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Fill
fɪl
- cause (a space or container) to become full or almost full
"I filled the bottle with water"
make/become full fill up fill to the brim fill to overflowing charge load (up) pack crowd throng pack (into) jam occupy all of press into squeeze into cram (into) stock pack load block up bung up stop (up) plug seal caulk close clog (up) choke obstruct occlude dam up- become full
"Elinor's eyes filled with tears"
- insert material to block or close (a gap or opening)
"road engineers planned to fill the hole with concrete"
- block up (a cavity in a tooth) with cement, amalgam, or gold
- (of the wind) blow into (a sail), causing it to curve outwards
- (of a sail) curve out tautly from its supports as the wind blows into it
- become an overwhelming presence in; pervade
"a pungent smell of garlic filled the air"
pervade spread throughout/through permeate suffuse be diffused through diffuse through imbue penetrate pass through infuse perfuse extend throughout be disseminated through flow through run through saturate impregnate- occupy or take up (a period of time)
"the next few days were filled with meetings"
- cause (someone) to experience a strong emotion or feeling
"his presence filled us with foreboding"
- appoint a person to hold (a vacant post)
"the board contacted him to say they had already filled the position"
- hold and perform the expected duties of (a post or role)
"he had filled the post in an acting capacity for some time"
- satisfy or fulfil (a want or need)
"community land trusts are a way to fill the pressing need for housing"
- be supplied with the items described in (a prescription or order)
"she needed to fill a prescription"
- (in poker) complete (a good hand) by drawing the necessary cards