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ENGLISH: fill - CREOLE: plen

Overview of noun fill

The noun fill has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (4) fill -- (a quantity sufficient to satisfy; "he ate his fill of potatoes"; "she had heard her fill of gossip")

2. filling, fill -- (any material that fills a space or container; "there was not enough fill for the trench")

Overview of verb fill

The verb fill has 9 senses (first 9 from tagged texts)

1. (63) fill, fill up, make full -- (make full, also in a metaphorical sense; "fill a container"; "fill the child with pride")

2. (12) fill, fill up -- (become full; "The pool slowly filled with water"; "The theater filled up slowly")

3. (10) occupy, fill -- (occupy the whole of; "The liquid fills the container")

4. (5) fill, take -- (assume, as of positions or roles; "She took the job as director of development")

5. (5) meet, satisfy, fill, fulfill, fulfil -- (fill or meet a want or need)

6. (1) fill -- (appoint someone to (a position or a job))

7. (1) fill up, fill -- (eat until one is sated; "He filled up on turkey")

8. (1) satiate, sate, replete, fill -- (fill to satisfaction; "I am sated")

9. (1) fill -- (plug with a substance; "fill a cavity")