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Definition: Fill |
FillNoun1. A quantity sufficient to satisfy; "he ate his fill of potatoes"; " she had heard her fill of gossip". 2. Any material that fills a space or container; "there was not enough fill for the trench". Verb1. Make full; "fill a container," "fill the child with pride". 2. Become full; "The pool slowly filled with water"; "The theater filled up slowly". 3. Occupy the whole of; "The liquid fills the container". 4. Assume, as of positions or roles; "She took the job as director of development". 5. Fill or meet a want or need. 6. Appoint someone to (a position or a job). 7. Eat until one is sated; "He filled up on turkey". 8. Fill to satisfaction; "I am sated". 9. Plug with a substance; "fill a cavity". 10. : fill or stop up; "Can you close the cracks with caulking?". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "fill" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Note: Fill \Fill\, noun. [See Thill.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Building & Civil Engineering | Material used for raising earthworks to the required level. Source: European Union. (references) |
Chemical Industry | To apply a knifing filler to fill holes and cracks in a substrate prior to painting. Source: European Union. (references) |
Environment | Man-made deposits of natural soils or rock products and waste materials. (references) |
Finance | The price at which an order is executed. Source: European Union. (references) |
Industry | Yarn running from selvage to selvage at right angles to the warp in a woven fabric. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mechanical Engineering | An arrangement within the casing of a cooling tower through which air and water can flow simultaneously with maximum contact. Source: European Union. (references) |
Metallurgy | Strictly, the materials other than coke in a blast furnace charge; in practice, a synonym for stock, but stock is usually restricted to the burden materials in the furnace, while burden applies to the materials both in and outside the furnace. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. Manmade deposits of natural earth materials (e.g., rock, soil, and gravel) and waste materials (e.g., tailings or spoil from dredging), used (1) to fill an enclosed space, such as an old stope or chamber in a mine, (2) to extend shore land into a lake or bay, or (3) in building dams. See also:hydraulic fill; backfill b. Soil or loose rock used to raise the surface of low-lying land, such as an embankment to fill a hollow or ravine in railroad construction. Also, the place filled by such an enbankment c. The depth to which material is to be placed to bring the surface to a predetermined grade d. Any sediment deposited by any agent so as to fill or partly fill a valley, sink, or other depression e. Manmade deposits of natural soils and waste material f. Material deposited or washed into a cave passageway. Fill is generally prefixed by a word describing its dominant grain size; e.g., sand fill, silt fill, clay fill, gravel fill, etc g. Material used to fill a cavity or a passage. An embankment to fill a hollow or a ravine, or the place filled by such an embankment. Also, the depth of the filling material when it is in place. As a verb, to make an embankment in or to raise the level of a low place with earth, gravel, or rock h. Tailings, waste, etc., used to fill underground space left after extraction of ore. Termed "hydraulic fill" if flushed into place by water. See also:pack i. Detrital material partly or completely filling a cave. Syn:drif j. The unit charge of batch into a tank or pot. (references) |
Nuclear Energy & Physics | Material placed in a cooling tower over which water flows. It increases the air-water surface area and time of contact and maintains uniform air and water flow distribution. Source: European Union. (references) |
Transportation | To steer the boat so that the wind acts on the sail, or to trim the sail so that it is distended by the wind. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: FillSynonyms: filling (n), close (v), cram (v), fill up (v), fulfil (v), fulfill (v), jam (v), make full (v), meet (v), occupy (v), replete (v), sate (v), satiate (v), satisfy (v), stuff (v), take (v). (additional references) |
| Synonyms by domain: fill-in (transportation). |
| Antonym: empty (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Completeness | Render complete; Adjective: complete; (accomplish); fill, charge, load, replenish; make up, make good; piece out, eke out; supply deficiencies; fill up, fill in, fill to the brim, fill the measure of; saturate. |
Impletion; saturation, saturity; high water; high tide, flood tide, spring tide; fill, load, bumper, bellyful; brimmer; sufficiency. | |
Lining | Verb: line, stuff, incrust, wad, pad, fill. |
Provision | Cater, victual, provision, purvey, forage; beat up for; stock, stock with; make good, replenish; fill, fill up; recruit, feed. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Fill |
| English words defined with "fill": fill again, fill up ♦ To fill out. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "fill": fill factor ♦ head-of-hollow fill, hydraulic fill ♦ mine fill ♦ net fill, net-corrected fill ♦ valley fill. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "fill": ullage. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Fill" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Albanian (alone, at once, immediately, just, original, promptly, right, right away, right now, start, string, thread, wire, yarn), Catalan (son), Hawaiian (at once, immediately, just, promptly, right away, right now), Scottish (fold). |
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Screenplays | Fill a man full o' lead, stick him in the ground an' then read words on him. Why, when you've killed a man, why try to read the Lord in as a partner on the job (Red River; writing credit: Borden Chase) Fill me with your little babies (Peter's Friends; writing credit: Martin Bergmann and Rita Rudner.) Farm boy, fill these with water -- please (The Princess Bride; writing credit: William Goldman) Come on. Fill me up (Election; writing credit: Alexander Payne) Well, I'm afraid this won't fill the bill (To Serve Them All My Days; writing credit: Andrew Davies; R.F. Delderfield) | |
Lyrics | Nothing seems to fill this place (Loser; performing artist: 3 Doors Down) Fill your days and your nights (Caught Up in You; performing artist: 38 Special) So just fill out your application (Everybody Doesn't; performing artist: Amanda) For no one can fill those of your needs (Lean On Me; performing artist: Bill Withers) The way you fill those blue jeans baby, my my my (Precious Love; performing artist: Bob Welch; writing credit: Bob Welch) | |
Clever | It take many nails to build crib, but one screw to fill it. (references; author: unknown) Life just gives you time and space. It's up to you to fill it. (references; author: unknown) If I want your opinion, I'll ask you to fill out the necessary forms. (references; author: unknown) Adult Education Topic: How to fill up the ice cube trays. Step by step, with slide presentation. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Come Fill the Cup (1951) Felix Gets His Fill (1925) Train Crossing Dale Creek Fill (1901) Fill Her Up (2002) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Seen is the drug Reserpine in tablet form being counted out to fill a prescription in a pharmacy. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer). |  | An older black man and woman fill their plates at a salad bar. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer). |
 | Microgametocytes are smaller than macrogametocytes. They are oval and almost fill the erythrocyte. They tend to stain lighter than macrogametocytes and have a more diffuse nucleus. Credit: CDC. |  | Beginning of the Alaska King Crab fishery. Meat from one crab is sufficient to fill several cans. Scientists of the Fish and Wildlife Service, a forerunner of today's NMFS, showed where to catch crabs and helped develop satisfactory canning methods. King crab being shown by Captain Trafton on the ship DOROTHY. F&W - 12,476. Credit: Fisheries. |
 | This is an image that shows Barren Island after the restoration work was completed. Dredge material was placed to support the planting. The planting was conducted to allow the marsh to fill in and establish itself before the geotube disintegrated. Prior to the restoration, this area was a high-energy shallow water environment. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | The spring runs fill the river with an abundance of blueback herring and alewife. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
 | Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. This restoration site along Henderson Creek involved removal of illegally placed fill and non-native plants, reestablishing tidal flushing, and planting of mangroves. the restoration was initiated in 1990. Recolonization of native vegetation is visible along the cut lines. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |  | Figure 47. Sprengel pycnometer, first described by the German chemist Hermann Sprengel in 1873. He had used this instrument for a number of years. It had great precision and was easy to fill. Later the German chemist Wilhelm Ostwald partially modified it, replacing the original U tube with a single-sided one. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
 | Canadian geese fill a pond on this farm on Maryland's Eastern Shore. Credit: Tim McCabe. |  | Sediment from terraces that have been damaged from extremely heavy rains fill another terrace farther down the hill. Credit: Lynn Betts. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Augusta Jane Evans | Oh! Duty is an icy shadow. It will freeze you. It cannot fill the heart's sanctuary. |
Author Unknown | Dear Lord, fill my mouth with lots of good stuff and tap me when I've said enough. |
Benjamin Franklin | There's many witty men whose brains can't fill their bellies. |
E.M. Cioran | I do nothing, granted. But I see the hours pass - which is better than trying to fill them. |
Eli Ginzberg | Enlarge the opportunity and the person will expand to fill it. |
Herbert Spencer | The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools. |
Isoroku Yamamoto | I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve. |
John Gay | Fill it up. I take as large draughts of liquor as I did of love. I hate a flincher in either. |
Ralph Waldo Emerson | To fill the hour -- that is happiness. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
US Constitution | 1791 | Clause 4: When vacancies happen in the Representation from any State, the Executive Authority thereof shall issue Writs of Election to fill such Vacancies. (reference) |
Amendment to US Constitution | 1795-2035 | When vacancies happen in the representation of any State in the Senate, the executive authority of such State shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies: Provided, That the legislature of any State may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct. (reference) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | In particular, it shall at once provide for filling the places of the evacuated German authorities, and if necessary shall itself give orders for their evacuation, and proceed to fill the places of such local authorities as may be required. (reference) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Make of it, without spoiling or soiling, A pretty skirt, a very long skirt, Which I will broider and fill with flowers |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | The yells of the suffering sinners fill the remotest corners of the vast abyss |
King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | Exit CATESBY Fill me a bowl of wine |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Joe, fill up the tank for this gentleman |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | It had a cock near the bottom to let out the water when it began to grow stale, and two servants could easily fill it in half an hour |
The Tempest | William Shakespeare | Prospero: Fill all thy bones with aches, make thee roar That beasts shall tremble at thy din. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | The two lungs fill most of the chest cavity. (references) | |
If HD is not treated, stool can fill up the large intestine. (references) | ||
In timed voiding, you fill in a chart of voiding and leaking. (references) | ||
Business | However, the current economic situation of the country makes it extremely difficult to fill this enormous potential. (references) | |
The chain of sandwich bars was created to fill the group’s void in a major portion of the Belgian restaurant market. (references) | ||
It is essential that exporters take care to fill out documents properly to avoid costly delays in customs clearance. (references) | ||
Children | Angola | Private religious, community, or corporate groups have been unable to fill this vacuum. (references) |
Iraq | Sources in the opposition report that the army found it difficult to recruit enough children to fill all of the vacancies in the program. (references) | |
Luxembourg | Businesses and enterprises with at least 25 employees by law must fill a quota for hiring workers with disabilities and must pay them prevailing wages. (references) | |
Discrimination | Bhutan | It claims that ethnic Nepalese fill 22 percent of government jobs, which is slightly less than their proportion of the total population. (references) |
Economic History | Bangladesh | Foreign assistance and commercial imports fill the gap. (references) |
Honduras | Therefore, Honduras depends strictly on imports to fill its wheat demand. (references) | |
Human Rights | Panama | As a result, regular PNP officers still are used to fill staffing gaps. (references) |
Venezuela | The Government held competitive examinations to fill judicial vacancies, beginning in Miranda and Vargas states in January. (references) | |
Dominican Republic | During the year, the CNM met for only the second time since it was established in 1994 to fill three vacant seats on the Supreme Court. (references) | |
Minorities | Qatar | Shi'a Muslims fill many positions in the bureaucracy and are prominent in business. (references) |
Bulgaria | Although the local police arrived at the scene, they did not fill out an appropriate report, which would make it more difficult for the Evangelicals to seek damages in court. (references) | |
Political Economy | Azerbaijan | Parliamentary byelections held in November in Tovuz and Adjabedi to fill vacant parliament seats also were marred by election fraud and ballot box-stuffing. (references) |
Political Rights | Dominican Republic | Women fill 5 of the 16 seats on the Supreme Court. (references) |
Bahrain | The relevant ministries fill all other government positions. (references) | |
Ukraine | In June 2000, by-elections were held to fill 10 vacant parliament seats. (references) | |
Trade | Spain | Other agencies fill various market niches. (references) |
Australia | Other organizations fill various market niches. (references) | |
Philippines | If an exporter is ready to ship his products, he should fill out an Export Declaration (ED) form. (references) | |
Travel | Azerbaijan | The visitor needs to submit one photograph, pay USD40, and fill out an application. (references) |
Philippines | The Philippine Bureau of Customs requires a traveler to fill out a Re-export Commitment Form and imposes a corresponding cash bond for exhibit materials; articles brought into the Philippines for repair, processing or reconditioning; software; and laptop computers (in commercial quantity). (references) | |
Women | Georgia | Women rarely fill leadership positions. (references) |
Worker Rights | United Arab Emirates | There are reports that some hotels bring young women, particularly from Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, to fill low-paying jobs as dancers. (references) |
Dominican Republic | Most teams are unable to fill the quota to receive the benefits and are not paid overtime pay for the extra time they put in to attempt to fill the quota. (references) | |
Dominican Republic | For example, many companies use an incentive system in which a team of 12 to 15 persons is given a quota to fill by the end of the week, in order to receive extra benefits. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | FRYING-:PAN:, n. One part of the penal apparatus employed in that punitive institution, a woman's kitchen. The frying-pan was invented by Calvin, and by him used in cooking span-long infants that had died without baptism; and observing one day the horrible torment of a tramp who had incautiously pulled a fried babe from the waste-dump and devoured it, it occurred to the great divine to rob death of its terrors by introducing the frying-pan into every household in Geneva. Thence it spread to all corners of the world, and has been of invaluable assistance in the propagation of his sombre faith. The following lines (said to be from the pen of his Grace Bishop Potter) seem to imply that the usefulness of this utensil is not limited to this world; but as the consequences of its employment in this life reach over into the life to come, so also itself may be found on the other side, rewarding its devotees: Old Nick was summoned to the skies. Said Peter: "Your intentions Are good, but you lack enterprise Concerning new inventions. "Now, broiling in an ancient plan Of torment, but I hear it Reported that the frying-pan Sears best the wicked spirit. "Go get one -- fill it up with fat -- Fry sinners brown and good in't." "I know a trick worth two o' that," Said Nick -- "I'll cook their food in't." |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Dennis Miller | My big complaint about cloning is that most human beings I meet aren't interesting enough to fill up one existence, much less two. |
John Walsh | I don't think so. I really think that the media, you know, looking to fill a lot of air time, is saying, Well, this country was built on freedoms and the First Amendment rights and, you know, you'll be accusing your neighbor, et cetera. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | This measure resorted to by the bank is disorganizing and revolutionary, and if generally resorted to by private citizens in like cases would fill the land with anarchy and violence. |
Franklin Pierce | 1853-1857 | The circumstances under which I have been called for a limited period to preside over the destinies of the Republic fill me with a profound sense of responsibility, but with nothing like shrinking apprehension. |
Ulysses S. Grant | 1869-1877 | I bring to it a conscious desire and determination to fill it to the best of my ability to the satisfaction of the people. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | Its work must be amplified to fill in the whole pattern that has been outlined. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | We can fill the cradles of those who want a child to love. |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | But I see history as a book with many pages, and each day we fill a page with acts of hopefulness and meaning. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | As we see new economic growth, we will need well-trained workers to fill new jobs. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Fill" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 68.88% of the time. "Fill" is used about 3,929 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 68.88% | 2,706 | 3,396 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 27.49% | 1,080 | 6,967 |
| Noun (singular) | 3.64% | 143 | 26,451 |
| Total | 100.00% | 3,929 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "fill" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Fill | Last name | 300 | 24,677 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "fill": automatic fill bowl ♦ back and fill ♦ beach fill ♦ character fill ♦ cooling tower fill ♦ cut and fill ♦ disreef/reefed fill time ♦ drink one's fill ♦ eat one's fill ♦ embankment fill ♦ fill a gap ♦ fill a prescription for ♦ fill a tooth ♦ fill a vacancy ♦ fill a vacant post ♦ fill a void ♦ fill again ♦ fill an office ♦ fill an order ♦ fill fittings ♦ Fill horse ♦ fill in ♦ fill in a form ♦ fill in a hole ♦ fill in one's coupons ♦ fill material ♦ fill me in ♦ fill one's pocket ♦ fill or kill order ♦ fill out ♦ fill smb. in on smth. ♦ fill smb. with dismay ♦ fill the bill ♦ fill the blanks ♦ fill the glasses ♦ fill the measure of ♦ fill the void ♦ fill time ♦ fill to ♦ fill up ♦ fill up staff vacancies ♦ fill up the ranks ♦ fill up time ♦ fill with ♦ fill with awe ♦ fill with consternation ♦ fill with enthusiasm ♦ fill with hope ♦ fill with horror ♦ fill with joy ♦ fill with people ♦ fill with signatures ♦ fill with smoke ♦ fill with stones ♦ fill with sunlight ♦ fill with tears ♦ fill with terror ♦ fill with water ♦ fill with wonder ♦ have one's fill ♦ have one's fill of smth. ♦ hydraulic reservoir fill point ♦ selected fill ♦ take one's fill ♦ To back and fill ♦ to fill ♦ To fill in ♦ To fill out ♦ To fill the ranks ♦ To fill up. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "fill": fill-and-cut, fill-dyke, fill-flash, fill-horse, fill-in, fill-ins, fill-in-the-blanks, fill-out form, fill-up, fill-up traffic, fill-ups. | |
Ending with "fill": half-fill, in-fill, land-fill, re-fill. | |
Containing "fill": Mi-rio-fill-oom. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
fill it | 157 | land fill | 23 |
fill in puzzle | 135 | fill out a resume | 22 |
fill | 90 | add below blank book fill guest in | 22 |
fill game it | 87 | blank fill in story | 22 |
fill in | 82 | fill it ins | 21 |
fill out form | 79 | craig david fill in lyrics | 21 |
fill dirt | 54 | form fill seal | 21 |
fill out a money order | 39 | fill new | 20 |
fill ins | 35 | chick fill | 20 |
fill out job application | 32 | drain fill kit | 19 |
fill in it puzzle | 31 | fill me up | 18 |
fill rite | 31 | fill in lyrics | 18 |
co2 fill station | 30 | flowable fill | 18 |
fill zero | 28 | irs fill in form | 17 |
blank fill in resume | 27 | application fill | 16 |
fill in the blank | 26 | completely fill following form order please | 16 |
fill in form | 26 | ez fill pool | 15 |
drum fill | 25 | e ez fill pool | 15 |
fill flip | 25 | fill jet | 15 |
ask fill if like question short this us would | 24 | fill or bust | 15 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "fill"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | vol maak (fill in, fill up), invul (fill in, fill up). (various references) | |
Albanian | mbush (cement, charge, clog, close, cover in, cram, crowd, draw, fill in, fill up, gorge, Grout, heap, imbue, impregnate, infest, inject, inspire, line, load, make out, meet, pad, pervade, pour out, pump, stop up, Stow, stuff, suffuse, tap, write out). (various references) | |
Arabic | طعم (diet, engraft, feed, implant, inlay, inoculate, keep, nourish, relish, savor, savour, taste, transplant, troll), شغل (activate, busy, carry out, employ, engage, hold, job, occupation, operate, pop on, power, run, switch on, task, turn on, work), ردم (pile), ركب دواء, إنسد (be blocked up, choke, clog, freeze, jam, shut, stop), إنتفخ (bag, balloon, belly, billow, bloat, bulge, distend, fluff, heave, inflate, puff, strut, swell), شبع (satiation, satisfaction), الحشوة (cytoplasm), كفاية (adequacy, sufficiency), زود بمعلومات, سد (bar, barrage, block, bung, clog, close, close up, congest, dam, dike, dyke, embankment, floodgate, foul, lock, mure, obturate, obturation, occlude, occlusion, pack, plug, seal, shut, stem, stop, stop up, stuff, tamp, wad, weir), حشا السن, حشوة (filling, loading, padding, stuffing, wad, wadding), نفذ (act, activate, be executed, carry into effect, carry out, come true, commit, computerize, do, effect, effectuate, enforce, execute, fulfil, fulfill, honor, honour, implement, invoke, penetrate, percolate, perform, permeate, petering, pierce, practise, proceed, pursue, put into effect, realize, transfix, traverse), ملأ (cram, crowd, fill in, fill out, stack, stuff, wind), إمتلأ (become full, replenish). (various references) | |
Aymara | phoqayaña (to fill). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | едно пълнене, изпълнявам (accomplish, accord, act up to, carry into effect, carry out, complete, effectuate, execute, exercise, fulfil, fulfill, handle, implement, make up, perform, play, practise, pursue, put into effect, put through, redeem, satisfy, verify), изпълвам (inflate, inform, infuse, inhabit, occupy), изпълвам се, пломбирам (seal, stop, stuff), попълвам се, достатъчно количество, пълня (bowl up, load, prime, refill, stop, stuff, throng), ситост, заемам (advance, borrow, hold, lend, loan, occupy, take over, take up), надувам се (be arrogant, blow up, preen, show off, swell with importance, take on), напълвам, наливам (infuse, ply, pour, pour out, pump in), насита (repletion, satiation, satiety), насищам се, предостатъчно количество. (various references) | |
Chinese | 補足 (bring up to full strength, make up a deficiency), 积土, 礡 (extend), 添補 (replenish), 充 (fulfill, full, satisfy, substitute, sufficient, to act in place of). (various references) | |
Czech | obsadit (annex, beset, cast, occupy, overrun), nadmout (puff up), nalít (infuse), naložit (can, embus, Lade, load, load up, pack, pickle, put up, Stow), naplnit (fill up, pack, prepossess), napustit (draw, impregnate), nadít, nasypat, zatmelit (putty), plombovat, vyplnit (complete, fill in, fill out, fulfil, fulfill), zacpat (block, stop, stop up), zaplnit, zaplombovat (stop, stop a tooth), zasádrovat, napytlovat (bag). (various references) | |
Danish | fylde (fill in, fill up). (various references) | |
Dutch | vullen (fill in, fill up, pad, stuff, upholster), spekken (accommodate, fill in, fill up, provide, supply), invullen (fill in, fill up), dempen (fill in, fill up). (various references) | |
Esperanto | plenigi (fill in, fill up), enspaci (occupy, take up). (various references) | |
Faeroese | fylla (fill in, fill up). (various references) | |
Finnish | täyttyä (be fulfilled, be realized, come true, get filled), täyttö (charge, charging, filling, filling up, priming, topping up, topping(California)), täyttää (carry out, execute, fill in, fulfil, fulfill, stop, stuff, up), täytemaa, syöttö (feeding, pass, service), silottaa (calender, smooth), paikata (mend, patch, repair, stop), maapenger, maaleikkausmassa, lämmöneriste (insulation fill), kude (weft), kaataa täyteen, jäähdytystornin täyte (packing). (various references) | |
French | remplir (fill in, fill out, fill up). (various references) | |
Frisian | folje (fill in, fill up). (various references) | |
German | ausfüllen (complete, fill in, fill out, fill up, filled, make out, to fill out, write), füllen (brimmed, fillies, fills, filly, foal, occupy, pad, stuff, to fill), erfüllen (accomplish, achieve, carry out, carry through, come up to, comply, comply with, discharge, fill in, fill up, fulfil, fulfill, imbue, implement, impregnate, inform, keep, make, meet, observe, perform, pervade, preoccupy, prepossess, redeem, satisfy, serve, to comply, transfuse), spachteln (fill in, smooth over, stop), besetzen (cast, edge, fit out, garnish, garrison, occupy, reserve, seize, set, squat in, stock, stud, take, to stud, trim), abfüllen (bottle, bottling, rack, siphon off, to fill). (various references) | |
Greek | γεμίζω (contend in, fill up, fill with, load, stuff), γέμισμα (cross, filling, stuffing). (various references) | |
Hawaiian | mbush (fill in, fill up). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מלוי (filler, filling, fulfillment, refill, stuffing), למלאת (be full), למלא (complete, fill up, fulfill, pervade, satisfy, stuff), למזו' (blend, mingle, mix, pour), ל"תמלא (become full, fill up), לסתום חור בשן (fill a tooth, stop a tooth), כמות מספקת (sufficiency). (various references) | |
Hungarian | feltöltés (bank, banking, boosting, charging, charging up, colmation, embankment, filling, filling up, priming, priming charge, refill, refilling, replenishment, resupply, supercharging), vasúti töltés (embankment, railway embankment), töm (stuff, to clog, to cram, to fill, to gorge, to pad, to ram, to wad), töltet (charge, load), töltés (bank, bund, burden, cartridge, charge, charging, dike, dyke, embankment, escarp, expletive, load, loading, pen, rampart), töltőanyag (aggregate), tölt (fed, load, pour, spend, to charge, to feed, to fill, to line, to pass, to recharge), megtelik (become full, to be being filled, to become full, to expand, to fill), elég vmiből, bõség (abundance, affluence, ampleness, amplitude, exuberance, exuberancy, galore, glut, opulence, plenty, superabundance, width), bőség vmiből, bőség (abundance, affluence, amplitude, exuberancy, fullness, fulness, glut, lavishness, opulence, plenty, prolificacy, redundancy, spaciousness, superabundance). (various references) | |
Icelandic | fylla (fill in, fill up). (various references) | |
Indonesian | mengisi (charge), memenuhi (gratify, saturate). (various references) | |
Italian | farcire (pad out, stuff), fare il pieno (fill up), far servire le vele, fill, adempiere (accomplish, carry out, fulfil, fulfill, perform), materiale di prestito (fill material, filling, filling material), letto di fusione (hearth), infornata di una pesata (charge, filling), incassare (build in, cash, collect, embed, encase, get, occupy, pack, sink, take), impregnare (be filled, become impregnated, become soaked, imbue, impregnate, soak, steep, waterlog), imbottire (cushion, pad, quilt, stuff, upholster), émpiere, caricare (accuse, burden, cargo, charge, download, freight, Lade, load, load up, prime, strech, tackle, take on, upload, weigh down, weight, wind up), otturare (block, close, obstruct, seal, stop up), carica (appointment, charge, load, loads, office, position, winding), costipamento di materiale intorno ai tubi metallici, compiere (accomplish, achieve, carry out, carry through, come true, complete, discharge, do, effect, encompass, end, exert, finish, fulfil, fulfill, have, implement, keep, make, observe, perform), colmata (accretion, aggradation, alluviation, back-filling, banking, embankment, fill embankment, rock fill, silting, silting up), colmare (bridge, fill up, load), gonfiare (bloat, blow, blow up, exaggerate, inflate, pad, plump, puff out, puff up, pump up, swell), riempitivo (filler), terrapieno (bank, earthwork, embankment, rampart, terrace), terra di riempimento, sufficienza (enough, sufficiency), saziet (glut, repletion, satiety, surfeit), saziare (become satiated, cloy, get full, get tired, glut, sate, satiate, satisfy, saturate), saturare (glut, saturate, stuff), riporto (carry over), rimpinzare (cram, gorge, stuff), materiale di riporto (fill material, filling, filling material), rifornire (furnish, refresh, replenish, restock, stock up, supply), occupare (absorb, attend to, be responsible for, deal in, employ, hold, inhabit, keep, keep busy, live in, occupy, preoccupy, sit in, spend, take, take possession, take up, task, to employ), riempirsi, riempire (be filled, cram, fill in, Grout, replenish, stuff, top up), Riempimento della torre di raffreddamento (cooling stack, cooling tower fill, packing), riempimento (filling), ricoprire (cover, cover again, cover oneself, encase, hold, lap, lay, overgrow, overlay, plaster, plate, recover, re-cover), prendere il vento, pieno (bagful, big, brimful, complete, filled, fraught, full, full cargo, full load, full up, instinct, integral, replete, solid, tight), terreno di riporto, rilevato (detached). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 装填 (charge, load), 盛り土 (raise the ground level), フィールド競技 (face, face sheet, face value, face-card, face-off, fade, fade ball, fade-in, fade-out, fatal, Federation Internationale de Nation Amateur cup, FI, fiance, fiction, field events, fielder's choice, fifty-fifty, figurative, figure, figure skating, Fiji, filament, filaria, filibuster, fill-in, film, film library, film net, filter, filter-bank, filtering, fin, FINA cup, finale, finger, finger bowl, fingering, finish, Finland, fiscal policy, fish, fish meal, fishing, fit, fitness, fitness shoes, fitting, fitting room, fix, fixed, fixer, fjord, FO, phase, Philadelphia, philanthropy, philharmonic, philharmonie, Philippines, Philips, philosophy, physical, physical protection, questionnaire that asks for a demographic profile, vinyl drainpipe with fins), 充填 (filling, loading, plug, replenish), 塗りつぶし (blotting out). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | フィル , そうて" (bluesky, charge, dawn, drill manual, early morning, load, point at issue, sum total of one's marks, total points or score), ぬりつぶし (blotting out), もりつち (embankment, raise the ground level), じゅうて" (colon, emphasis, filling, important point, lay stress on, loading, plug, replenish). (various references) | |
Korean | 충분한양. (various references) | |
Malay | mengisi (fill in, fill up), isi (fill in, fill up). (various references) | |
Manx | saie (replete, satiety, satisfaction), pronney (cram, eating greedily, filling, press; overcrowding, ram home, stuff, stuffing, taxidermy), lughtaghey (charging, filling, freight, lading, loading, stow, stowage, write down), lhieeney (billow, blow up, charge, charge as battery, cover in, fill in, fill out, flood tide, flow, fuel, inset, load, make, make of tide, pad, rise, saturate, spasm, wax, wax as moon), jannoo (accomplish, accomplishment, act, build, cast, coalesce, commit, committal, compose, conferment, conformation, construct, construction, create, deal, deed, do, effect, execute, fabricate, fashion, fend, follow out, formation, goings on, keep, make, manufacture, perform, performance, performing, perpetrate, perpetration, persuance, practise, produce, production, render; doing, structure, style, transact, transaction, transactions), bolgey (abdominal, balloon, dilate, dilation, enlarge, inflate, inflation, swell). (various references) | |
Maya | thoh (to fill). (various references) | |
Norwegian | fylle, fyll (filling), plombere. (various references) | |
Papiamen | yena (fill in, fill up). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | illfay.(various references) | |
Polish | wypełnić (fill in, fill up). (various references) | |
Portuguese | suficiência (adequacy, competence, competency), encher (charge, clog, close, deluge, distend, fill in, fill up, flood, full, heap, impregnate, occupy, overspread, pad, pelt, people, perfuse, saturate, stuff, stuffing, suffuse, to fill up). (various references) | |
Portuguese Brazilian | preencher (to fill), encher (to fill up), complete (fill up). (various references) | |
Romanian | hrãni (carry, cherish, feed, Foster, grub, Harbor, harbour, nourish, nurture, suckle), îndeplini (accomplish, achieve, acquit, do, execute, finish, fulfil, go through, make good, obey, perform, put through, realize, satisfy), îndestula (satisfy, victual), îndestulare (abundance, competence, satiety), a-şi ocupa (occupy), a-şi petrece (pass), alimenta (feed, inflame, nourish, nurture, Stoke, supply, support), astupa (bar, block, bung, clog, close, obstruct, occlude, plug, stop, stopper), cantitate necesarã, completa (activate, complement, complete, fill up, recruit, round, supplement), împlini (accomplish, achieve, be, complete, consummate, fulfil, grant, justify, satisfy, serve), executa (accomplish, carry out, cut, do, effect, execute, fulfil, interpret, perform, prepare, submit, work), umple (choke, clog, comprise, contain, cram, crowd, farce, fill up, flood, heap, impregnate, inflate, inform, intersperse, Lade, pack, replenish, stain, stock, stop, store, stuff, suffuse, supply), lãrgi (amplify, broach, delocalize, dilate, enlarge, expand, extend, largen, let out, splay, stretch, widen), mulţumi (acknowledge, cater for, content, gratify, meet, please, recompense, reward, satisfy, suit, thank), nãpãdi (choke, flood, invade, overgrow, overrun), ocupa (absorb, busy, come into, conquer, do, engage, hold, indwell, make good, occupy, take), plomba (stop), polei (brighten, glazed frost, surface, veneer), sãtura (cloy, cram, gorge, sate, satiate, soak, suffice), satisface (allay, answer, appease, cater for, content, grant, gratify, humor, humour, meet, pander to, please, satisfy, serve, suit), se umple (bulk, choke), umfla (bag, belly, blow, bunt, expand, fill out, grow, heighten, inflate, overdraw, pad, puff, swell), deţine (hold, own, possess). (various references) | |
