Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To put something into (a container, for example) to capacity or to a desired level.
- intransitive verb To supply or provide to the fullest extent.
- intransitive verb To build up the level of (low-lying land) with material such as earth or gravel.
- intransitive verb To stop or plug up (an opening, for example).
- intransitive verb To repair a cavity of (a tooth).
- intransitive verb To add a foreign substance to (cloth or wood, for example).
- intransitive verb To flow or move into (a container or area), often to capacity.
- intransitive verb To pervade.
- intransitive verb To satiate, as with food and drink.
- intransitive verb To engage or occupy completely.
- intransitive verb To satisfy or meet; fulfill: synonym: satisfy.
- intransitive verb To supply what is specified by or required for.
- intransitive verb To put a person into (a job or position).
- intransitive verb To discharge the duties of; occupy.
- intransitive verb To cover the surface of (an inexpensive metal) with a layer of precious metal, such as gold.
- intransitive verb To cause (a sail) to swell.
- intransitive verb To adjust (a yard) so that wind will cause a sail to swell.
- intransitive verb To become full.
- noun An amount needed to make full, complete, or satisfied.
- noun Material for filling a container, cavity, or passage.
- noun A built-up piece of land; an embankment.
- noun The material, such as earth or gravel, used for this.
- idiom (fill (someone's) shoes) To assume someone's position or duties.
- idiom (fill the bill) To serve a particular purpose.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Thyme.
- In poker, to draw cards which improve the hand: usually restricted to filling four-card flushes or straights.
- To execute: as. to fill an order for goods.
- To make up: as, to
fill a prescription. - noun In engineering: An embankment of earth or rock made as a road-bed: the opposite of
cut . - noun The vertical height of the top of an embankment above the natural surface at any point.
- noun Deposition alternating with or in contrast to scouring out. The contrasting terms are scour and fill, cut and fill.
- An obsolete variant of
fell . - noun A shaft; a thill.
- To make full; put or pour something into till no more can be contained; cause to be occupied so that no space, or no available space, is left vacant: as, to
fill a basket with fruit; to fill a bottle or a vessel; to fill a church; to fill a cavity in the ground or in a tooth. - To occupy the whole capacity or extent of; occupy so as to leave no space, or no appropriate space, vacant; permeate; pervade: as, the water fills the vessel; the company filled the house; air fills the space all around us.
- To satisfy or content with fullness; glut; satiate.
- Nautical: To distend, as a sail, to its full extent by pressure, as of the wind.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Martzke: AL fireworks put network's broadcasters in 'fill' mode.
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September 11th, 2009 4: 02 pm ET democrates all - ways act with-out thinking you know senator kennedy, s seat your trying to fill is empty because they hit the panic button let NC voters decide his fate
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Perhaps the most crucial post to fill is the job of secretary to the governor, the equivalent of chief of staff.
Cuomo Ponders New Team Jacob Gershman 2010
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The form to fill is quite easy, just state what kind of gun you want.
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If one acre of fill is exceeded, an Individual Permit will be required.
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If one acre of fill is exceeded, an Individual Permit will be required.
Beachwood Borough Master Plan, Part IV « Beachwood Historical Alliance 2009
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"The question remains whether this trend offers women an opportunity to secure a higher position on the ladder," the report said, with the alternative being that men will again fill the jobs they left when the market recovers.
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If one acre of fill is exceeded, an Individual Permit will be required.
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NG Ryan Gardner — The biggest hole the Falcons have to fill is at nose guard, where Ben Garland started in 2009.
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