Dictionary entry details
• FILL UP (verb)
Meaning:
Make full, also in a metaphorical sense
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
fill; fill up; make full
Context examples:
fill a container / fill the child with pride
Hypernyms (to "fill up" 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 up"):
complete (bring to a whole, with all the necessary parts or elements)
impregnate; saturate (infuse or fill completely)
impregnate; infuse; instill; tincture (fill, as with a certain quality)
electrify (charge (a conductor) with electricity)
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 up the cart with boxes
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 up" 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 up"):
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
Meaning:
Fill or stop up
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
fill up; close
Context example:
Can you close the cracks with caulking?
Hypernyms (to "fill up" is one way to...):
fill (plug with a substance)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "fill up"):
seal (close with or as if with a seal)
plug; secure; stop up (fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug)
coapt; conglutinate (cause to adhere)
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 up" is one way to...):
eat (take in solid food)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s PP
