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Complementing and Filling

noun

  • Any material that fills a space or container.
    • usage: "there was not enough fill for the trench"
  • 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.
  • 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"