What is the meaning of filling?

noun

• Any material that fills a space or container.
  • usage: "there was not enough fill for the trench"
  • synonyms: fill
• Flow into something (as a container. )
• A food mixture used to fill pastry or sandwiches etc..
• The yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving.
  • synonyms: woof, weft, pick
• Dentistry) a dental appliance consisting of any of various substances (as metal or plastic) inserted into a prepared cavity in a tooth. (
  • usage: "when he yawned I could see the gold fillings in his teeth"; "an informal British term for `filling' is `stopping'"
• The act of filling something.

verb

• Make full, also in a metaphorical sense.
  • usage: "fill a container"; "fill the child with pride"
  • synonyms: fill, fill up, make full
• Become full.
  • usage: "The pool slowly filled with water"; "The theater filled up slowly"
  • synonyms: fill, fill up
• Occupy the whole of.
  • usage: "The liquid fills the container"
  • synonyms: occupy, fill
• 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"
  • synonyms: fill, take, occupy
• Fill or meet a want or need.
  • synonyms: meet, satisfy, fill, fulfill, fulfil
• Appoint someone to (a position or a job.
  • synonyms: fill
• Eat until one is sated.
  • usage: "He filled up on turkey"
  • synonyms: fill up, fill
• Fill to satisfaction.
  • usage: "I am sated"
  • synonyms: satiate, sate, replete, fill
• Plug with a substance.
  • usage: "fill a cavity"
  • synonyms: fill