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Traditional English :: fill
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FILL - v. & n. --v. 1 tr. & intr. (often foll. by with) make or become full.
2 tr. occupy completely; spread over or through; pervade.
3 tr. block up (a cavity or hole in a tooth) with cement, amalgam, gold, etc.; drill and put a filling into (a decayed tooth).
4 tr. appoint a person to hold (a vacant post).
5 tr. hold (a position); discharge the duties of (an office).
6 tr. carry out or supply (an order, commission, etc.).
7 tr. occupy (vacant time).
8 intr. (of a sail) be distended by wind.
9 tr. (usu. as filling adj.) (esp. of food) satisfy, satiate.
10 tr. Poker etc. complete (a holding) by drawing the necessary cards.
11 tr. stock abundantly. --n. 1 (prec. by possessive) as much as one wants or can bear (eat your fill).
2 enough to fill something (a fill of tobacco).
3 earth etc. used to fill a cavity. fill the bill be suitable or adequate. fill in 1 add information to complete (a form, document, blank cheque, etc.).
2 a complete (a drawing etc.) within an outline. b fill (an outline) in this way.
3 fill (a hole etc.) completely.
4 (often foll. by for) act as a substitute.
5 occupy oneself during (time between other activities).
6 colloq. inform (a person) more fully.
7 sl. thrash, beat. fill out 1 enlarge to the required size.
2 become enlarged or plump.
3 US fill in (a document etc.). fill up 1 make or become completely full.
2 fill in (a document etc.).
3 fill the petrol tank of (a car etc.).
4 provide what is needed to occupy vacant parts or places or deal with deficiencies in.
5 do away with (a pond etc.) by filling. fill-up n. a thing that fills something up. [OE fyllan f. Gmc, rel. to FULL(1)] |
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Related Words
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up
buttercup
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deposit
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clean
co2
station
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it
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craig
david
lyric
valve
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blow
seal
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Most Often Usage
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bean bag fill
fill me up buttercup
conduit fill
how to fill out a deposit slip
fill dirt
flip and fill
clean fill
co2 fill station
fill in puzzle
fill it
drum fill
craig david fill me in lyric
fill valve
flip n fill disco land
cum fill
heart fill an country
nu fill
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