fill
verb
[ fɪl ]
• cause (a space or container) to become full or almost full.
• "I filled the bottle with water"
Similar:
make/become full,
fill up,
fill to the brim,
fill to overflowing,
charge,
load (up),
pack,
top up,
crowd,
throng,
pack (into),
jam,
occupy all of,
press into,
squeeze into,
cram (into),
overcrowd,
congest,
overfill,
stock,
load,
supply,
furnish,
provide,
replenish,
restock,
refill,
block up,
bung up,
stop (up),
plug,
seal,
caulk,
close,
clog (up),
choke,
obstruct,
occlude,
dam up,
• become an overwhelming presence in; pervade.
• "a pungent smell of garlic filled the air"
Similar:
pervade,
spread throughout/through,
permeate,
suffuse,
be diffused through,
diffuse through,
imbue,
penetrate,
pass through,
infuse,
perfuse,
extend throughout,
be disseminated through,
flow through,
run through,
saturate,
impregnate,
• appoint a person to hold (a vacant post).
• "the board contacted him to say they had already filled the position"
• be supplied with the items described in (a prescription or order).
• "she needed to fill a prescription"
• (in poker) complete (a good hand) by drawing the necessary cards.
fill
noun
• an amount of something which is as much as one wants or can bear.
• "we have eaten our fill"
Similar:
enough,
sufficient,
plenty,
ample,
as much as necessary,
all one wants,
a sufficiency,
an abundance,
as much as one can take,
more than enough,
• an amount of something which will occupy all the space in a container.
• "a fill of tobacco"
• (in popular music) a short interjected phrase on a particular instrument.
• "country-tinged guitar fills"
Origin:
Old English fyllan (verb), fyllu (noun) of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vullen and German füllen (verbs), Fülle (noun), also to full1.
