fill
fill Lexical Profile
fill Game Scores & Validity
• verb
To cause a space, container, or receptacle to become full or almost full; or to become full.
"Please fill the pitcher with cold water before setting it on the dining table."
To pervade someone or a place with a strong emotion, sensation, or quality ( such as light, sound, or scent).
"The warm aroma of freshly baked bread began to fill the entire kitchen."
To block up or plug an opening, hole, or tooth cavity with a substance.
"The carpenter used wood putty to fill the small cracks along the doorframe."
To appoint a person to hold a vacant position, or to occupy and perform the duties of a role or office.
"The university is currently interviewing candidates to fill the vacant professorship."
To supply the items called for in an order, commercial request, or medical prescription.
"The pharmacist was able to fill the prescription in less than fifteen minutes."
• noun
An amount of something that is as much as one wants, needs, or can bear.
"After eating their fill of fresh berries, the hikers rested in the shade."
Earth, gravel, or other material used to build up the level of an area of ground or to occupy a cavity.
"The construction crew brought in several truckloads of clean fill to level the foundation site."
A short musical passage, riff, or rhythmic improvisation played between the phrases of a melody.
"The drummer played an energetic fill to transition into the final chorus."
• Rhymes for fill
Word Origin & Etymology
From Old English 'fyllan' (to make full, complete, or satisfy), which derives from Proto-Germanic '*fullijana' and the Proto-Indo-European root '*pele-' (to fill).