Meaning

13 senses
  1. To 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

  2. (ergative, transitive)To enter (something), making it full.

    The doors opened and guests filled the auditorium.

    заполня́тьzapolnjátʹ, запо́лнитьzapólnitʹ

    become full

  3. (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

  4. (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

  5. To become full.

    (intransitive)To become pervaded with something.

    My heart filled with joy.

    sich füllen

    заполня́тьсяzapolnjátʹsja, запо́лнитьсяzapólnitʹsja, наполня́тьсяnapolnjátʹsja

  6. (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

  7. (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

  8. (transitive)To treat (a tooth) by adding a dental filling to it.

    Dr. Smith filled Jim's cavity with silver amalgam.

    füllen

  9. (transitive)To block, obstruct

    The drains were filled with gunk and no water could flow off.

  10. (transitive)To supply fully with food; to feed; to satisfy.

    Are all the children filled and ready for bed?

  11. (transitive)To trim (a yard) so that the wind blows on the after side of the sails.

  12. (slang, transitive, vulgar)To have sexual intercourse with (a female).

    Did you fill that girl last night?

Examples

1487 sentences
  1. Please fill out this form first.

    Будь ласка, спочатку заповніть цю форму.

    ruПожалуйста, заполните сначала этот бланк.

    deBitte füllen Sie zuerst dieses Formular aus.

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  2. The room was filled with people.

    Кімната була заповнена людьми.

    ruКомната была полна народу.

    deDer Raum war voller Menschen.

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  3. The bottle is filled with water.

    Пляшка повна води.

    ruБутылка полна воды.

    deDie Flasche ist voll Wasser.

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  4. He filled the glass with wine.

    Він наповнив бокал вином.

    ruОн наполнил бокал вином.

    deEr füllte das Glas mit Wein.

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  5. He filled the bottle with water.

    Він наповнив пляшку водою.

    ruОн наполнил бутылку водой.

    deEr füllte die Flasche mit Wasser.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
occupy fully, take up all of:
Русский
By meaning 2
add contents to, so it is full:
become full of contents:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
add contents to, so it is full:
occupy fully, take up all of:
become full of contents:
install someone or be installed in:

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, filled
Base formfill · to fill
3rd person singularfills
Present participlefilling
Past simplefilled
Past participlefilled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyfill
he, she, itfills

Past simpleLesson

all personsfilled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave filled
he, she, ithas filled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill fill

Phrasal verbs

4 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

19 synonyms
occupy fully, take up all of:pervade
have sexual intercourse with a female:dick
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms
add contents to a container or cavity:emptyA2

Word family

34 related words

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

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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