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fill

/fɪl/ · verb

Meaning

  1. To occupy fully, to take up all of.
  2. To add contents to (a container, cavity or the like) so that it is full.
  3. To enter (something), making it full.
  4. To become full.
  5. To become pervaded with something.
  6. To satisfy or obey (an order, request or requirement).
  7. (after a possessive) A sufficient or more than sufficient amount.
  8. An amount that fills a container.
  9. The filling of a container or area.
  10. Inexpensive material used to occupy empty spaces, especially in construction.
  11. Soil and/or human-created debris discovered within a cavity or cut in the layers and exposed by excavation; fill soil.
  12. An embankment, as in railroad construction, to fill a hollow or ravine; also, the place which is to be filled.
  13. One of the thills or shafts of a carriage.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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