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fill-in       [fil-in] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.a person or thing that fills in, as a substitute, replacement, or insertion: The company used a fill-in for workers on vacation.
2.a brief, informative summary; a rundown.
[Origin: 1915–20; n. use of v. phrase fill in]
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fill       [fil] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object)
1.to make full; put as much as can be held into: to fill a jar with water.
2.to occupy to the full capacity: Water filled the basin. The crowd filled the hall.
3.to supply to an extreme degree or plentifully: to fill a house with furniture; to fill the heart with joy.
4.to satisfy fully the hunger of; satiate: The roast beef filled the diners.
5.to put into a receptacle: to fill sand into a pail.
6.to be plentiful throughout: Fish filled the rivers.
7.to extend throughout; pervade completely: The odor filled the room.
8.to furnish with an occupant: The landlord filled the vacancy yesterday.
9.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.
a.to distend (a sail) by pressure of the wind so as to impart headway to a vessel.
b.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.
–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.
–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, esp. that consumed before marketing.
—Verb phrases
27.fill away, Nautical.
a.to fall off the wind and proceed on a board.
b.to brace the yards, so that sails that have been aback will stand full.
28.fill in,
a.to supply missing or desired information: Fill in the facts of your business experience.
b.to complete by adding detail, as a design or drawing: to fill in a sketch with shadow.
c.to substitute for: to fill in for a colleague who is ill.
d.to fill with some material: to fill in a crack with putty.
e.Informal. to supply (someone) with information: Please fill me in on the morning news.
29.fill out,
a.to complete (a document, list, etc.) by supplying missing or desired information.
b.to become larger, fuller, or rounder, as the figure: The children have begun to fill out since I saw them last.
30.fill up,
a.to fill completely: to fill up a glass; to fill up a fuel tank.
b.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: bef. 900; ME fillen, OE fyllan; c. G füllen, Goth fulljan to make full; see full1]

—Related forms
fill·a·ble, adjective

—Synonyms 2. crowd, pack, jam, cram. 13. satisfy, answer, fulfill.
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fill       (fĭl)  Pronunciation Key 
v.   filled, fill·ing, fills

v.   tr.
    1. To put into (a container, for example) as much as can be held: fill a glass with milk.
    2. To supply or provide to the fullest extent: filled the mall with new stores.
    3. To build up the level of (low-lying land) with material such as earth or gravel.
    4. To stop or plug up (an opening, for example).
    5. To repair a cavity of (a tooth).
    6. To add a foreign substance to (cloth or wood, for example).
    7. To satiate, as with food and drink.
    8. To satisfy or meet; fulfill: fill the requirements. See Synonyms at satisfy.
    9. To complete (something) by insertion or addition: fill in the blanks.
    10. To supply with material, such as writing, an inscription, or an illustration: filled the blank spaces on the page with notes.
    11. To place a person in: fill a job vacancy.
    12. To possess and discharge the duties of; hold: fill a post.
    13. To occupy the whole of; pervade: Music filled the room.
    14. To spread throughout: Fear filled the city.
    15. To engage or occupy completely; make full: filled the child's mind with strange ideas; a story that filled our hearts with joy.
    16. To cause (a sail) to swell.
    17. To adjust (a yard) so that wind will cause a sail to swell.
    1. To satiate, as with food and drink.
    2. To satisfy or meet; fulfill: fill the requirements. See Synonyms at satisfy.
    3. To complete (something) by insertion or addition: fill in the blanks.
    4. To supply with material, such as writing, an inscription, or an illustration: filled the blank spaces on the page with notes.
    5. To place a person in: fill a job vacancy.
    6. To possess and discharge the duties of; hold: fill a post.
    7. To occupy the whole of; pervade: Music filled the room.
    8. To spread throughout: Fear filled the city.
    9. To engage or occupy completely; make full: filled the child's mind with strange ideas; a story that filled our hearts with joy.
    10. To cause (a sail) to swell.
    11. To adjust (a yard) so that wind will cause a sail to swell.
  3. To supply as required: fill a prescription; fill an order.
    1. To place a person in: fill a job vacancy.
    2. To possess and discharge the duties of; hold: fill a post.
    3. To occupy the whole of; pervade: Music filled the room.
    4. To spread throughout: Fear filled the city.
    5. To engage or occupy completely; make full: filled the child's mind with strange ideas; a story that filled our hearts with joy.
    6. To cause (a sail) to swell.
    7. To adjust (a yard) so that wind will cause a sail to swell.
    1. To occupy the whole of; pervade: Music filled the room.
    2. To spread throughout: Fear filled the city.
    3. To engage or occupy completely; make full: filled the child's mind with strange ideas; a story that filled our hearts with joy.
    4. To cause (a sail) to swell.
    5. To adjust (a yard) so that wind will cause a sail to swell.
  6. To cover the surface of (an inexpensive metal) with a layer of precious metal, such as gold.
  7. Nautical
    1. To cause (a sail) to swell.
    2. To adjust (a yard) so that wind will cause a sail to swell.

v.   intr.
To become full.

n.  
  1. An amount needed to make full, complete, or satisfied: eat one's fill.
  2. Material for filling a container, cavity, or passage.
    1. A built-up piece of land; an embankment.
    2. The material, such as earth or gravel, used for this.
  4. Informal To provide with information that is essential or newly acquired: I wasn't there—would you fill me in?
  5. To act as a substitute; stand in: an understudy who filled in at the last minute.
  6. To complete (a form, for example) by providing required information: carefully filled out the job application.
  7. To become or make more fleshy: He filled out after age 35.

Phrasal Verb(s):
fill in
  1. Informal To provide with information that is essential or newly acquired: I wasn't there—would you fill me in?
  2. To act as a substitute; stand in: an understudy who filled in at the last minute.
fill out
  1. To complete (a form, for example) by providing required information: carefully filled out the job application.
  2. To become or make more fleshy: He filled out after age 35.

Idiom(s):
fill (someone's) shoes
To assume someone's position or duties.

Idiom(s):
fill the bill Informal
To serve a particular purpose.

[Middle English fillen, from Old English fyllan; see pelə-1 in Indo-European roots.]

fill'a·ble adj.
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fill in

verb
1. supply with information on a specific topic; "He filled me in on the latest developments" 
2. represent the effect of shade or shadow on [syn: shade] 
3. be a substitute; "The young teacher had to substitute for the sick colleague"; "The skim milk substitutes for cream--we are on a strict diet" [syn: substitute] 
4. write all the required information onto a form; "fill out this questionnaire, please!"; "make out a form" [syn: complete] 

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American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms - Cite This Source - Share This

fill in

  1. Complete something, especially by supplying more information or detail. For example, Be sure to fill in your salary history. It is also put as , as in We'll rely on Mary to fill in the blanks. Yet another related usage is fill someone in, as in I couldn't attend, so will you fill me in? The first term dates from the mid-1800s; the others from the first half of the 1900s. Also see fill out.

  2. Also, fill in for. Take someone's place, substitute for. For example, The understudy had to fill in at the last minute, or I can't come but my wife will fill in for me. Also see fill someone's shoes.


The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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