Fill
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noun


(1)   A quantity sufficient to satisfy
"He ate his fill of potatoes"
"She had heard her fill of gossip"
(2)   Any material that fills a space or container
"There was not enough fill for the trench"

verb


(3)   Plug with a substance
"Fill a cavity"
(4)   Become full
"The pool slowly filled with water"
"The theater filled up slowly"
(5)   Make full, also in a metaphorical sense
"Fill a container"
"Fill the child with pride"
(6)   Fill or meet a want or need
(7)   Fill to satisfaction
"I am sated"
(8)   Eat until one is sated
"He filled up on turkey"
(9)   Appoint someone to (a position or a job)
(10)   Assume, as of positions or roles
"She took the job as director of development"
(11)   Occupy the whole of
"The liquid fills the container"
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Etymology 2


, from . Cognate with German .

Noun



  1. A sufficient or more than sufficient amount.
    Don't feed him anymore, he's had his fill.
  2. An amount that fills a container.
    The mixer returned to the plant for another fill.
  3. The filling of a container.
    That machine can do 20 fills a minute.
  4. Inexpensive material used to occupy empty spaces, especially in construction.
    The ruins of earlier buildings were used as fill for more recent construction.
  5. Soil and/or human-created debris discovered within a cavity and exposed by excavation; fill soil.

Etymology


From . Cognate to French .
 
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