fill

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Pronunciation
/fɪl/
Noun
8 definition(s)
1 Definition

(after a possessive) A sufficient or more than sufficient amount.

Example Sentences
  • Don't feed him any more: he's had his fill.
2 Definition

An amount that fills a container.

Example Sentences
  • The mixer returned to the plant for another fill.
3 Definition

The filling of a container or area.

Example Sentences
  • That machine can do 20 fills a minute.
4 Definition

Inexpensive material used to occupy empty spaces, especially in construction.

Example Sentences
  • The ruins of earlier buildings were used as fill for more recent construction.
5 Definition

Soil and/or human-created debris discovered within a cavity or cut in the layers and exposed by excavation; fill soil.

6 Definition

An embankment, as in railroad construction, to fill a hollow or ravine; also, the place which is to be filled.

7 Definition

A short passage, riff, or rhythmic sound that helps to keep the listener's attention during a break between the phrases of a melody.

Example Sentences
  • bass fill
8 Definition

One of the thills or shafts of a carriage.

Verb
11 definition(s)
1 Definition

To occupy fully, to take up all of.

2 Definition

To add contents to (a container, cavity or the like) so that it is full.

3 Definition

To enter (something), making it full.

4 Definition

To become full.

Example Sentences
  • the bucket filled with rain;  the sails fill with wind
5 Definition

To become pervaded with something.

Example Sentences
  • My heart filled with joy.
6 Definition

To satisfy or obey (an order, request or requirement).

Example Sentences
  • The pharmacist filled my prescription for penicillin.
7 Definition

To install someone, or be installed, in (a position or office), eliminating a vacancy.

Example Sentences
  • Sorry, no more applicants. The position has been filled.
8 Definition

To treat (a tooth) by adding a dental filling to it.

Example Sentences
  • Dr. Smith filled Jim's cavity with silver amalgam.
9 Definition

To fill or supply fully with food; to feed; to satisfy.

10 Definition

To trim (a yard) so that the wind blows on the after side of the sails.

11 Definition

(of a male) To have sexual intercourse with (a female).

Example Sentences
  • Did you fill that girl last night?