fill¹ /fil/

1. To make full
2. To put into until all the space is occupied
3. To supply abundantly
4. To satisfy
5. To glut
6. To perform the duties of
7. To take up (a vacant post)
8. To increase the bulk of (soap, cotton fabrics, etc) by mixing in a lower-grade substance
9. To put amalgam, gold, etc into (a cavity in a tooth)
10. To fulfil or carry out (esp US)
11. To make up (a prescription)

1. To become full
2. To become satiated

1. As much as fills or satisfies
2. A full supply
3. The fullest extent
4. A single charge of anything
5. Anything used to fill

fillˈer noun

1. A person or thing that fills, eg any of various paste-like substances used to fill cracks in wood, plaster, etc
2. A vessel from which liquid is poured into a bottle
3. Any item used to fill a gap in eg a page of newsprint or a broadcasting schedule
4. A word or sound which fills a pause in an utterance without adding to the meaning, such as like in her father is, like, really old
5. A substance added to various materials to impart desired qualities

fillˈing noun

1. Anything used to fill up, stop a hole, to complete, etc, such as amalgam, etc in a tooth, or the woof in weaving
2. (in pl) the quantity of new whisky spirit that a blender puts into store for maturation in eg a year, or the output of a distillery supplied for such purposes

Substantial, satisfying

filler cap noun

A device for closing the filling pipe of a petrol tank in a motor vehicle

filler metal noun (engineering)

The metal required to be added at the weld in welding processes

filler rod noun (engineering)

Same as welding rod (see under weld¹)

fillˈ-in noun

1. Something used to fill in (time or space)
2. A substitute
3. Fill-in flash

fill-in flash noun

Usu weak flash lighting used to compensate for strong back-lighting or heavy shadow in outdoor photography

filling station noun

A roadside installation where petrol and oil are sold to motorists

fill light noun

A supplementary light source in photography, used to soften or eliminate shadows

fill-up see fill up below.

fill in

1. To occupy (time)
2. To add what is necessary to complete (eg a form)
3. To act as a temporary substitute (for; informal)
4. To supply someone with information

fill one's boots

See under boot

fill out

1. To make or become more substantial, larger or fuller
2. To complete (a form, etc)

fill someone in (informal)

1. To give someone detailed information about a situation
2. To thrash or beat up someone (slang)
3. To murder someone (slang)

fill the bill

To be adequate

fill up

1. To fill, or be filled, by addition of more
2. To have one's eyes fill with tears (informal)
3. To fill in ( noun fillˈ-up)

fill up with

To stuff with (lit and figurative)

have one's fill of

To have enough of, esp something unpleasant or tiresome

fill² or fil /fil/ (Shakespeare)

A thill or shaft of a vehicle

fillˈ-horse, philˈhorse or pilˈhorse noun (Shakespeare)

A thill-horse, the horse nearest the carriage in a team

• a piece
• apiece
• a piece of
• a piece of cake
• a piece of one's mind
• a piece of piss
• a piece of tail
• a piece of the action
• apiezon oils
• a pig in a poke
• aping
• apiol
• apiols
• a pip out
• apish
• apishly
• apishness
• apishnesses
• apism
• apisms
• apitherapies
• apitherapy
• apivorous
• APL
• a place in the sun