fill

[[t]fɪl[/t]]

v. t.

1) to make full; put as much as can be held into:

to fill a jar with water[/ex]

2) to occupy to the full capacity:

The crowd filled the hall[/ex]

3) to supply plentifully:

to fill a house with furniture[/ex]

4) to feed fully; satiate

5) to put into a receptacle:

to fill sand into a pail[/ex]

6) to be plentiful throughout:

Fish filled the rivers[/ex]

7) to pervade completely:

The odor filled the room[/ex]

8) to furnish (a vacancy or office) with an occupant

9) to occupy and perform the duties of (a position, post, etc.)

10) to supply the requirements or contents of (an order for goods, a medical prescription, etc.); execute

11) to supply (a blank space) with written matter, decorative work, etc

12) to meet satisfactorily, as requirements:

to fill a need[/ex]

13) to stop up or close (a cavity, hole, etc.):

to fill a tooth[/ex]

14) coo to insert a filling into (a pastry or other food)

15)

a) naut. navig. to distend (a sail) by pressure of the wind so as to impart headway to a vessel

b) naut. navig. to brace (a yard) so that the sail will catch the wind on its after side

16) to adulterate:

to fill soaps with water[/ex]

17) civ to build up the level of (an area) with earth, stones, etc

18) to become full

19) navig. to become distended, as sails with the wind

20) phv fill in

a) to supply (missing information)

b) to complete by adding detail, as a design or drawing, or by inserting required information into, as a document or form

c) to act as a substitute

d) to fill (a crack, hole, etc.) with some reparative substance

e) to supply information to:

Fill us in on your work experience[/ex]

21) phv fill out

a) to complete (a document or form) by supplying required information

b) to become rounder and fuller, as the human face or figure

22) phv fill up

a) to fill completely

b) to become completely filled

23) a full supply; enough to satisfy want or desire

24) civ a quantity of earth, stones, etc., for building up the level of an area of ground

Compare backfill

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Etymology: bef. 900; ME; OE fyllan fill′a•ble, adj.