Definition of fill in English English dictionary
- To satisfy or obey (an order, request, or requirement)
We can't let the library close! It fills a great need in the community.
- To become full of contents
The bucket filled with rain.
- The filling of a container
That machine can do 20 fills a minute.
- A sufficient or more than sufficient amount
Don't feed him anymore, he's had his fill.
- An amount that fills a container
The mixer returned to the plant for another fill.
- Soil and/or human-created debris discovered within a cavity and exposed by excavation; fill soil
- To enter (something), making it full
As the crowd filled the aisles, S repeated loudly what he had announced upon entering the stadium: 'I don't want anyone to touch me, and I will call the police if anyone does.'.
- To occupy fully, to take up all of
And now that I have given the one chapter to the theme that so filled my heart, and so often made it ache and ache again, I pass on, unhindered, to the event that had impended over me longer yet .
- To become pervaded with something
My heart filled with joy.
- To treat (a tooth) by adding a dental filling to it
Be that as it may, had the disturbance continued after our having filled the molar, and presuming that nothing had been done to the bicuspid, we might have been still as far as ever from knowing where the trouble lay.
- Inexpensive material used to occupy empty spaces, especially in construction
The ruins of earlier buildings were used as fill for more recent construction.
- To add contents to (a container, cavity, or the like) so that it is full
Grat Herendeen was the first man, a huge man with his bull whip coiled and over his shoulder seeming almost a part of him. He grinned at her as she filled his plate with the eggs and motioned toward the bacon. Help yourself, Grat..
- To install someone, or be installed, in (a position or office), eliminating a vacancy
The board of supervisors called a specalsic] election to fill the office, and at such special election Henry C. Andrews was elected judge of probate to fill out the said term.
- {v} to make full, satisfy, glut, surfeit, pour
- {n} fulness, plenty, content, part of a carriage
- 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. Fill up means the same as fill. On Thursday night she went to her yoga class, glad to have something to fill up the evening
- To trim (a yard) so that the wind shall blow on the after side of the sails
- 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. Fill up means the same as fill. the complicated machines that fill up today's laboratories. + filled filled four museum buildings filled with historical objects. + -filled -filled the flower-filled courtyard of an old Spanish colonial house
- To furnish an abudant supply to; to furnish with as mush as is desired or desirable; to occupy the whole of; to swarm in or overrun
- appoint someone to (a position or a job) assume, as of positions or roles; "She took the job as director of development
- {i} satisfying amount of food or drink; amount needed to fill a receptacle; something used to fill; something which fills
- To supply with an incumbent; as, to fill an office or a vacancy
- become full; "The pool slowly filled with water"; "The theater filled up slowly"
- The 90 degree direction to the edge of the cloth Also the name of yarn running from one edge to the other
- added earth which is designed to change the contour of the land
- a quantity sufficient to satisfy; "he ate his fill of potatoes"; "she had heard her fill of gossip" plug with a substance; "fill a cavity" become full; "The pool slowly filled with water"; "The theater filled up slowly" make full, also in a metaphorical sense; "fill a container"; "fill the child with pride" appoint someone to (a position or a job) assume, as of positions or roles; "She took the job as director of development
- The pins knocked down after a spare or two strikes
- material, usually earth, used to change the surface contour of an area, or to construct an embankment
- 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 + -filled -filled those whose work forces them to be in dusty or smoke-filled environments
- A background color fills the area, either a table cell or a drawing object
- any material that fills a space or container; "there was not enough fill for the trench"
- to fill the bill: see bill
- 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
- If something fills a role, position, or function, they have that role or position, or perform that function, often successfully. Dena was filling the role of diplomat's wife with the skill she had learned over the years. = perform
- assume, as of positions or roles; "She took the job as director of development"
- to make full
- a quantity sufficient to satisfy; "he ate his fill of potatoes"; "she had heard her fill of gossip"
- (1) (Geology) Any sediment deposited by any agent such as water so as to fill or partly fill a channel, valley, sink, or other depression (2) (Engineering) Soil or other material placed as part of a construction activity
- The material used to stuff items such as comforters or pillows Natural down and man-made synthetics are examples of fill materials
- appoint someone to (a position or a job)
- Earth used to create embankments or to raise low-lying areas in order to bring them to grade Under the Clean Water Act (ACOE jurisdiction), fill is defined as material used for the primary purpose of replacing an aquatic area with dry land, or a change in the bottom elevation of a water body Under the McAteer-Petris Act (BCDC jurisdiction), fill is defined as any solid, pile-supported, floating, cantilevered, or suspended material that is placed bayward of the Mean High Tide Line, or the +1 5-meter (5 0-foot) contour line where marshlands are present
- The pins knocked down after a spare or two strikes A spare or strike so that the scoring box is "filled"
- {f} put in until full; supply with as much as is needed; satisfy, satiate (one's appetite); put a filling in a dental cavity; meet a need; substitute for, do the job of; supply information; prepare a medical prescription
- eat until one is sated; "He filled up on turkey"
- As in “cut and fill”; any material that is moved or added to the existing terrain to raise its elevation (8)
- A syringe injection of saline or similar substance into the submuscular port in order to increase the pressure of the band around the stomach This is the process that allows patients to adjust the pressure of the band, thereby affecting how much food they are able to eat and how quickly the food drops into the lower stoma Fills are usually first given 4-8 weeks post-op, but can occur sooner or later as the surgeon and patient see fit Most patients find that they need several fills before feeling a significant level of restriction A surgeon or fill technician may or may not require a fill to be done under fluroscopy
- 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. One problem not mentioned is the unemployed may not have the skills to fill the vacancies on offer A vacancy has arisen which I intend to fill
- make full, also in a metaphorical sense; "fill a container"; "fill the child with pride"
- To press and dilate, as a sail; as, the wind filled the sails
- That which fills; filling; specif
- One of the thills or shafts of a carriage
- To make full; to supply with as much as can be held or contained; to put or pour into, till no more can be received; to occupy the whole capacity of
- When a dentist fills someone's tooth, he or she puts a filling in it. It is almost impossible to find a dentist who will fill a tooth on the National Health
- The full amount which a person can eat and/or drink
- To fill or supply fully with food; to feed; to satisfy
- A full supply, as much as supplies want; as much as gives complete satisfaction
- The price at which an order is executed (applies to any kind of market)
- If something fills a need or a gap, it puts an end to this need or gap by existing or being active. She brought him a sense of fun, of gaiety that filled a gap in his life
- To make an embankment in, or raise the level of (a low place), with earth or gravel
- Material used to raise the surface of the land to a desired level
- 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 boy's eyes filled with tears While the bath was filling, he padded about in his underpants. empty Fill up means the same as fill. 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
- plug with a substance; "fill a cavity"
- This is a process that allows you to alter a selected area of an image with a computer graphics program, covering or combining it with a gray shade, a color, or a pattern
- To fill a cup or glass for drinking
- Added earth which changes the contour of the land
- Act of executing or completing a customer's order to buy or sell securities
- an embankment, as in railroad construction, to fill a hollow or ravine; also, the place which is to be filled
- Used when an order to buy or sell is executed
- To become full; to have the whole capacity occupied; to have an abundant supply; to be satiated; as, corn fills well in a warm season; the sail fills with the wind
- to execute an order; the price at which an order was executed
- fill in
- To complete a form or questionnaire with requested information
- fill in
- To inform somebody, especially to supply someone missing or missed information
If you know anything about this, maybe you can fill me in.
- fill in
- To fill; to replace material that is absent or has been removed
After you're done laying the pipe, fill in the trench.
- fill in
- To substitute for somebody or something
He can't go on vacation very often because there is nobody to fill in for him.
- fill in the blank
- To answer or complete a fill in the blank
- fill in the blank
- To complete the interruption, ambiguity or vagueness in understanding, perception or context of a situation
The Zionists intended to shape the perceptions of a global public with limited interest in or understanding of the issues, filling in the blanks with their own narrative.
- fill in the blank
- A type of question or phrase with one or more words replaced with a blank line, giving the reader the chance to add the missing word(s)
My name is _____.
- fill music
- Music broadcast as an interlude between formally scheduled programming, or to fill in during an unscheduled interruption, in order to forestall listener abandonment of the station
- fill out
- : To complete a form or questionnaire with requested information
Please fill out this application if you are interested in the job.
- fill out
- : To have one's physique expand with maturity or with surplus weight
He began to fill out once he started college.
- fill soil
- Soil used for filling, that is, found within or contemporaneously placed within a cavity, or a supply of soil for use as fill
- fill someone's shoes
- To do (somebody's) job; to perform or assume (somebody's) role
I don't think anyone could ever fill her shoes, doing all she does.
- fill the bill
- To satisfy a need; to serve a purpose; to fulfill specified requirements
He said that the automotive industry must find a substitute for gasoline, on which the elder Edison commented that the electric storage battery has already filled the bill.
- fill up
- To satisfy one's hunger
Thanks for the chocolate cake - it really filled me up!.
- fill up
- To make a container full
- fill up
- To become full
- fill up
- To annoy, or displease, by taunting, or by excessive nagging
You're filling me up with your rules — The Beatles : Getting Better.
- fill out
- complete, answer (form, application)
- Fill your boots
- (deyim) Help yourself! Enjoy yourself!
A: - Are these sweets free? B: - Fill your boots.
- fill out
- supplement what is thought to be deficient; "He eked out his meager pay by giving private lessons"; "Braque eked out his collages with charcoal"
- fill out
- make bigger or better or more complete
- fill out
- make fat or plump; "We will plump out that poor starving child"
- fill out
- become round, plump, or shapely; "The young woman is fleshing out"
- fill out
- write all the required information onto a form; "fill out this questionnaire, please!"; "make out a form"
- fill out
- line or stuff with soft material; "pad a bra"
- fill a gap
- close a space or hole
- fill a tooth
- put a filling in a tooth, fill up a cavity in a tooth (with silver, cement, etc.)
- fill a vacuum
- fill up an empty space
- fill character
- character that is used to occupy a space within text but remains invisible (Computers)
- fill in
- {i} someone that substitutes
- fill in
- supply with information on a specific topic; "He filled me in on the latest developments
- fill in
- be a substitute; "The young teacher had to substitute for the sick colleague"; "The skim milk substitutes for cream--we are on a strict diet"
- fill in
- supply with information on a specific topic; "He filled me in on the latest developments"
- fill in
- complete, answer, supply or add information (form, application)
- fill in
- If you fill in for someone, you do the work or task that they normally do because they are unable to do it. Vice-presidents' wives would fill in for first ladies. = stand in
- fill in
- If you fill in a shape, you cover the area inside the lines with colour or shapes so that none of the background is showing. When you have both filled in your patterns, you may want to share these with each other With a lip pencil, outline lips and fill them in
- fill in
- If you fill someone in, you give them more details about something that you know about. I didn't give Reid all the details yet -- I'll fill him in He filled her in on Wilbur Kantor's visit
- fill in
- If you fill in a form or other document requesting information, you write information in the spaces on it. If you want your free copy of the Patients' Charter fill this form in Fill in the coupon and send it first class to the address shown. = fill out
- fill in
- represent the effect of shade or shadow on
- fill in
- If you are filling in time, you are using time that is available by doing something that is not very important. That's not a career. She's just filling in time until she gets married. see also fill 3
- fill in
- write all the required information onto a form; "fill out this questionnaire, please!"; "make out a form"
- fill light
- Illumination from a source less bright than the key light, used to soften deep shadows in a scene See also three-point lighting
- fill light
- Light used to soften shadows, especially to reduce lighting ratio
- fill light
- Lightens shadows cast by the main light and thereby reduces the contrast in a photograph
- fill light
- Diffuse lighting used to complement Key Lighting
- fill light
- Additional lighting used to supplement the principal light source and brighten shadows cast by the main light and thereby reduces the contrast in a photograph Fill light may be supplied by redirecting light with a card reflector or by using a flash unit, for example
- fill light
- Light which fills the shadows created by key light
- fill light
- Light that is used to fill in any dark spots or gaps between lights in a overall plot This can also be a light that is used to light scenery, as in the walls of a tall set Most of the lighting will be on the actors and occasionally additional light needs to be added to even out the light between the actors and the scenery
- fill one's shoes
- take one's place
- fill out
- write all the required information onto a form; "fill out this questionnaire, please!"; "make out a form"
- fill out
- become round, plump, or shapely; "The young woman is fleshing out"
- fill out
- If a fairly thin person fills out, they become fatter. A girl may fill out before she reaches her full height
- fill out
- line or stuff with soft material; "pad a bra"
- fill out
- supplement what is thought to be deficient; "He eked out his meager pay by giving private lessons"; "Braque eked out his collages with charcoal"
- fill out
- make bigger or better or more complete
- fill out
- If you fill out a form or other document requesting information, you write information in the spaces on it. Fill out the application carefully, and keep copies of it. = fill in
- fill out
- make fat or plump; "We will plump out that poor starving child"
- fill out a form
- complete an application or document, provide the information requested in a document by writing necessary details in the spaces provided
- fill rate
- (Ticaret) A customer order delivery performance measurement of the percentage of times line item shipments met requested dates and quantities. Whole order shipments may be used instead of individual line items for customers who require the entire order to be shipped complete
- fill someone's shoes
- take someone's place
- fill up
- If you fill up or fill yourself up with food, you eat so much that you do not feel hungry. Fill up on potatoes, bread and pasta, which are high in carbohydrate and low in fat When you are happy about yourself you won't need to fill yourself up with food
- fill up
- eat until one is sated; "He filled up on turkey
- fill up
- To draw to andmake a full house either from trips or two pair
- fill up
- make full, also in a metaphorical sense; "fill a container"; "fill the child with pride"
- fill up
- become full; "The pool slowly filled with water"; "The theater filled up slowly"
- fill up
- A type of food that fills you up makes you feel that you have eaten a lot, even though you have only eaten a small amount. Potatoes fill us up without overloading us with calories. see also fill 1, 2, 6
- fill up
- make full; close, plug up, block, stop
- fill up
- fill or stop up; "Can you close the cracks with caulking?"
- fill up
- eat until one is sated; "He filled up on turkey"
- fill up
- To make a full house either from trips or two pair
- fill with wonder
- amaze, astound, astonish
- fill-in
- someone who does someone else's job because that person is not there
- February fill-dike
- A rural appellation for the month of February, when rain or melting snow fills dykes with water
Doris, in her terror, had forgotten that February fill-dike is upon us.
- filled
- Simple past tense and past participle of fill
- filling
- A piece of amalgam used to fill a cavity in a tooth
- filling
- The contents of a pie, etc
- flood fill
- A means of filling a discrete area with colour, based on colouring every pixel that can be recursively reached from a starting point
- in-fill
- Any material used to occupy a void or hiatus
- seed fill
- A flood fill
- valley fill
- The waste produced by mountain top removal mining. So named because it is typically piled high in nearby valleys
- have big shoes to fill
- (Ev ile ilgili) Have to meet high expectations about something that came before
- line fill
- 1. (communications) Ratio of the number of connected main telephone stations on a line to the nominal main station capacity of that line. 2. The amount of gas or oil or product required to fill a new line before deliveries can be made at take-off points or the end of the fine
- fille
- a young woman; "a young lady of 18"
- filled
- past of fill
- filled
- (of time) taken up; "well-filled hours
- filled
- {s} containing its full quantity; satisfied, satiated; having something placed inside, stuffed; stopped up; drilled and covered (about a cavity in a tooth)
- filled
- That is now full
- filled
- (usually followed by `with' or used as a combining form) generously supplied with; "theirs was a house filled with laughter"; "a large hall filled with rows of desks"; "fog-filled air"
- filling
- Filling text means moving text from line to line so that all the lines are approximately the same length @xref{Filling}
- filling
- {i} material used to fill a cavity in a tooth; stuffing; act of making full
- filling
- The yarn running from one border to another in a woven fabric
- filling
- Filling text means moving text from line to line so that all the lines are approximately the same length See section Filling Text
- filling
- the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving
- filling
- In a woven fabric, the yarn running from selvage to selvage at right angles to the warp Each crosswise length is called a pick See weft
- filling
- A step in the manufacturing finishing process where the filling of natural pores in wood allows the surface to become smoother and more reflective
- filling
- Used in describing the history of a low pressure system or an area of cyclonic circulation, it means an increase in the central pressure of the system Although it usually describes the action of a pressure system on a constant pressure chart, it also means a surface low is decreasing in cyclonic circulation and losing its characteristics The opposite of deepening
- filling
- flow into something (as a container) any material that fills a space or container; "there was not enough fill for the trench
- filling
- An increase in the central pressure of a pressure system; opposite of a deepening More commonly applied to a low rather than a high
- filling
- Material used to fill a cavity or replace part of a tooth
- filling
- Prepared wort added to ale to cleanse it
- filling
- The filling in something such as a cake, pie, or sandwich is a substance or mixture that is put inside it. Spread some of the filling over each pancake
- filling
- A filling is a small amount of metal or plastic that a dentist puts in a hole in a tooth to prevent further decay. The longer your child can go without needing a filling, the better
- filling
- Food that is filling makes you feel full when you have eaten it. Although it is tasty, crab is very filling. food that is filling makes your stomach feel full
- filling
- A restoration places on a tooth to restore its function and appearance
- filling
- Filling text means shifting text between consecutive lines so that all the lines are approximately the same length Section 23 5
- filling
- present participle of fill
- filling
- The replacement of part of a tooth with a filling material, such as amalgam or composite, where part of the tooth requires replacing due to decay or trauma Fissures: The grooves and depressions on the occlusal surface of a molar or premolar, often sealed by the dentist if they are very deep, to prevent decay Frenum: The fleshy muscle attachment which joins the inner surface of the of the lip to the gum between the teeth
- filling
- Depositing dirt, mud, or other materials into aquatic areas to create more dry land, usually for agricultural or commercial development purposes, often with ruinous ecological consequences
- filling
- The woof in woven fabrics
- filling
- the act of filling something a food mixture used to fill pastry or sandwiches etc
- filling
- That which is used to fill a cavity or any empty space, or to supply a deficiency; as, filling for a cavity in a tooth, a depression in a roadbed, the space between exterior and interior walls of masonry, the pores of open-grained wood, the space between the outer and inner planks of a vessel, etc
- filling
- Filling text means shifting text between consecutive lines so that all the lines are approximately the same length See section T 5 Filling Text Some other editors call this feature `line wrapping '
- filling
- Of food, that satisfies the appetite by filling the stomach
- filling
- a food mixture used to fill pastry or sandwiches etc
- filling
- flow into something (as a container)
- filling
- The process of depositing dirt and mud in marshy areas (wetlands) or in the water to create more land Filling disturbs natural ecological cycles
- filling
- the act of filling something
- filling
- Any act by which earth, sand, gravel, rock, asphalt, or other solid material is deposited or laced to raise the ground elevation or to replace excavated material
- filling
- Anything that is used to fill something
- filling
- Filling text means shifting text between consecutive lines so that all the lines are approximately the same length See section Filling Text
- filling
- The procedure by which compost is moved from the outdoors following Phase I composting to trays, beds, or shelves for Phase II composting
- filling
- Filling text means moving text from line to line so that all the lines are approximately the same length See Filling
- filling
- Depositing of material into marshy areas to create more land, frequently for purposes of real estate development Filling can disturb the ecological cycle by destroying breeding and feeding grounds for many species of fish, shellfish, and other invertebrates
- filling
- {s} satiating, satisfying
- filling
- The filling in a piece of soft furniture or in a cushion is the soft substance inside it. second-hand sofas with old-style foam fillings
- filling
- (dentistry) a dental appliance consisting of any of various substances (as metal or plastic) inserted into a prepared cavity in a tooth; "when he yawned I could see the gold fillings in his teeth"; "an informal British term for `filling' is `stopping'"
- filling
- In a woven fabric, the yarns that run cross the fabric from selvage to selvage, and which run perpendicular to the warp or lengthwise yarns Also referred to as the weft
- filling
- Filling text means shifting text between consecutive lines so that all the lines are approximately the same length See Filling
- filling
- The action of filling a pipe with tobacco, which needs to be done properly for a good, satisfying smoke Also the operation of disguising small flaws in briar pipes by filling them with putty
- filling
- Filling text means moving text from line to line so that all the lines are approximately the same length See section 20 6 Filling Text
- filling
- Filling text means moving text from line to line so that all the lines are approximately the same length
- filling
- any material that fills a space or container; "there was not enough fill for the trench"
- filling
- Depositing dirt, mud or other materials into aquatic areas to create more dry land, usually for agricultural or commercial development purposes, often with ruinous ecological consequences
- fills
- Plural of fill. Usually used of multiple people, not of a single person