fill
To make fullTo make full: To add contents to (a container, cavity, or the like) so that it is full.
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Meaning
13 sensesTo make full
(ergative, transitive)To add contents to (a container, cavity, or the like) so that it is full.
She filled a glass with milk.
dreams filled with surreal imagery
füllen
заполня́тьzapolnjátʹ, запо́лнитьzapólnitʹ, наполня́тьnapolnjátʹ
(ergative, transitive)To enter (something), making it full.
The doors opened and guests filled the auditorium.
заполня́тьzapolnjátʹ, запо́лнитьzapólnitʹ
become full
(ergative, transitive)To occupy fully, to take up all of.
The smell of spring filled the air.
füllen, ausfüllen
заполня́тьzapolnjátʹ, запо́лнитьzapólnitʹ, наполня́тьnapolnjátʹ
запо́внюватиzapóvnjuvaty, заповня́тиzapovnjáty, запо́внитиzapóvnyty
occupy the whole of
(intransitive)To become full.
The bucket filled with rain
The room filled with thick smoke.
sich füllen
заполня́тьсяzapolnjátʹsja, запо́лнитьсяzapólnitʹsja, наполня́тьсяnapolnjátʹsja
make full, also in a metaphorical sense
To become full.
(intransitive)To become pervaded with something.
My heart filled with joy.
sich füllen
заполня́тьсяzapolnjátʹsja, запо́лнитьсяzapólnitʹsja, наполня́тьсяnapolnjátʹsja
(transitive)To satisfy or meet (as, an order, request, or requirement).
The pharmacist filled my prescription for penicillin.
We can't let the library close! It fills a great need in the community.
fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condition or restriction
(transitive)To install someone, or be installed, in (a position or office), eliminating a vacancy.
Sorry, no more applicants. The position has been filled.
besetzen
(transitive)To treat (a tooth) by adding a dental filling to it.
Dr. Smith filled Jim's cavity with silver amalgam.
füllen
(transitive)To block, obstruct
The drains were filled with gunk and no water could flow off.
(transitive)To supply fully with food; to feed; to satisfy.
Are all the children filled and ready for bed?
(transitive)To trim (a yard) so that the wind blows on the after side of the sails.
(slang, transitive, vulgar)To have sexual intercourse with (a female).
Did you fill that girl last night?
Examples
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The room was filled with people.
Кімната була заповнена людьми.
ruКомната была полна народу.
deDer Raum war voller Menschen.
The bottle is filled with water.
Пляшка повна води.
ruБутылка полна воды.
deDie Flasche ist voll Wasser.
He filled the glass with wine.
Він наповнив бокал вином.
ruОн наполнил бокал вином.
deEr füllte das Glas mit Wein.
He filled the bottle with water.
Він наповнив пляшку водою.
ruОн наполнил бутылку водой.
deEr füllte die Flasche mit Wasser.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English fillen, fullen, from Old English fyllan (“to fill, fill up, replenish,From Middle English fillen, fullen, from Old English fyllan (“to fill, fill up, replenish, satisfy; complete, fulfill”), from Proto-West Germanic *fullijan, from Proto-Germanic *fullijaną (“to make full, fill”), from *fullaz (“full”), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (“full”).
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Forms
fills, filling, filled, filledPhrasal verbs
4 phrasal verbs- fill upзаповнити, наповнитиTo make (something) completely full.
- fill outзаповнити, заповнюватиTo complete a form or questionnaire with requested information.
- fill inзаповнити, заповнюватиTo fill; to replace material that is absent or has been removed.
- fill awayLet the wind fill the sails of a sailing ship and start sailing.
Synonyms
19 synonymsAntonyms
1 antonymsWord family
34 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
12 patterns- fill out this
- fill out the
- was filled with
- to fill out
- fill the bucket
- filled up the
- filled the bathtub
- please fill
- please fill out
- filled with sorrow
- heart was filled
- filled the bottle