fill

About 25.51 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To make full To add contents to so that it is full.

   She filled a glass with milk.

2. verb To add contents to so that it is full.

   She filled a glass with milk.

3. verb To enter (something), making it full.

   The doors opened and guests filled the auditorium.

4. verb To occupy fully, to take up all of.

   The smell of spring filled the air.

5. verb To become full.

   The bucket filled with rain

6. verb To become pervaded with something.

   My heart filled with joy.

7. verb To satisfy or meet (as, an order, request, or requirement).

   The pharmacist filled my prescription for penicillin.

8. verb To install someone, or be installed, in (a position or office), eliminating a vacancy.

   Sorry, no more applicants. The position has been filled.

Similar words

fill up cram sate replete satiate close take meet fulfill occupy

Often followed by

the in up a out it with his their

Word family

filled filled to capacity filling fills had my fill