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fill¹

  • /fɪl/
  • [ˈfɪɫ]
  • /fɪʊ̯/
  • [ˈfɪʊ̯]

Sounds like Phil, feel (fill-feel merger) · Rhymes with -ɪl

Where it comes from

From Middle English fillen, fullen, from Old English fyllan (“to fill, fill up, replenish, satisfy; complete, fulfill”), from Proto-West Germanic *fullijan, from Proto-Germanic *fullijaną (“to make full, fill”), from *fullaz (“full”), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (“full”).

Cognate with Scots fill (“to fill”), West Frisian folje (“to fill”), Low German füllen (“to fill”), Dutch vullen (“to fill”), German füllen (“to fill”), Danish fylde (“to fill”), Swedish fylla (“to fill”), Norwegian fylle (“to fill”), Icelandic fylla (“to fill”) and Latin plenus (“full”)

verb fills · filling · filled

  1. ergative, transitive To add contents to (a container, cavity, or the like) so that it is full. She filled a glass with milk.

    Similar: stop

  2. ergative, transitive To enter (something), making it full. The doors opened and guests filled the auditorium.
  3. ergative, transitive To occupy fully, to take up all of. The smell of spring filled the air.

    Similar: pervade

  4. intransitive, of containers To become full. The bucket filled with rain
  5. intransitive To become pervaded with something. My heart filled with joy.
  6. transitive To satisfy or meet (as, an order, request, or requirement). The pharmacist filled my prescription for penicillin.
  7. transitive To install someone, or be installed, in (a position or office), eliminating a vacancy. The board of supervisors called a specal election to fill the office, and at such special election Henry C. Andrews was elected judge of probate to fill out the said term.
  8. transitive To treat (a tooth) by adding a dental filling to it. Dr. Smith filled Jim's cavity with silver amalgam.
  9. transitive To block, obstruct The drains were filled with gunk and no water could flow off.
  10. transitive To supply fully with food; to feed; to satisfy. Are all the children filled and ready for bed?
  11. transitive To trim (a yard) so that the wind blows on the after side of the sails.
  12. slang, transitive, vulgar, of a male To have sexual intercourse with (a female). Did you fill that girl last night?

    Similar: dick

  13. slang, transitive, vulgar, of a male To ejaculate inside someone or something.

Similar: get up in, knob, swive · Opposite: empty

fill²

  • /fɪl/
  • [ˈfɪɫ]
  • /fɪʊ̯/
  • [ˈfɪʊ̯]

Sounds like Phil, feel (fill-feel merger) · Rhymes with -ɪl

Where it comes from

From Middle English fille, vülle, fülle, from Old English fyllu, from Proto-West Germanic *fullī, from Proto-Germanic *fullį̄ (“fullness”). Cognate with German Fülle.

noun fills

  1. countable, uncountable, after a possessive A sufficient or more than sufficient amount. Don't feed him any more: he's had his fill.
  2. countable, uncountable An amount that fills a container. The mixer returned to the plant for another fill.
  3. countable, uncountable The filling of a container or area. That machine can do 20 fills per minute.
  4. countable, uncountable Inexpensive material used to occupy empty spaces, especially in construction. The ruins of earlier buildings were used as fill for more recent construction.
  5. countable, uncountable Soil and/or human-created debris discovered within a cavity or cut in the layers and exposed by excavation; fill soil.
  6. countable, uncountable An embankment, as in railroad construction, to fill a hollow or ravine; also, the place which is to be filled.
  7. countable, uncountable A short passage, riff, or rhythmic sound that helps to keep the listener's attention during a break between the phrases of a melody. bass fill
  8. abbreviation, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Ellipsis of fill light
  9. countable, uncountable The weft yarn.
  10. countable, uncountable The answers in a crossword puzzle that are not part of the theme.

fill³

  • /fɪl/
  • [ˈfɪɫ]
  • /fɪʊ̯/
  • [ˈfɪʊ̯]

Sounds like Phil, feel (fill-feel merger) · Rhymes with -ɪl

Where it comes from

See thill.

noun fills

  1. One of the thills or shafts of a carriage. It was a challenge to learn to harness him, guide him slowly back between the fills of the carriage, then to fasten the right buckles and snaps, making the harness and buggy all ready for travel to church or to town.

Fill⁴

Where it comes from

From a medieval diminutive of the given name Philip.

proper noun Fills

  1. A surname transferred from the given name.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: fill up, cram, sate, replete, satiate, close, take, meet, fulfill, occupy, satisfy, stuff, fulfil, jam, make full, filler

verb

Similar: get up in, knob, swive · Opposite: empty

Translations

Every language

verb become full of contents

日本語満ちる michiru, 一杯になる ippai ni naru
Portuguêsencher
Françaisse remplir
Deutschsich füllen
Русскийзаполня́ться zapolnjátʹsja, запо́лниться zapólnitʹsja, наполня́ться napolnjátʹsja, напо́лниться napólnitʹsja
العربيةاِمْتَلأَ
עבריתהתמלא hitmalé, מָלֵא malé

verb satisfy, obey

Españolllenar

verb add contents to, so it is full

Españolllenar, implar, amacizar, macizar
한국어채우다 chae'uda
日本語満たす mitasu, 一杯にする ippai ni suru
中文裝滿 /装满 zhuāngmǎn, 填滿 /填满 tiánmǎn
Portuguêsencher
Françaisremplir
Deutschfüllen
Italianoimbottire, riempire
Ελληνικάγεμίζω gemízo
Românăa umple, împlini
Русскийзаполня́ть zapolnjátʹ, запо́лнить zapólnitʹ, наполня́ть napolnjátʹ, напо́лнить napólnitʹ
العربيةمَلَأَ malaʔa
עבריתמִלָּא millá

verb enter, making it full

日本語埋める umeru
Portuguêsencher
Русскийзаполня́ть zapolnjátʹ, запо́лнить zapólnitʹ

verb occupy fully, take up all of

Españolllenar
日本語溢れる afureru
中文裝滿 /装满 zhuāngmǎn
Portuguêsencher
Françaisremplir
Deutschfüllen, ausfüllen
Italianooccupare interamente, occupare pienamente, occupare completamente, riempire
Русскийзаполня́ть zapolnjátʹ, запо́лнить zapólnitʹ, наполня́ть napolnjátʹ, напо́лнить napólnitʹ
العربيةمَلَأَ malaʔa

verb become pervaded with something

Deutschsich füllen
Русскийзаполня́ться zapolnjátʹsja, запо́лниться zapólnitʹsja, наполня́ться napolnjátʹsja, напо́лниться napólnitʹsja

verb install someone or be installed in

Españolocupar
Françaiscombler
Deutschbesetzen

verb treat (a tooth)

Españolempastar
Portuguêsrestaurar
Deutschfüllen
Ελληνικάσφραγίζω sfragízo
Românăplomba

noun amount that fills a container

DeutschFüllung

noun filling of a container

Españolrepostaje
DeutschFüllung

noun something used to occupy empty spaces

Españolrelleno
DeutschFüllmaterial

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@misc{fill_2026,
  title = {fill},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fill},
  urldate = {2026-11-05}
}