fill

  1. Verb.  (transitive) To occupy fully, to take up all of.
  2. Verb.  (transitive) To add contents to (a container, cavity(,) or the like) so that it is full.
  3. Verb.  To enter (something), making it full.
  4. Verb.  (intransitive) To become full of contents.
  5. Verb.  (intransitive) To become pervaded with something.
  6. Verb.  (transitive) To satisfy or obey (an order, request(,) or requirement).
  7. Verb.  (transitive) To install someone, or be installed, in (a position or office), eliminating a vacancy.
  8. Verb.  (transitive) To treat (a tooth) by adding a dental filling to it.
  9. Noun.  (context, after a possessive) A sufficient or more than sufficient amount.
  10. Noun.  An amount that fills a container.
  11. Noun.  The filling of a container.
  12. Noun.  Inexpensive material used to occupy empty spaces, especially in construction.
  13. Noun.  (archeology) Soil and/or human-created debris discovered within a cavity and exposed by excavation; fill soil.

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This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.