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fill(verb)BrE / fɪl / NAmE / fɪl / - to make something full of something; to become full of something
- Please fill this glass for me.
- to fill a vacuum/void
- The school is filled to capacity.
- Smoke filled the room.
- The wind filled the sails.
- A Disney film can always fill cinemas (= attract a lot of people to see it).
- to fill a hole with earth/a bucket with water
- Fill a pan half full of water.
- The room was filling quickly.
- Her eyes suddenly filled with tears.
- The sails filled with wind.
- to block a hole with a substance
- The crack in the wall had been filled with plaster.
- I need to have two teeth filled (= to have fillings put in them).
- The product has filled a gap in the market.
- to make somebody have a strong feeling
- We were all filled with admiration for his achievements.
- if a smell, sound or light fills a place, it is very strong, loud or bright and easy to notice
- full of the thing mentioned
- a smoke-filled room
- a fun-filled day
- to stop people from continuing to want or need something
- More nurseries will be built to fill the need for high-quality child care.
- to do a job, have a role or position, etc.
- He fills the post satisfactorily (= performs his duties well).
- The team needs someone to fill the role of manager very soon.
- to appoint somebody to a job
- The vacancy has already been filled.
- to use up a particular period of time doing something
- How do you fill your day now that you've retired?
- to make somebody/yourself feel unable to eat any more
- The kids filled themselves with snacks.
- if somebody fills an order or a prescription, they give the customer what they have asked for
- used to invite somebody to take as much as they like of something such as food, drink, etc; help yourself
- to be what is needed in a particular situation or for a particular purpose
- On paper, several of the applicants fit the bill.
- to do somebody’s job in an acceptable way when they are not there
Extra Examples- Fill the bucket with water.
- He seemed to fill the room with his presence.
- The drawers were all filled to the brim.
- The sails began to fill.
- The school is filled to capacity—we simply can’t take any more students.
- A Disney film can always fill cinemas.
- Carl took a mug and filled it to the brim with hot coffee.
- How do you fill your day now that you’ve retired?
- I needed extra coaching to fill the gaps in my grasp of the subject.
- More nurseries will be built to fill the need for high-quality childcare.
- She filled the kettle from the tap.
- She went for a walk to fill in the time before her next appointment.
- Work expands to fill the time available.
Verb Forms- present simple I / you / we / they fill
- he / she / it fills
- past simple filled
- past participle filled
- -ing form filling
Word Origin- Old English fyllan (verb), fyllu (noun) of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vullen and German füllen (verbs), Fülle (noun), also to full.
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