Fill /(?)/
Fill
n.
- One of the thills or shafts of a carriage.
Phrases & Compounds
- Fill horse
- a thill horse.
Fill
v. t.
imp. & p. p. Filled; p. pr. & vb. n. Filling
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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.
The rain also filleth the pools.
Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. Anf they filled them up to the brim.
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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.
And God blessed them, saying. Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas.
The Syrians filled the country.
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To fill or supply fully with food; to feed; to satisfy.
Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fillso great a multitude?
Things that are sweet and fat are more filling.
- To possess and perform the duties of; to officiate in, as an incumbent; to occupy; to hold; as, a king fills a throne; the president fills the office of chief magistrate; the speaker of the House fills the chair.
- To supply with an incumbent; as, to fill an office or a vacancy.
- To press and dilate, as a sail; as, the wind filled the sails. (Naut.)
- To make an embankment in, or raise the level of (a low place), with earth or gravel. (Civil Engineering)
Phrases & Compounds
- To fill in
- to insert; as, he filled in the figures.
- To fill out
- to extend or enlarge to the desired limit; to make complete; as, to fill out a bill.
- To fill up
- to make quite full; to fill to the brim or entirely; to occupy completely; to complete.
Fill
v. i.
- 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.
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To fill a cup or glass for drinking.
Give me some wine; fill full.
Phrases & Compounds
- To back and fill
- to grow or become quite full; as, the channel of the river fills up with sand.
Fill
n.
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A full supply, as much as supplies want; as much as gives complete satisfaction.
I'll bear thee hence, where I may weep my fill.
- That which fills; filling; filler; specif., an embankment, as in railroad construction, to fill a hollow or ravine; also, the place which is to be filled.