Fill
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Fill may refer to:
- Fill dirtFill dirtFill dirt is earthy material which is used to fill in a depression or hole in the ground or create mounds or otherwise artificially change the grade or elevation of real property....
, soil added to an area. - Fill (music)Fill (music)In popular music, a fill is a short musical passage, riff, or rhythmic sound which helps to sustain the listener's attention during a break between the phrases of a melody....
, a short segment of instrumental music. - In textiles, the filling yarn is the same as weftWeftIn weaving, weft or woof is the yarn which is drawn through the warp yarns to create cloth. In North America, it is sometimes referred to as the "fill" or the "filling yarn"....
, the yarn which is shuttled back and forth across the warp to create a woven fabric. - In finance, a fill is the fulfillment of a part or whole of an order at a given price by a broker or counterpartyCounterpartyA counterparty is a legal and financial term. It means a party to a contract. A counterparty is usually the entity with whom one negotiates on a given agreement, and the term can refer to either party or both, depending on context....
- Fill flashFill flashFill flash is a photographic technique used to brighten deep shadow areas, typically outdoors on sunny days, though the technique is useful any time the background is significantly brighter than the subject of the photograph, particularly in backlit subjects...
, a technique in photography where the flash is used in bright locations to prevent shadows from being underexposed. - Flood fillFlood fillFlood fill, also called seed fill, is an algorithm that determines the area connected to a given node in a multi-dimensional array. It is used in the "bucket" fill tool of paint programs to determine which parts of a bitmap to fill with color, and in games such as Go and Minesweeper for determining...
, in graphic design fills a color, pattern, or texture in an area.