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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
fill \fill\, v. t. imp. p. p. filled; p. pr. vb. n.
filling. oe. fillen, fullen, as. fyllan, fr. full full;
akin to d. vullen, g. f"ullen, icel. fylla, sw. fylla, dan.
fylde, goth. fulljan. see full, a.
1. to make full; to supply with as much as can be held or
contained; to put or pour into, till no more can be
received; to occupy the whole capacity of.
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the rain also filleth the pools. --ps. lxxxiv.
6.
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jesus saith unto them, fill the waterpots with
water. anf they filled them up to the brim. --john
ii. 7.
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2. to furnish an abudant supply to; to furnish with as mush
as is desired or desirable; to occupy the whole of; to
swarm in or overrun.
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and god blessed them, saying. be fruitful, and
multiply, and fill the waters in the seas. --gen. i.
22.
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the syrians filled the country. --1 kings xx.
27.
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3. to fill or supply fully with food; to feed; to satisfy.
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whence should we have so much bread in the
wilderness, as to fillso great a multitude? --matt.
xv. 33.
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things that are sweet and fat are more filling.
--bacon.
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4. to possess and perform the duties of; to officiate in, as
an incumbent; to occupy; to hold; as, a king fills a
throne; the president fills the office of chief
magistrate; the speaker of the house fills the chair.
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5. to supply with an incumbent; as, to fill an office or a
vacancy. --a. hamilton.
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6. naut.
a to press and dilate, as a sail; as, the wind filled
the sails.
b to trim a yard so that the wind shall blow on the
after side of the sails.
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7. civil engineering to make an embankment in, or raise the
level of a low place, with earth or gravel.
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to fill in, to insert; as, he filled in the figures.
to fill out, to extend or enlarge to the desired limit; to
make complete; as, to fill out a bill.
to fill up, to make quite full; to fill to the brim or
entirely; to occupy completely; to complete. "the bliss
that fills up all the mind." --pope. "and fill up that
which is behind of the afflictions of christ." --col. i.
24.
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see also:
filled filling full to fill in to fill out to fill up
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