fill

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.

   Synonyms: pack, cram, jam, crowd

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.):

    They have already found someone to fill the position.

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.

    Synonyms: fulfill, answer, satisfy

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. Cooking. to insert a filling into:

    to fill cupcakes with custard.

17. Nautical.
    1. to distend (a sail) by pressure of the wind so as to impart headway to a vessel.
    2. 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.

1. to become full:

   The hall filled rapidly.

   Our eyes filled with tears.

2. to increase in atmospheric pressure:

   a filling cyclone.

3. to become distended, as sails with the wind.

1. a full supply; enough to satisfy want or desire:

   to eat one's fill.

2. an amount of something sufficient for filling; charge:

   The brigade had only one quarter of a fill of fuel.

   He begged a fill of tobacco for his pipe.

3. Civil Engineering, Building Trades. a quantity of earth, stones, etc., for building up the level of an area of ground: Compare backfill ( def 1 ).

   These houses were built on fill.

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

verb phrase

1. Nautical.
   1. to fall off the wind and proceed on a board.
   2. to brace the yards, so that sails that have been aback will stand full.
2. 1. to complete (a document, list, etc.) by supplying missing or desired information:

      It takes about 35 minutes to fill out the forms for hospital admission.

   2. to become larger, fuller, or rounder, as the figure:

      The children have begun to fill out since I saw them last.

3. 1. to fill completely:

      to fill up a glass;

      to fill up a fuel tank.

   2. to become completely filled:

      The riverbed filled up as a result of the steady rains.

4. 1. to supply missing or desired information:

      He suggested you fill in the facts of your business experience.

      For each sentence, fill in the blank with the correct word.

   2. to complete by adding detail, as a design or drawing:

      to fill in a sketch with shadow.

   3. to substitute for:

      to fill in for a colleague who is ill.

   4. to fill with some material:

      to fill in a crack with putty.

   5. Informal. to supply (someone) with information:

      Please fill me in on the morning news.