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infill¹

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From in + fill.

verb infills · infilling · infilled

  1. To fill in a space, hole or gap. Here the original drawing is shown in grey and the infilled tracing in black. The lettering can be further refined and, unlike ink-based artwork, can be rekerned without being redrawn.
  2. To rededicate land in an urban environment to new construction.

noun infills

  1. countable, uncountable That which fills in a space, hole or gap. Government needs to provide certainty to the rail freight industry with infill electrification programmes [...]. "First, it's about Government committing to infill electrification so we can do things with the locomotives we already have, and then a rolling plan of electrification."
  2. countable, uncountable The redecoration of a fingernail or toenail after it has grown, to prevent an unsightly gap.

infill²

Where it comes from

Clipping.

noun infills

  1. alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative form of infil (“infiltration”). Hinton and I were briefed at the TOC and received maps of our AO to memorize and mark with codes for the primary and secondary LZs for infill and exfill.

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@misc{infill_2026,
  title = {infill},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/infill},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}