fill

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English Vietnamese dictionary

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Advanced English dictionary

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verb, noun
+ verb
make full
1 ~ (sth) (with sth) to make sth full of sth; to become full of sth: [VN] to fill a hole with earth / a bucket with water + to fill a vacuum / void + Please fill this glass for me. + The school is filled to capacity. + Smoke filled the room. + The wind filled the sails. + A Disney film can always fill cinemas (= attract a lot of people to see it). + [VN-ADJ] Fill a pan half full of water. + [V] The room was filling quickly. + Her eyes suddenly filled with tears. + The sails filled with wind.
block hole
2 [VN] to block a hole with a substance: The crack in the wall had been filled with plaster. + I need to have two teeth filled (= to have FILLINGS put in them). + (figurative) The product has filled a gap in the market.
with feeling
3 [VN] ~ sb (with sth) to make sb have a strong feeling: We were all filled with admiration for his achievements.
with smell / sound / light
4 [VN] ~ sth (with sth) if a smell, sound or light fills a place, it is very strong, loud or bright and easy to notice
-filled
5 (in adjectives) full of the thing mentioned: a smoke-filled room + a fun-filled day
a need
6 [VN] to stop people from continuing to want or need sth: More nurseries will be built to fill the need for high-quality child care.
job
7 [VN] to do a job, have a role or position, etc: He fills the post satisfactorily (= performs his duties well). + The team needs someone to fill the role of manager very soon.
8 [VN] to appoint sb to a job: The vacancy has already been filled.
time
9 [VN] ~ sth (up) to use up a particular period of time doing sth: How do you fill your day now that you've retired?
with food
10 [VN] ~ sb / yourself (up) (with sth) (informal) to make sb/yourself feel unable to eat any more: The kids filled themselves with snacks and now they don't want any lunch.
an order
11 [VN] if sb fills an order or a PRESCRIPTION, they give the customer what they have asked for
See also - UNFILLED
Idioms: fill sb's shoes / boots to do sb's job in a satisfactory way when they are not there
more at BILL n.
Phrasal Verbs: fill in (for sb) to do sb's job for a short time while they are not there
fill sth<->in
1 (also fill sth<->out especially in AmE) to complete a form, etc. by writing information on it: to fill in an application form + To order, fill in the coupon on p 54.
2 to fill sth completely: The hole has been filled in.
3 to spend time doing sth while waiting for sth more important: He filled in the rest of the day watching television.
4 to complete a drawing, etc. by covering the space inside the outline with colour
fill sb in (on sth) to tell sb about sth that has happened
fill out to become larger, rounder or fatter
fill sth<->out = FILL STH IN (1)
fill up (with sth)
fill sth<->up (with sth) to become completely full; to make sth completely full: The ditches had filled up with mud and debris. + to fill up the tank with oil
+ noun [sing.]
1 your ~ (of sth/sb) as much of sth/sb as you are willing to accept: I've had my fill of entertaining for one week.
2 your ~ (of food / drink) as much as you can eat/drink: All we had was what was left after the guests had eaten their fill. + The pigs had had their fill of the leftovers.

Thesaurus dictionary

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v.

1 crowd, stuff, cram, jam, load, burden, pack, squeeze:

A huge number of people filled the stadium.

2 top (off), top up, fill up, make full; inflate, swell, stretch, blow up, distend, expand:

Pour in just enough to fill the bottle. See if you can fill the balloon. Wind filled the sails.

3 Sometimes, fill up. supply, provide, furnish:

Irena has filled her house with paintings.

4 meet, satisfy, fulfil, answer:

Will a dozen fill your needs for a while?

5 satisfy, satiate, bloat, sate, gorge, stuff; stock:

The guests filled themselves with choice foods at the reception.

6 abound in, overflow, be abundant or plentiful in:

Trout filled the lake.

7 close, stop (up), block, stuff, plug, caulk, seal:

The dentist had to fill two cavities.

8 occupy, take over, discharge, carry out, do, execute:

Can you fill her job while she's away?

9 fill in or US and Canadian also out.

(a) make out, complete, answer:

Please fill in this application.

(b) take the place, stand in, substitute:

Could you fill in during my secretary's absence?

(c) inform, tell, advise, let in on, notify, bring up to date, share, let in on:

Don will fill you in on the details later.

10 fill out.

(a) swell, expand, grow, distend, stretch; fatten, increase:

The sails filled out in the freshening breeze.

(b) US fill in. See 9(a).

n.

11 one's fill. plenty, enough; surfeit, sufficiency:

We ate our fill and left.

Collocation dictionary

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ADV.

fast, quickly, rapidly

At the moment, most reservoirs are filling fast.

| gradually, slowly | up

VERB + FILL

begin to

The sails began to fill.

| seem to

He seemed to fill the room with his presence.

PREP.

with

Fill the bucket with water.

PHRASES

be filled to capacity

The school is filled to capacity?we simply can't take any more students.

| be filled to the brim (with sth)

The drawers were all filled to the brim.

Concise English dictionary

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fills|filled|fillingfɪl
noun
+a quantity sufficient to satisfy
+any material that fills a space or container
verb
+make full, also in a metaphorical sense
+become full
+occupy the whole of
+assume, as of positions or roles
+fill or meet a want or need
+appoint someone to (a position or a job)
+eat until one is sated
+fill to satisfaction
+plug with a substance

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