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Definition fill

Etymology 1

From Middle English fillen, fullen, from Old English fyllan (“to fill, fill up, replenish, satisfy; complete, fulfill”), from Proto-Germanic *fullijan? (“to make full, fill”), from *fullaz (“full”), from Proto-Indo-European *pl?h?nós (“full”). Cognate with Scots fill (“to fill”), West Frisian folje (“to fill”), Dutch vullen (“to fill”), Low German fullen (“to fill”), German füllen (“to fill”), Danish fylde (“to fill”), Swedish fylla (“to fill”), Norwegian fylle (“to fill”), Icelandic fylla (“to fill”) and Latin plenus (“full”)

Verb

fill (third-person singular simple present fills, present participle filling, simple past and past participle filled)

  1. (transitive) To occupy fully, to take up all of.
  2. (transitive) To add contents to (a container, cavity, or the like) so that it is full.
  3. To enter (something), making it full.
  4. (intransitive) To become full.
  5. (intransitive) To become pervaded with something.
  6. (transitive) To satisfy or obey (an order, request, or requirement).
  7. (transitive) To install someone, or be installed, in (a position or office), eliminating a vacancy.
  8. (transitive) To treat (a tooth) by adding a dental filling to it.
  9. (transitive) To fill or supply fully with food; to feed; to satisfy.
  10. (transitive, nautical) To trim (a yard) so that the wind blows on the after side of the sails.
  11. (transitive, slang, vulgar, of a male) To have sexual intercourse with (a female).

Etymology 2

From Middle English fille, vülle, fülle, from Old English fyllu, from Proto-Germanic *full??. Cognate with German Fülle.

Noun

fill (plural fills)

  1. (after a possessive) A sufficient or more than sufficient amount.
  2. An amount that fills a container.
  3. The filling of a container or area.
  4. Inexpensive material used to occupy empty spaces, especially in construction.
  5. (archaeology) Soil and/or human-created debris discovered within a cavity or cut in the layers and exposed by excavation; fill soil.
  6. An embankment, as in railroad construction, to fill a hollow or ravine; also, the place which is to be filled.
  7. (music) A short passage, riff, or rhythmic sound that helps to keep the listener's attention during a break between the phrases of a melody.

Etymology 3

See thill.

Noun

fill (plural fills)

  1. One of the thills or shafts of a carriage.


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