Fills Meaning and Definition

Word: Fills

How to pronounce: fɪl

Verb

Definitions:

1. Cause (a space or container) to become full or almost full.

Example sentences: "I filled the bottle with water"

2. Become an overwhelming presence in; pervade.

Example sentences: "A pungent smell of garlic filled the air"

3. Appoint a person to hold (a vacant post)

Example sentences: "The board contacted him to say they had already filled the position"

4. Be supplied with the items described in (a prescription or order)

Example sentences: "She needed to fill a prescription"

5. (in poker) complete (a good hand) by drawing the necessary cards.

Example sentences: "Replace any cards you popped with ones from your hand (face up) and then draw card to fill your hand to five."

Noun

Definitions:

1. An amount of something which is as much as one wants or can bear.

Example sentences: "We have eaten our fill"

2. An amount of something which will occupy all the space in a container.

Example sentences: "A fill of tobacco"

3. (in popular music) a short interjected phrase on a particular instrument.

Example sentences: "Country-tinged guitar fills"

Synonyms:

overfill

tamp

overwhelm

refill

fall asleep

make look fat

backfill

populate

replenish

complete

fulfill

satisfy

fulfil

comply

meet

keep

padding

stuffing

sate

saturate

satiate

overflow

flood filling

pouring

paint bucket

slosh

take

occupy

replete

inundate

inflate

Antonyms:

empty

take

take up

clean up

free

blank

clean

Derivations:

filling

filler

filled

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Fills in Other Languages...

Spanish: Llenar

German: Füllen

French: Remplir

Italian: Riempire

Turkish: Doldurma