Dictionary entry details
• FILL (noun)
Meaning:
A quantity sufficient to satisfy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Context examples:
he ate his fill of potatoes / she had heard her fill of gossip
Hypernyms ("fill" is a kind of...):
enough; sufficiency (an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose)
Meaning:
Any material that fills a space or container
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
filling; fill
Context example:
there was not enough fill for the trench
Hypernyms ("fill" is a kind of...):
material; stuff (the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fill"):
cement (any of various materials used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth)
• FILL (verb)
Meaning:
Make full, also in a metaphorical sense
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
make full; fill up; fill
Context examples:
fill a container / fill the child with pride
Hypernyms (to "fill" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Cause:
fill; fill up (become full)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "fill"):
electrify (charge (a conductor) with electricity)
impregnate; infuse; instill; tincture (fill, as with a certain quality)
impregnate; saturate (infuse or fill completely)
complete (bring to a whole, with all the necessary parts or elements)
lube; lubricate (apply a lubricant to)
surcharge (fill to an excessive degree)
lade; laden; load; load up (fill or place a load on)
charge; load (provide with munition)
deluge; flood; inundate; swamp (fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid)
stuff (fill completely)
pack (fill to capacity)
line (fill plentifully)
prime (fill with priming liquid)
fill again; refill; replenish (fill something that had previously been emptied)
clutter; clutter up (fill a space in a disorderly way)
clog; overload (fill to excess so that function is impaired)
brim (fill as much as possible)
farce; stuff (fill with a stuffing while cooking)
stuff (fill tightly with a material)
bolster; pad (add padding to)
people; populate (fill with people or supply with inhabitants)
top off (fill to the point of almost overflowing)
heap (fill to overflow)
overfill (fill beyond capacity)
ink (fill with ink)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something
Sentence example:
They fill the cart with boxes
Antonym:
empty (make void or empty of contents)
Also:
fill in (represent the effect of shade or shadow on)
fill out (make fat or plump)
Meaning:
Become full
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
fill; fill up
Context examples:
The pool slowly filled with water / The theater filled up slowly
Hypernyms (to "fill" is one way to...):
change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "fill"):
water (fill with tears)
flood (become filled to overflowing)
rack up (supply a rack with feed for (horses or other animals))
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Antonym:
empty (become empty or void of its content)
Meaning:
Occupy the whole of
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
fill; occupy
Context example:
The liquid fills the container
Hypernyms (to "fill" is one way to...):
be (occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "fill"):
crowd (fill or occupy to the point of overflowing)
take up (take up time or space)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
The books fill the box
Meaning:
Assume, as of positions or roles
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
fill; take
Context example:
She took the job as director of development
Hypernyms (to "fill" is one way to...):
do work; work (be employed)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Fill or meet a want or need
Classified under:
Verbs of eating and drinking
Synonyms:
fulfil; satisfy; fulfill; meet; fill
Hypernyms (to "fill" is one way to...):
cater; ply; provide; supply (provide what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "fill"):
allay; assuage; quench; slake (satisfy (thirst))
feed on; feed upon (be sustained by)
appease; quell; stay (overcome or allay)
answer (be satisfactory for; meet the requirements of or serve the purpose of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Appoint someone to (a position or a job)
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "fill" is one way to...):
employ; engage; hire (engage or hire for work)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Eat until one is sated
Classified under:
Verbs of eating and drinking
Synonyms:
fill up; fill
Context example:
He filled up on turkey
Hypernyms (to "fill" is one way to...):
eat (take in solid food)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Fill to satisfaction
Classified under:
Verbs of eating and drinking
Synonyms:
replete; sate; satiate; fill
Context example:
I am sated
Hypernyms (to "fill" is one way to...):
consume; have; ingest; take; take in (serve oneself to, or consume regularly)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "fill"):
cloy; pall (cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Meaning:
Plug with a substance
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
fill a cavity
Hypernyms (to "fill" is one way to...):
bushel; doctor; fix; furbish up; mend; repair; restore; touch on (restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "fill"):
close; fill up (fill or stop up)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
