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fill
(fĭl)v. filled, fill·ing, fills
v.tr.
1.
a. To put something into (a container, for example) to capacity or to a desired level: fill a glass with milk; filled the tub with water.
b. To supply or provide to the fullest extent: filled the mall with new stores.
c. To build up the level of (low-lying land) with material such as earth or gravel.
d. To stop or plug up (an opening, for example).
e. To repair a cavity of (a tooth).
f. To add a foreign substance to (cloth or wood, for example).
2.
a. To flow or move into (a container or area), often to capacity: Water is filling the basement. Fans are filling the stadium.
b. To pervade: Music filled the room.
3.
a. To satiate, as with food and drink: The guests filled themselves with pie.
b. To engage or occupy completely: a song that filled me with nostalgia.
4.
a. To satisfy or meet; fulfill: fill the requirements. See Synonyms at satisfy.
b. To supply what is specified by or required for: fill a prescription; fill an order.
5.
a. To put a person into (a job or position): We filled the job with a new hire.
b. To discharge the duties of; occupy: How long has she filled that post?
6. To cover the surface of (an inexpensive metal) with a layer of precious metal, such as gold.
7. Nautical
a. To cause (a sail) to swell.
b. To adjust (a yard) so that wind will cause a sail to swell.
v.intr.
To become full: The basement is filling with water.
n.
Phrasal Verbs: 1. An amount needed to make full, complete, or satisfied: eat one's fill.
2. Material for filling a container, cavity, or passage.
3.
a. A built-up piece of land; an embankment.
b. The material, such as earth or gravel, used for this.
fill in
1. To write information in (a blank space, as on a form).
2. To write in (information) in a blank space.
3. Informal To provide with information that is essential or newly acquired: I wasn't there—would you fill me in?
4. To act as a substitute; stand in: an understudy who filled in at the last minute.
fill out
Idioms: 1. To complete (a form, for example) by providing required information: carefully filled out the job application.
2. To become or make more fleshy: He filled out after age 35.
fill (someone's) shoes
To assume someone's position or duties.
fill the bill Informal
To serve a particular purpose.
fill′a·ble adj.
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fill in
vb (adverb)
1. (tr) to complete (a form, drawing, etc)
2. (intr) to act as a substitute: a girl is filling in while the typist is away.
3. (tr) to put material into (a hole or cavity), esp so as to make it level with a surface
4. (tr) informal to inform with facts or news
5. (tr) slang Brit to attack and injure severely
n
6. a substitute
7. informal US a briefing to complete one's understanding
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| Verb | 1. | fill in - supply with information on a specific topic; "He filled me in on the latest developments" inform - impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to; "I informed him of his rights" |
| 2. | fill in - represent the effect of shade or shadow on artistic creation, artistic production, art - the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully" paint - make a painting; "he painted all day in the garden"; "He painted a painting of the garden" draw - represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface; "She drew an elephant"; "Draw me a horse" crosshatch - shade with multiple crossing lines; "the draftsman crosshatched the area" | |
| 3. | fill in - be a substitute; "The young teacher had to substitute for the sick colleague"; "The skim milk substitutes for cream--we are on a strict diet" exchange, interchange, change - give to, and receive from, one another; "Would you change places with me?"; "We have been exchanging letters for a year" | |
| 4. |  fill in - write all the required information onto a form; "fill out this questionnaire, please!"; "make out a form" |
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fill
verb2. To plug up something, as a hole, space, or container:
fill in or out
1. To supply what is lacking:
2. To act as a substitute:
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Translations
يَملأ الإسْتِمارَهيَملأ التَّفاصيليَـمْلأُ الفَرَاغيَملأ المَعلومات الضَّروريّهيَملأ الوَقت، يَشْغِل
vyplnitzaskočit zazastoupitdoplnitinformovat
udfyldevikariereafløsefordriveholde ajour
täyttää
ispuniti
kitölt
drepa tímannfylla upp íleysa afútfylla
記入する
써 넣다
vyplniťzaskočiť za
fylla i
กรอก
điền vào
w>fill in
vi to fill in for somebody → für jdn einspringen
vt sep
hole → auffüllen; door, fireplace → zumauern; to fill in the gaps in one’s knowledge → seine Wissenslücken stopfen; he’s just filling in time until he gets another job → er überbrückt nur die Zeit, bis er eine andere Stelle bekommt
form → ausfüllen; name, address, missing word → eintragen; could you fill in the details for me? → könnten Sie mir die Einzelheiten nennen?
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
fill
(fil) verb1. to put (something) into (until there is no room for more); to make full. to fill a cupboard with books; The news filled him with joy.
2. to become full. His eyes filled with tears.
3. to satisfy (a condition, requirement etc). Does he fill all our requirements?
4. to put something in a hole (in a tooth etc) to stop it up. The dentist filled two of my teeth yesterday.
noun as much as fills or satisfies someone. She ate her fill.
filled adjective having been filled.
ˈfiller noun1. a tool or instrument used for filling something, especially for conveying liquid into a bottle.
2. material used to fill cracks in a wall etc.
ˈfilling noun anything used to fill. The filling has come out of my tooth; He put an orange filling in the cake.
ˈfilling-station noun a place where petrol is sold.
fill in1. to add or put in (whatever is needed to make something complete). to fill in the details.
2. to complete (forms, application etc) by putting in the information required. Have you filled in your tax form yet?
3. to give (someone) all the necessary information. I've been away – can you fill me in on what has happened?
4. to occupy (time). She had several cups of coffee at the cafeteria to fill in the time until the train left.
5. to do another person's job temporarily. I'm filling in for her secretary.
fill up to make or become completely full. Fill up the petrol tank, please.
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fill in
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