filling
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filling
- /ˈfɪlɪŋ/
- [ˈfɪɫɪŋ] US
Rhymes with -ɪlɪŋ
verb
- present participle and gerund of fill
adjective more filling · most filling
- Of food, that satisfies the appetite by filling the stomach. a filling meal
noun fillings
- Anything that is used to fill something.
- The contents of a pie, etc.
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Any material used to fill a cavity in a tooth or the result of using such material.
I will be using a rapid-setting cement filling.
Similar: stopping
- The woof in woven fabrics.
- Prepared wort added to ale to cleanse it.
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A religious experience attributed to the Holy Ghost "filling" a believer.
1903, William Edward Biederwolf, A Help to the Study of the Holy Spirit, James H. Earle & Company (publ.), page 100.
As learned Dr. Hodge has reminded us, any impartation of the Holy Spirit is a baptism, and certainly, apart from biblical phraseology, a filling with the Spirit may be called a baptis
Similar: enduement, second baptism
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: pick, weft, woof, bulking, infill, load, filler, narrowing, clogging, trim, topping, spanning, overcoming, plugging, backfill, fulfilling
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adj of food, that satisfies the appetite by filling the stomach
| Español | llenante, llenador |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 管飽 /管饱 guǎnbǎo, 耐吃 nàichī |
| हिन्दी | भराव bharāv |
| Kiswahili | muhu |
| Français | consistant |
| Deutsch | sättigend, mächtig |
| Ελληνικά | χορταστικός chortastikós |
| Русский | сы́тный sýtnyj |
| עברית | ממלא memalé |
noun anything used to fill something
| Español | relleno |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 填充 tiánchōng |
| हिन्दी | भरावन bharāvan |
| Kiswahili | muhu |
| Português | enchimento |
| Deutsch | Füllung |
| Ελληνικά | γέμιση gémisi, γόμωση gómosi |
| Русский | наполне́ние napolnénije |
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