fill (fɪl
)
Definitions
verb
(mainly tr) up- (also intr) to make or become full ⇒
to fill up a bottle
the bath fills in two minutes
- to occupy the whole of ⇒
the party filled two floors of the house
- to plug (a gap, crevice, cavity, etc)
- to meet (a requirement or need) satisfactorily
- to cover (a page or blank space) with writing, drawing, etc
- to hold and perform the duties of (an office or position)
- to appoint or elect an occupant to (an office or position)
- building to build up (ground) with fill
- (also intr) to swell or cause to swell with wind, as in manoeuvring the sails of a sailing vessel
- to increase the bulk of by adding an inferior substance
- poker to complete (a full house, etc) by drawing the cards needed
- mainly US Canadian to put together the necessary materials for (a prescription or order)
- See fill the bill
noun
- material such as gravel, stones, etc, used to bring an area of ground up to a required level
- See one's fill
Word Origin
Old English fyllan ; related to Old Frisian fella , Old Norse fylla , Gothic fulljan , Old High German fullen; see fullOld English ; related to Old Frisian , Old Norse , Gothic , Old High German ; see 1, , fulfilTranslations
- British English:
fill
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. The boy's eyes filled with tears.fɪl VERB Fill a saucepan with water and bring to a slow boil. The boy's eyes filled with tears.
- Spanish:
llenar
v
- French:
remplir
vt
- German:
füllen
v
- Chinese: 装满 vt
- Arabic: يَـمْلُأ v
- Portuguese: encher vt
- Russian: наполнять vt
- Croatian: puniti v
- Czech: naplnit vt plnit
- Danish: fylde v
- Dutch: vullen vt
- Finnish: täyttää v
- Greek: γεμίζω v
- Italian: riempire v
- Japanese: いっぱいにする v
- Korean: ...을 ...으로 채우다 vt
- Norwegian: fylle v
- Polish: napełnić vt napełniać
- Brazilian Portuguese: encher vt
- European Spanish:
llenar
v
- Swedish: fylla vt
- Thai: เติม vt
- Turkish: doldurmak vt
- Vietnamese: làm đầy v
Usage examples
At lunchtime the streets began to fill with people looking for something to eat.
, THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS (2002)For the chance to win one of five copies of the book, fill in the form below.
Country Life (2004)A further $800,000 was to help fill "critical technical posts" in Timor's public service.
Irish Times (2002)There was this responsibility where I just thought, God, I have got to fill their papers.
Glasgow Herald (2001)As he waited for the jug to fill the whore in yellow began to talk to him, gesturing at Nicolas.
, THE LADY AND THE UNICORN (2003)