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If something f____ you with an emotion, or if an emotion fills you, you experience this emotion strongly.If something fills you with an emotion, or if an emotion fills you, you experience this emotion strongly.
I admired my father, and his work filled me with awe and curiosity.
He looked at me without speaking, and for the first time I could see the pride that filled him.
He stared at his favourite child, dismayed, filled with fear.
word fill
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If you fill a container or area, or if it fills, an amount of something enters it that is enough to make it full.
Fill a saucepan with water and bring to a slow boil.
She made sandwiches, filled a flask and put sugar in.
The victims' lungs fill quickly with fluid.
The boy's eyes filled with tears.
While the bath was filling, he padded about in his underpants.
Pass me your cup, Amy, and I'll fill it up for you.
Warehouses at the frontier between the two countries fill up with sacks of rice and flour.
combining form
If something fills a space, it is so big, or there are such large quantities of it, that there is very little room left.
He cast his eyes at the rows of cabinets that filled the enormous work area.
The text fills 231 pages.
...the complicated machines that fill up today's laboratories.
...four museum buildings filled with historical objects.
...the flower-filled courtyard of an old Spanish colonial house.
If you fill a crack or hole, you put a substance into it in order to make the surface smooth again.
Fill small holes with wood filler in a matching colour.
The gravedigger filled the grave.
If any cracks have appeared in the tart case, fill these in with raw pastry.
combining form
If a sound, smell, or light fills a space, or the air, it is very strong or noticeable .
In the parking lot of the school, the siren filled the air.
All the light bars were turned on which filled the room with these rotating beams of light.
The barn was filled with the sour-sweet smell of fresh dung.
...another sunshine-filled day.
...those whose work forces them to be in dusty or smoke-filled environments.
If something fills you with an emotion, or if an emotion fills you, you experience this emotion strongly.
I admired my father, and his work filled me with awe and curiosity.
He looked at me without speaking, and for the first time I could see the pride that filled him.
He stared at his favourite child, dismayed, filled with fear.
If you fill a period of time with a particular activity, you spend the time in this way.
If she wants a routine to fill her day, let her do community work.
On Thursday night she went to her yoga class, glad to have something to fill up the evening.
If something fills a need or a gap, it puts an end to this need or gap by existing or being active .
I could take this skill set and turn it into something that fills a need.
She brought him a sense of fun, of gaiety that filled a gap in his life.
If something fills a role, position, or function, they have that role or position, or perform that function, often successfully.
The company develops internal candidates to fill management roles.
If a company or organization fills a job vacancy, they choose someone to do the job. If someone fills a job vacancy, they accept a job that they have been offered .
The unemployed may not have the skills to fill the vacancies on offer.
A vacancy has arisen which I intend to fill.
If you fill yourself with food, you eat so much that you do not feel hungry .
They joked and drank coffee and filled themselves with chocolate cake.
A play, film, or performer that fills a theatre, concert hall, or cinema attracts a very large audience .
Children are enthralled by his stories; he has been known to fill theatre halls in Australia.
When a dentist fills someone's tooth, he or she puts a filling in it.
...children having teeth filled due to decay.
If you fill an order or a prescription, you provide the things that are asked for.
A pharmacist can fill any prescription if, in his or her judgment, the prescription is valid.
inflections fillsfillingfilledfilled-filled-filled
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