filling
[ˈfɪɫlɪŋ] · verb
Meaning
- To occupy fully, to take up all of.
- To add contents to (a container, cavity or the like) so that it is full.
- To enter (something), making it full.
- To become full.
- To become pervaded with something.
- To satisfy or obey (an order, request or requirement).
- Anything that is used to fill something.
- The contents of a pie, etc.
- Any material used to fill a cavity in a tooth or the result of using such material.
- The woof in woven fabrics.
- Prepared wort added to ale to cleanse it.
- A religious experience attributed to the Holy Ghost "filling" a believer.
- Of food, that satisfies the appetite by filling the stomach.
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