fill
noun
1 fill
A quantity sufficient to satisfy.
Roget 639:
sufficiency,
adequacy,
enough,
withal,
satisfaction,
competence;
no less;
quantum sufficit [Lat.],
Q. S.
mediocrity
etc.
(average)
29.
fill;
fullness
etc.
(completeness)
52;
plenitude,
plenty;
abundance;
copiousness
etc.
adj.;
amplitude,
galore,
lots,
profusion;
full measure;
good measure pressed down and running, over."
luxuriance
etc.
(fertility)
168;
affluence
etc.
(wealth)
803;
fat of the land;
a land flowing with milk and honey;"
cornucopia;
horn of plenty,
horn of Amalthaea;
mine
etc.
(stock)
636.
outpouring;
flood
etc.
(great quantity)
31;
tide
etc.
(river)
348;
repletion
etc.
(redundancy)
641;
satiety
etc.
869.
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2 fill
Any material that fills a space or container:
— There was not enough fill for the trench.
synonym: filling.
Roget 52:
completeness
etc.
adj.;
completion
etc.
729;
integration;
allness†.
entirety;
perfection
etc.
650;
solidity,
solidarity;
unity;
all;
ne plus ultra [Lat.],
ideal,
limit.
complement,
supplement,
make-weight;
filling,
up
etc.
v..
impletion†;
saturation,
saturity†;
high water;
high tide,
flood tide,
spring tide;
fill,
load,
bumper,
bellyful†;
brimmer†;
sufficiency
etc.
639.
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Dutch: vulling, vulsel
Polish: wypełnienie
verb
1 fill
Make full, also in a metaphorical sense:
— Fill a container.
— Fill the child with pride.
synonyms: fill up, make full.
Roget 637:
provide;
make provision,
make due provision for;
lay in,
lay in a stock,
lay in a store.
supply,
suppeditate†;
furnish;
find,
find one in;
arm.
cater,
victual,
provision,
purvey,
forage;
beat up for;
stock,
stock with;
make good,
replenish;
fill,
fill up;
recruit,
feed.
have in store,
have in reserve;
keep,
keep by one,
keep on foot,
keep on hand;
have to fall back upon;
store
etc.
636;
provide against a rainy day
etc.
(economy)
817.
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Roget 224:
line,
stuff,
incrust,
wad,
pad,
fill.
Roget 52:
be complete
etc.
adj.;
come to a head.
render complete
etc.
adj.;
complete
etc.
(accomplish)
729;
fill,
charge,
load,
replenish;
make up,
make good;
piece out [Fr.],
eke out;
supply deficiencies;
fill up,
fill in,
fill to the brim,
fill the measure of;
saturate.
go the whole hog,
go the whole length;
go all lengths.
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Dutch: opstoppen, opvullen, volgooien, vullen
2 fill
Become full:
— The pool slowly filled with water.
— The theater filled up slowly.
synonym: fill up.
Dutch: vervullen, vullen
3 fill
Occupy the whole of:
— The liquid fills the container.
synonym: occupy.
Roget 186:
exist in space,
be present
etc.
adj.;
assister†;
make one of,
make one at;
look on,
attend,
remain;
find oneself,
present oneself;
show one's face;
fall in the way of,
occur in a place;
lie,
stand;
occupy;
be there.
people;
inhabit,
dwell,
reside,
stay,
sojourn,
live,
abide,
lodge,
nestle,
roost,
perch;
take up one's abode
etc.
(be located)
184;
tenant.
resort to,
frequent,
haunt;
revisit.
fill,
pervade,
permeate;
be diffused,
be disseminated,
be through;
over spread,
overrun;
run through;
meet one at every turn.
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Dutch: innemen
4 fill
Assume, as of positions or roles.
synonyms: occupy, take.
5 fill
Fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condtion ro restriction.
synonyms: conform to, fit, fulfil, fulfill, meet, satisfy.
Dutch: vervullen, voldoende, bevredigen, inlossen, nakomen
6 fill
Appoint someone to (a position or a job).
Dutch: vervullen
7 fill
Eat until one is sated:
— He filled up on turkey.
synonym: fill up.
8 fill
9 fill
Plug with a substance.
Dutch: dichtstoppen, stoppen
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