English dictionary
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English noun: fill | |||
| 1. | fill (quantity) a quantity sufficient to satisfy | ||
| Samples | He ate his fill of potatoes. She had heard her fill of gossip. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | enough, sufficiency | ||
| 2. | fill (substance) any material that fills a space or container | ||
| Samples | There was not enough fill for the trench. | ||
| Synonyms | filling | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | material, stuff | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | cement | ||
English verb: fill | |||
| 1. | fill (change) make full, also in a metaphorical sense | ||
| Samples | Fill a container. Fill the child with pride. | ||
| Examples | They fill the cart with boxes | ||
| Synonyms | fill up, make full | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something. Somebody ----s something with something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | alter, change, modify | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bolster, brim, charge, clog, clutter, clutter up, complete, deluge, electrify, farce, fill again, flood, heap, impregnate, impregnate, infuse, ink, instill, inundate, lade, laden, line, load, load, load up, lube, lubricate, overfill, overload, pack, pad, populate, prime, refill, replenish, saturate, stuff, stuff, surcharge, swamp, tincture, top off | ||
| Cause | fill, fill up | ||
| Antonyms | empty | ||
| 2. | fill (change) become full | ||
| Samples | The pool slowly filled with water. The theater filled up slowly. | ||
| Synonyms | fill up | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change state, turn | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | flood, rack up, water | ||
| Antonyms | empty, discharge | ||
| 3. | fill (stative) occupy the whole of | ||
| Samples | The liquid fills the container. | ||
| Examples | The books fill the box | ||
| Synonyms | occupy | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | be | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | crowd, take up | ||
| 4. | fill (social) assume, as of positions or roles | ||
| Samples | She took the job as director of development. He occupies the position of manager. The young prince will soon occupy the throne. | ||
| Synonyms | occupy, take | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | do work, work | ||
| Verb group | assume, strike, take, take up | ||
| 5. | fill (consumption) fill or meet a want or need | ||
| Synonyms | fulfil, fulfill, meet, satisfy | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cater, ply, provide, supply | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | allay, answer, appease, assuage, feed on, feed upon, quell, quench, slake, stay | ||
| 6. | fill (social) appoint someone to (a position or a job) | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | employ, engage, hire | ||
| 7. | fill (consumption) eat until one is sated | ||
| Samples | He filled up on turkey. | ||
| Synonyms | fill up | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | eat | ||
| 8. | fill (consumption) fill to satisfaction | ||
| Samples | I am sated. | ||
| Synonyms | replete, sate, satiate | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | consume, have, ingest, take, take in | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | cloy, pall | ||
| 9. | fill (change) plug with a substance | ||
| Samples | Fill a cavity. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bushel, doctor, fix, furbish up, mend, repair, restore, touch on | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | close, fill up | ||
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