noun
- A quantity sufficient to satisfy.
- usage: "he ate his fill of potatoes"; "she had heard her fill of gossip"
- Any material that fills a space or container.
- usage: "there was not enough fill for the trench"
- synonyms: filling
verb
- Make full, also in a metaphorical sense.
- usage: "fill a container"; "fill the child with pride"
- Become full.
- usage: "The pool slowly filled with water"; "The theater filled up slowly"
- synonyms: fill up
- Occupy the whole of.
- usage: "The liquid fills the container"
- synonyms: occupy
- Assume, as of positions or roles.
- usage: "She took the job as director of development"; "he occupies the position of manager"; "the young prince will soon occupy the throne"
- Fill or meet a want or need.
- Appoint someone to (a position or a job. )
- Eat until one is sated.
- usage: "He filled up on turkey"
- synonyms: fill up
- Fill to satisfaction.
- usage: "I am sated"
- Plug with a substance.
- usage: "fill a cavity"
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