Overview of verb fill

The verb fill has 9 senses

• fill, fill up, make full -- (make full, also in a metaphorical sense; "fill a container"; "fill the child with pride")


• fill, fill up -- (become full; "The pool slowly filled with water"; "The theater filled up slowly")


• occupy, fill -- (occupy the whole of; "The liquid fills the container")


• fill, take, occupy -- (assume, as of positions or roles; "She took the job as director of development"; "he occupies the position of manager"; "the young prince will soon occupy the throne")


• meet, satisfy, fill, fulfill, fulfil -- (fill or meet a want or need)


• fill -- (appoint someone to (a position or a job))


• fill up, fill -- (eat until one is sated; "He filled up on turkey")


• satiate, sate, replete, fill -- (fill to satisfaction; "I am sated")


• fill -- (plug with a substance; "fill a cavity")

Overview of adj filled

The adj filled has 3 senses

• filled -- ((usually followed by `with' or used as a combining form) generously supplied with; "theirs was a house filled with laughter"; "a large hall filled with rows of desks"; "fog-filled air")


• filled -- (of purchase orders that have been filled)


• filled -- ((of time) taken up; "well-filled hours")