fill

verb

1. 1.

   Make full, also in a metaphorical sense

2. 2.

   transitiveergative

   To make full

3. 3.

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

4. 4.

   To occupy fully, to take up all of.

5. 5.

   To enter (something), making it full.

6. 6.

   Occupy the whole of

noun

1. 1.

   Any material that fills a space or container

   “There was not enough fill for the trench.”

2. 2.

   An amount that fills a container.

3. 3.

   The filling of a container or area.

4. 4.

   One of the thills or shafts of a carriage.

Inflected forms

Grammatical variations of the same word.

• filledadjectiveInflected form

  Of purchase orders that have been filled.

• fillingnounInflected form

  Any material that fills a space or container.

• fillernounInflected form

  Used for filling cracks or holes in a surface.

Word family

Words built from the same root.

• fillynounDerived noun · specialist

  A young female horse under the age of four.

Compound terms

Established multiword terms.

• fill upverbCompound term

  Make full, also in a metaphorical sense.

• fill the billverbCompound term

  Be what is needed or be good enough for what is required.

• fill outverbCompound term

  Write all the required information onto a form.

• fill inverbCompound term

  Supply with information on a specific topic.

• filling stationnounCompound term

  A service station that sells gasoline.

• fill againverbCompound term

  Fill something that had previously been emptied.