MAKE FULL

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does make full mean? 

• MAKE FULL (verb)
  The verb MAKE FULL has 1 sense:

1. make full, also in a metaphorical sense

  Familiarity information: MAKE FULL used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MAKE FULL (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 "make full" 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 "make full"):

clutter; clutter up (fill a space in a disorderly way)

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)

line (fill plentifully)

prime (fill with priming liquid)

fill again; refill; replenish (fill something that had previously been emptied)

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)

pack (fill to capacity)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something