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fill in WordNet English dictionary

noun
  1. a quantity sufficient to satisfy
    "he ate his fill of potatoes"; "she had heard her fill of gossip"
    fill 
  2. any material that fills a space or container
    "there was not enough fill for the trench"
    filling  fill 
verb
  1. become full
    "The pool slowly filled with water"; "The theater filled up slowly"
    fill  fill up 
  2. make full, also in a metaphorical sense
    "fill a container"; "fill the child with pride"
    fill  fill up  make full 
  3. plug with a substance
    "fill a cavity"
    fill 
  4. fill to satisfaction
    "I am sated"
    satiate  sate  replete  fill 
  5. eat until one is sated
    "He filled up on turkey"
    fill up  fill 
  6. fill or meet a want or need
    meet  satisfy  fill  fulfill  fulfil 
  7. assume, as of positions or roles
    "She took the job as director of development"; "he occupies the position of manager"; "the young prince will soon occupy the throne"
    fill  take  occupy 
  8. appoint someone to (a position or a job)
    fill 
  9. occupy the whole of
    "The liquid fills the container"
    occupy  fill 
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