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fill

Nouns

• (n) a quantity sufficient to satisfy
  • he ate his fill of potatoes
  • she had heard her fill of gossip
• (n) any material that fills a space or container
  • there was not enough fill for the trench
  filling,

Verbs

• (v) make full, also in a metaphorical sense
  • fill a container
  • fill the child with pride
  fill up, make full,
• (v) become full
  • The pool slowly filled with water
  • The theater filled up slowly
  fill up,
• (v) occupy the whole of
  • The liquid fills the container
  occupy,
• (v) assume, as of positions or roles
  • She took the job as director of development
  • he occupies the position of manager
  • the young prince will soon occupy the throne
  occupy, take,
• (v) fill or meet a want or need fulfil, fulfill, satisfy, meet,
• (v) appoint someone to (a position or a job)
• (v) eat until one is sated
  • He filled up on turkey
  fill up,
• (v) fill to satisfaction
  • I am sated
  replete, sate, satiate,
• (v) plug with a substance
  • fill a cavity

Synonyms

fill up make full filling occupy take fulfil fulfill satisfy meet replete sate satiate

Antonyms

empty discharge

See also

fill in shade fat fatten fatten out fatten up flesh out plump out plump fill out

Words of close approximity