Fill

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  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To put something into (a container, for example) to capacity or to a desired level.
  • intransitive verb. To supply or provide to the fullest extent.
  • intransitive verb. To build up the level of (low-lying land) with material such as earth or gravel.
  • intransitive verb. To stop or plug up (an opening, for example).
  • intransitive verb. To repair a cavity of (a tooth).
  • intransitive verb. To add a foreign substance to (cloth or wood, for example).
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To flow or move into (a container or area), often to capacity.
  • intransitive verb. To pervade.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To satiate, as with food and drink.
  • intransitive verb. To engage or occupy completely.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To satisfy or meet; fulfill: synonym: satisfy.
  • intransitive verb. To supply what is specified by or required for.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To put a person into (a job or position).
  • intransitive verb. To discharge the duties of; occupy.
  • intransitive verb. To cover the surface of (an inexpensive metal) with a layer of precious metal, such as gold.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To cause (a sail) to swell.
  • intransitive verb. To adjust (a yard) so that wind will cause a sail to swell.
  • intransitive verb. To become full.
  • noun. An amount needed to make full, complete, or satisfied.
  • noun. Material for filling a container, cavity, or passage.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A built-up piece of land; an embankment.
  • noun. The material, such as earth or gravel, used for this.
  • phrasal verb. To write information in (a blank space, as on a form).
  • phrasal verb. To write in (information) in a blank space.
  • phrasal verb. To provide with information that is essential or newly acquired.
  • phrasal verb. To act as a substitute; stand in.
  • phrasal verb. To complete (a form, for example) by providing required information.
  • phrasal verb. To become or make more fleshy.
  • idiom. (fill (someone's) shoes) To assume someone's position or duties.
  • idiom. (fill the bill) To serve a particular purpose.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A full supply; enough to satisfy want or desire; as much as gives complete satisfaction.
  • noun. An amount of something sufficient for filling; a charge.
  • An obsolete variant of fell.
  • An obsolete preterit of fall.
  • noun. A shaft; a thill.
  • noun. A dialectal variant of field.
  • noun. Thyme.
  • In poker, to draw cards which improve the hand: usually restricted to filling four-card flushes or straights.
  • To execute: as. to fill an order for goods.
  • To make up: as, to fill a prescription.
  • noun. In engineering: An embankment of earth or rock made as a road-bed: the opposite of cut.
  • noun. The vertical height of the top of an embankment above the natural surface at any point.
  • noun. Deposition alternating with or in contrast to scouring out. The contrasting terms are scour and fill, cut and fill.
  • Word Usage
    "These witnesses are what I call the fill-in-the - color chart."