fill Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a quantity sufficient to satisfy
    • he ate his fill of potatoes
    • she had heard her fill of gossip
  2. noun any material that fills a space or container
    filling.
    • there was not enough fill for the trench
  3. verb make full, also in a metaphorical sense
    fill up; make full.
    • fill a container
    • fill the child with pride
  4. verb become full
    fill up.
    • The pool slowly filled with water
    • The theater filled up slowly
  5. verb occupy the whole of
    occupy.
    • The liquid fills the container
  6. verb assume, as of positions or roles
    occupy; take.
    • She took the job as director of development
    • he occupies the position of manager
    • the young prince will soon occupy the throne
  7. verb fill or meet a want or need
    satisfy; meet; fulfill; fulfil.
  8. verb appoint someone to (a position or a job)
  9. verb eat until one is sated
    fill up.
    • He filled up on turkey
  10. verb fill to satisfaction
    satiate; sate; replete.
    • I am sated
  11. verb plug with a substance
    • fill a cavity

WordNet

Fill noun
Etymology
See Thill.
Definitions
  1. One of the thills or shafts of a carriage. Mortimer. Shak.
Fill transitive verb
Etymology
OE. fillen, fullen, AS. fyllan, fr. full full; akin to D. vullen, G. füllen, Icel. fylla, Sw. fylla, Dan. fylde, Goth. fulljan. See Full, a.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Filled ; present participle & verbal noun Filling
Definitions
  1. 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. Ps. lxxxiv. 6.
    Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. Anf they filled them up to the brim. John ii. 7.
  2. 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. Gen. i. 22.
    The Syrians filled the country. 1 Kings xx. 27.
  3. 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? Matt. xv. 33.
    Things that are sweet and fat are more filling. Bacon.
  4. 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.
  5. To supply with an incumbent; as, to fill an office or a vacancy. A. Hamilton.
  6. (Naut.) (a) To press and dilate, as a sail; as, the wind filled the sails. (b) To trim (a yard) so that the wind shall blow on the after side of the sails.
  7. (Civil Engineering) To make an embankment in, or raise the level of (a low place), with earth or gravel.
Fill intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. 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.
  2. To fill a cup or glass for drinking.
    Give me some wine; fill full. Shak.
Fill noun
Etymology
AS. fyllo. See Fill, v. t.
Definitions
  1. A full supply, as much as supplies want; as much as gives complete satisfaction. "Ye shall eat your fill." Lev. xxv. 19.
    I'll bear thee hence, where I may weep my fill. Shak.

Webster 1913