fillverb
uk/fɪl/us/fɪl/fill verb (SPACE)
A2 [ I or T ] to make or become full; to use empty space:
I filled the bucket with water.
I could hear the tank filling.
She filled most of her time watching TV.
figurative Happy sounds filled the room (= could be heard everywhere in the room).
C2 [ I or T ] to put a substance into an empty space:
Before painting, fill (in) all the cracks in the plaster.
These cakes are filled with cream.
figurative The product clearly filled a need/gap in the market.
[ T ] to make someone have a particular feeling:
figurative The thought of it fills me with (= makes me feel) dread.
[ T ] to put a substance into a hole in a tooth to repair it:
You should get that cavity filled.
More examples
- On New Year's Eve, thousands of revellers fill Trafalgar Square.
- The thought of speaking in front of so many people fills me with horror.
- The setting sun filled the sky with a deep orange glow.
- The perfume of the roses filled the room.
- The bath was filling with water.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Filling and completing
- brick
- brick up sth
- brim
- crowd
- crowd sb/sth out
- filling
- jam
- occupancy
- occupy
- overcrowded
- overran
- overrun
- plug
- round
- suffuse
- supersaturated
- tank
- tank up
- top sb up
- top sth up
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Dentistry
fill verb (JOB)
C1 [ T ] to give a job or position to someone:
I'm sorry, the job/post/vacancy has already been filled.
We would prefer to fill the position with (= give it to) a recent graduate.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Applying for a job
- anoint
- applicant
- appoint
- appointed
- appointee
- engage
- handpicked
- headhunt
- hiring
- intake
- job
- job centre
- scout
- set sb up
- step
- step into sth
- subcontract
- take sb on
- take sth on
- tender
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Idiom(s)
fill your boots
Phrasal verb(s)
fill sth in/out
fill sb in
fill in
fill out
fill (sth) up
fill sb up
fillnoun [ U ]
uk/fɪl/us/fɪl/someone's fill is as much as they want or can deal with:
He took only a few minutes to eat/drink his fill.
I'd had my fill of his rude remarks.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Enough
- adequate
- cover
- enough
- go
- go round
- good
- hold
- hold out
- respectable
- respectably
- say
- say when idiom
- suffice
- suffice (it) to say idiom
- sufficiency
- sufficient
- that
- that will do idiom
- the