| dictionary | A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
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| NOUN | 1 | fill | A quantity sufficient to satisfy |
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| 2 | fill, filling | Any material that fills a space or container | |
| VERB | 1 | fill, fill up, make full | Make full, also in a metaphorical sense |
| 2 | fill, fill up | Become full | |
| 3 | fill, occupy | Occupy the whole of | |
| 4 | fill, take | Assume, as of positions or roles | |
| 5 | fill, meet, satisfy, fulfill, fulfil | Fill or meet a want or need | |
| 6 | fill | Appoint someone to (a position or a job) | |
| 7 | fill, fill up | Eat until one is sated | |
| 8 | fill, satiate, sate, replete | Fill to satisfaction | |
| 9 | fill | Plug with a substance |
| Sounds | fih'l |
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| Rhymes | Advil, anthill, Asheville, and 98 more rhymes in ihl at the HyperDic website... |
| Meaning | A quantity sufficient to satisfy. |
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| Examples | "he ate his fill of potatoes"; "she had heard her fill of gossip" |
| Broader | enough, sufficiency |
| Verbs | fill; fill |
| Meaning | Any material that fills a space or container. |
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| Examples | "there was not enough fill for the trench" |
| Synonyms | filling |
| Narrower | cement |
| Broader | material, stuff |
| Verbs | fill; fill; fill |
| Meaning | Make full, also in a metaphorical sense. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something with something |
| Model | They fill the cart with boxes |
| Examples | "fill a container"; "fill the child with pride" |
| Synonyms | fill up, make full |
| Cause to | fill, fill up |
| Narrower | clutter, clutter up; clog, overload; brim; stuff; stuff; pad, bolster; people, populate; top off; heap; overfill; ink; replenish, refill, fill again; prime; line; complete; impregnate, saturate; impregnate, infuse, instill, tincture; electrify; lubricate, lube; surcharge; load, lade, laden, load up; load, charge; deluge, flood, inundate, swamp; stuff; pack |
| Broader | change, alter, modify |
| Contrary | empty |
| See also | fill out; fill in |
| Nouns | filler; filler; filler; filling; fill |
| Meaning | Become full. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s |
| Examples | "The pool slowly filled with water"; "The theater filled up slowly" |
| Synonyms | fill up |
| Caused by | fill, fill up, make full |
| Narrower | water; flood; rack up |
| Broader | change state, turn |
| Contrary | empty, discharge |
| Nouns | filling; fill |
| Meaning | Occupy the whole of. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something |
| Model | The books fill the box |
| Examples | "The liquid fills the container" |
| Synonyms | occupy |
| Narrower | crowd; take up |
| Broader | be |
| Meaning | Assume, as of positions or roles. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Synonyms | take |
| Broader | work, do work |
| Similar to | assume, take, strike, take up |
| Meaning | Fill or meet a want or need. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Synonyms | meet, satisfy, fulfill, fulfil |
| Narrower | answer; quell, stay, appease; feed on, feed upon; quench, slake, allay, assuage |
| Broader | provide, supply, ply, cater |
| Nouns | fill |
| Meaning | Appoint someone to (a position or a job). |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Broader | hire, engage, employ |
| Meaning | Eat until one is sated. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody |
| Examples | "He filled up on turkey" |
| Synonyms | fill up |
| Broader | eat |
| Meaning | Fill to satisfaction. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody |
| Synonyms | satiate, sate, replete |
| Narrower | cloy, pall |
| Broader | consume, ingest, take in, take, have |
| Nouns | fill |
| Meaning | Plug with a substance. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "fill a cavity" |
| Narrower | close, fill up |
| Broader | repair, mend, fix, bushel, doctor, furbish up, restore, touch on |
| Nouns | filler; fill; filling |