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Filled

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verb (used with object)

to make full; put as much as can be held into: to fill a jar with water.

to occupy to the full capacity: Water filled the basin. The crowd filled the hall.

to supply to an extreme degree or plentifully: to fill a house with furniture; to fill the heart with joy.

to satisfy fully the hunger of; satiate: The roast beef filled the diners.

to put into a receptacle: to fill sand into a pail.

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to be plentiful throughout: Fish filled the rivers.

to extend throughout; pervade completely: The odor filled the room.

to furnish with an occupant: The landlord filled the vacancy yesterday.

to provide (an office or opening) with an incumbent: The company is eager to fill the controllership.

10.

to occupy and perform the duties of (a vacancy, position, post, etc.).

11.

to supply the requirements or contents of (an order), as for goods; execute.

12.

to supply (a blank space) with written matter, decorative work, etc.

13.

to meet satisfactorily, as requirements: This book fills a great need.

14.

to make up, compound, or otherwise provide the contents of (a medical prescription).

15.

to stop up or close (a cavity, hole, etc.): to fill a tooth.

16.

Cookery. to insert a filling into: to fill cupcakes with custard.

17.

Nautical.

to distend (a sail) by pressure of the wind so as to impart headway to a vessel.

to brace (a yard) so that the sail will catch the wind on its after side.

18.

to adulterate: to fill soaps with water.

19.

Civil Engineering, Building Trades. to build up the level of (an area) with earth, stones, etc.

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verb (used without object)

20.

to become full: The hall filled rapidly. Our eyes filled with tears.

21.

to increase in atmospheric pressure: a filling cyclone.

22.

to become distended, as sails with the wind.

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noun

23.

a full supply; enough to satisfy want or desire: to eat one's fill.

24.

an amount of something sufficient for filling; charge.

25.

Civil Engineering, Building Trades. a quantity of earth, stones, etc., for building up the level of an area of ground: These houses were built on fill. Compare backfill.

26.

the feed and water in the digestive tract of a livestock animal, especially that consumed before marketing.

Verb phrases

27.

fill away, Nautical.

to fall off the wind and proceed on a board.

to brace the yards, so that sails that have been aback will stand full.

28.

fill in,

to supply missing or desired information: Fill in the facts of your business experience.

to complete by adding detail, as a design or drawing: to fill in a sketch with shadow.

to substitute for: to fill in for a colleague who is ill.

to fill with some material: to fill in a crack with putty.

Informal. to supply (someone) with information: Please fill me in on the morning news.

29.

fill out,

to complete (a document, list, etc.) by supplying missing or desired information.

to become larger, fuller, or rounder, as the figure: The children have begun to fill out since I saw them last.

30.

fill up,

to fill completely: to fill up a glass; to fill up a fuel tank.

to become completely filled: The riverbed filled up as a result of the steady rains.

Idioms

31.

fill and stand on, Nautical. (of a sailing vessel) to proceed on a tack after being hove to or halted facing the wind; fill away.

32.

fill the bill. bill¹ (def. 16).

Origin:
before 900; Middle English fillen, Old English fyllan; cognate with German füllen, Gothic fulljan to make full; see full¹

Related forms

fill·a·ble, adjective

half-filled, adjective

un·filled, adjective

well-filled, adjective

Synonyms
2. crowd, pack, jam, cram. 13. satisfy, answer, fulfill.

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Example Sentences

Imagine bubbles floating before your eyes, filled with cool info about stuff you see on the street.

Scientists have two independent reasons for thinking that the cosmos is filled with some unknown form of matter, dark matter.

It's still early sunday morning, but the air is filled with the whine of chain saws.

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Imagine bubbles floating before your eyes, filled with cool info about stuff you see on the street.

Scientists have two independent reasons for thinking that the cosmos is filled with some unknown form of matter, dark matter.

It's still early sunday morning, but the air is filled with the whine of chain saws.

Believe it or not, the one room of the home devoted to cleanliness can often be filled with unhealthy toxins–not so fresh.

Filled pauses direct toddlers' attention to new words.

All the large florists in this city filled their rooms yesterday with rich and beautiful displays of flowers.

Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.

The traditional approach is to throw bags filled with sand or rocks into a breach.

He was filled with joy, immediately tempered by a realization of the challenge that lay ahead.

One egg was cracked in half and filled with cocoons.

Here's how to make a window box filled with autumn leaves.

It's a pillow filled with a cooling gel which conducts the heat away from your noggin and lets you.

Every available space was filled with perfect plants.

Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until position is filled.

Its monumental efforts to educate and train have filled the tanks of its innovation engine.

Archaeologists found what appears to be three ribs from the right side of a body imbedded in sediment that has filled the sub.

Grant that the universe is filled with atomic-size.

When filled with sand, the bottles become nearly indestructible.

It's prime time for a getaway filled with kayaking, biking, and dining.

Prettier than a squeezy bottle filled with gasoline, and much, much safer.

Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.

Oilfields, natural-gas fields, aquifers filled with seawater and depleted coal seams are all possibilities.

The tanks filled with gasoline enable the bathyscaphe to perform important navigational functions.

They may look much the same as ever, their spaces filled mostly by shelves packed tight with.

Then he filled the baskets with potting soil and planted seasonal flowers, ferns, and succulents.

Kennedy-era fallout shelters were little more than cement boxes filled with cans of spinach.

Recruitment will continue until the position is filled.

Their warehouses were purportedly filled with sacks of sand.

Filled with rich soil mix, the boxes provide the perfect drainage that herbs need.

The large vats, which are filled with beer, are powered completely by wind power.

Applications and nominations will be accepted until the position is filled.

Now her eyes shine and her face is filled with a broad smile.

Bring a plastic container that can be filled with boiling water and carried with you.

Researchers pumped light into one end of a hollow rectangular chamber embedded in silicon and filled with gaseous rubidium atoms.

It was a beige folder, filled with numbers and scribbled last names.

Tucked into one end of the kitchen is a stainless steel cabinet constantly filled with clouds of steam.

The garbage bag filled with incriminating evidence sat in the backseat.

The review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until it is filled.

Picking beets and potatoes filled out her body and strengthened the small of her back.

The landfiels are filled with trash and it should not be filled with recyclables.

Training rides are filled with conversations about weight lost or gained and the latest.

The home has been furnished to match the style of her lifetime, and the museum has been filled with memorabilia for all to view.

Creeping fig provides a lush backdrop for wall-mounted planters filled with tuberous begonias.

He bought an antique wooden chest and filled it with silver dollars.

Application review will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.

But whether they were filled or not, no black could sit there.

She totes a small, magical bag filled with oddments-from electrical tape to hose clamps-that can see her through any mishap.

No, the entire mirror factory isn't filled with smoke.

The air around me was filled with mostly unidentified flying objects.

In warmer areas, you can bury the bundles in an outdoor trench filled with regular garden soil.

Like making a musical instrument with bottles filled with different amounts of water.

The committee will continue to review applications until the position is filled.

Empty positions were filled by junior colleagues, usually without protest or delay.

Their pages are filled with ideas about stars and math, history and religion, and more.

Shimojo and team demonstrated that some afterimages¿such as the turquoise square¿are filled in more globally by perception.

The new work was filled with reds, yellows, blues and greens.

Follow the backroads for a vacation filled with the flavors of local food and wine more.

As a child, my house was always filled with books of every kind.

Applications will be reviewed until it the position is filled.

The hospital's lobby is filled with patients and visitors.

Filled with lakes and surrounded by mountain peaks.

Inside were tubs filled with a type of mosquito that.

Included in the contemporary king cake repertoire, are filled king cakes.

Martha's days are filled with deadlines, after-school commitments, and other pressures.

Filled with clever alliteration and a storyline to accompany its lessons on world/school domination, this book is a great read.

Nominations and applications will be accepted until the position is filled.

The senior levels are all filled by professionals with multiple graduate degrees.

Divers gathered the lobsters and placed them in containers partially filled with seawater.

In the end, the cauldron is filled with enough hearty soup to feed everyone.

Knowing where to sit in the cafeteria became routine, and it no longer filled me with uncertainty.

At the center, a large glazed pot filled with perennials creates a focal point.

There, they encounter a cavernous warehouse filled with weird artifacts stored over the past century by the federal government.

Screening of applicants will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.

Few inspect the counters and jars filled with exotic.

They were herding yaks loaded down with bloody animal hides, which filled the whole place with a horrible stench.

Astronomers have recently discovered that the galaxy is filled with such orphaned planets.

These were evocative settings, filled with painted murals and arched.

But even grand gardens are filled with ideas that can translate to small gardens.

The first was filled with vaporized mercury, though later models used xenon gas.

The number of jobs advertised but not being filled is increasing even as the unemployment rate stays resolutely high.

He and his friends had been peacefully roaming in the shaded forest, snapping branches filled with sweet gum.

They preferentially chose the larger shells filled with nuts and did not choose the empty shells.

Rossetti filled the background of the picture with sprays of white roses.

Create a changing display by nesting plastic pots filled with plants inside an urn.

According to witnesses, the crater filled with boiling liquid and noxious gas poured out.

Gimmicky special agencies cannot make up for a justice system filled with crooked, timid or inexperienced judges and prosecutors.

Positions remain active on our website until they are filled.

If there is a niche in the ecosystem that isn't filled then these parasitic fungus have a new home.

The hallway was filled with smoke and with coughing, bleeding people who were stumbling around, disoriented.

Originally, a small patio and a sloping garden filled the yard.

As the water mixed with each absinthe, the liquid clouded while its aroma blossomed and filled the room.

Shoppers frantically filled trolleys before the deadline.

The flows appeared to come to a sudden halt, suggesting the material was thick-perhaps liquid filled with dirt and debris.

Our living conditions and our environment are filled with health problems.

The landscape was dominated by vast swamps filled with huge lycopods.

Pots scattered around the garden are filled with foliage and seasonal flowers, lending a secluded air.

The liquid filled capsule reduces needle jitter and bounce and also helps protect the needle from bangs and bumps on the trail.

The gulf between them has been filled with a deafening outcry.

Those first minutes after an accident are filled with crucial insights.

The sky above a still-forming proto-Earth is filled with the dust, rocks and gas that are shaping our solar system.

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Word Origin & History

fill

O.E. fyllan, from P.Gmc. *fullijan (cf. O.S. fulljan, O.N. fylla, O.Fris. fella, Du. vullen, Ger. füllen "to fill"), a derivative of adj. *fullaz "full." The related noun meaning "a full supply" is M.E. fille, from O.E. fylle. To fill the bill (1882) was originally U.S. theatrical slang, in reference

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to a star whose name would be the only one on a show's poster. Related: Filled; filling.

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