fill

UK /fɪl/ US /fɪl/
noun 6verb 5name 1

Definitions

verb

1

To make full

She filled a glass with milk.

dreams filled with surreal imagery

2

To make full

The doors opened and guests filled the auditorium.

In the evening of the 14th of July, there was a rainfall of 3 or 3½ inches in that locality. The water filled the ditch so full that it overflowed the levees on both sides in many places […] .

3

To make full

The smell of spring filled the air.

[…]the drums began to thunder, the sound of trumpets filled the air, the earth trembled beneath their feet, and the hearts of the gazing multitude throbbed with suspense and expectation[…]

4

To become full.

The bucket filled with rain

The room filled with thick smoke.

5

To become full.

My heart filled with joy.

noun

1

A sufficient or more than sufficient amount.

Don't feed him any more: he's had his fill.

Then they set somewhat of food before me, whereof I ate my fill, and gave me somewhat of clothes wherewith I clad myself anew and covered my nakedness; after which they took me up into the ship, […]

2

An amount that fills a container.

The mixer returned to the plant for another fill.

3

The filling of a container or area.

That machine can do 20 fills per minute.

This paint program supports lines, circles, and textured fills.

4

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

The ruins of earlier buildings were used as fill for more recent construction.

Strippage from a borrow area was first treated as waste, under the contract, but after passage of time was suitable for fill and was so used.

5

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

noun

1

One of the thills or shafts of a carriage.

It was a challenge to learn to harness him, guide him slowly back between the fills of the carriage, then to fasten the right buckles and snaps, making the harness and buggy all ready for travel to church or to town.

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