noun
- Any material that fills a space or container.
- usage: "there was not enough fill for the trench"
- synonyms: fill
- Flow into something (as a container. )
- A food mixture used to fill pastry or sandwiches etc..
- The yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving.
- Dentistry) a dental appliance consisting of any of various substances (as metal or plastic) inserted into a prepared cavity in a tooth. (
- usage: "when he yawned I could see the gold fillings in his teeth"; "an informal British term for `filling' is `stopping'"
- The act of filling something.
verb
- Make full, also in a metaphorical sense.
- usage: "fill a container"; "fill the child with pride"
- Become full.
- usage: "The pool slowly filled with water"; "The theater filled up slowly"
- Occupy the whole of.
- usage: "The liquid fills the container"
- Assume, as of positions or roles.
- usage: "She took the job as director of development"; "he occupies the position of manager"; "the young prince will soon occupy the throne"
- Fill or meet a want or need.
- Appoint someone to (a position or a job.
- synonyms: fill
- Eat until one is sated.
- usage: "He filled up on turkey"
- Fill to satisfaction.
- usage: "I am sated"
- Plug with a substance.
- usage: "fill a cavity"
- synonyms: fill