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Filled and Complement

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"

adjective

  • Usually followed by `with' or used as a combining form. ( generously supplied with)
    • usage: "theirs was a house filled with laughter"; "a large hall filled with rows of desks"; "fog-filled air"
  • Of purchase orders that have been filled.
  • Of time. ( taken up)
    • usage: "well-filled hours"
(imp.&p.p.) of Fill.

noun

  • A word or phrase used to complete a grammatical construction.
  • A complete number or quantity.
    • usage: "a full complement"
  • Number needed to make up a whole force.
    • usage: "a full complement of workers"
  • Something added to complete or embellish or make perfect.
    • usage: "a fine wine is a perfect complement to the dinner"; "wild rice was served as an accompaniment to the main dish"
  • One of a series of enzymes in the blood serum that are part of the immune response.
  • Either of two parts that mutually complete each other.

verb

  • Make complete or perfect; supply what is wanting or form the complement to.
    • usage: "I need some pepper to complement the sweet touch in the soup"