver amalgam."
- 16 assume, as of positions or roles wordnet
- 17 To block, obstruct transitive
"The drains were filled with gunk and no water could flow off."
- 18 occupy the whole of wordnet
- 19 To supply fully with food; to feed; to satisfy. transitive
"Are all the children filled and ready for bed?"
- 20 To trim (a yard) so that the wind blows on the after side of the sails. transitive
- 21 To have sexual intercourse with (a female). slang, transitive, vulgar
"Did you fill that girl last night?"
- 22 To ejaculate inside someone or something. slang, transitive, vulgar
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”)
From Middle English fille, vülle, fülle, from Old English fyllu, from Proto-West Germanic *fullī, from Proto-Germanic *fullį̄ (“fullness”). Cognate with German Fülle.
See thill.
From a medieval diminutive of the given name Philip.
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