fill

verbo

1. 1

   To make full To add contents to (a container, cavity, or the like) so that it is full.

   She filled a glass with milk.

   dreams filled with surreal imagery

   My hopes wa'n't disappointed. I never saw clams thicker than they was along them inshore flats. I filled my dreener in no time, and then it come to me that 'twouldn't be a bad idee to get a lot more, take 'em with me to Wellmouth, and peddle 'em out. Clams was fairly scarce over that side of the bay and ought to fetch a fair price.

   She continued to frown as she filled Bony's cup and added brandy to her own.

2. 2

   To make full To enter (something), making it full.

   The doors opened and guests filled the auditorium.

   In the evening of the 14th of July, there was a rainfall of 3 or 3½ inches in that locality. The water filled the ditch so full that it overflowed the levees on both sides in many places […] .

   As the crowd filled the aisles, S repeated loudly what he had announced upon entering the stadium: 'I don't want anyone to touch me, and I will call the police if anyone does.'

3. 3

   To make full To occupy fully, to take up all of.

   The smell of spring filled the air.

   […]the drums began to thunder, the sound of trumpets filled the air, the earth trembled beneath their feet, and the hearts of the gazing multitude throbbed with suspense and expectation[…]

   And now that I have given the one chapter to the theme that so filled my heart, and so often made it ache and ache again, I pass on, unhindered, to the event that had impended over me longer yet[…].

4. 4

   To become full.

   The bucket filled with rain

   The room filled with thick smoke.

   The sails fill with wind

5. 5

   To become full. To become pervaded with something.

   My heart filled with joy.

6. 6

   To satisfy or meet (as, an order, request, or requirement).

   The pharmacist filled my prescription for penicillin.

   We can't let the library close! It fills a great need in the community.

   To qualify for a home loan, you need to fill a number of requirements.

7. 7

   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.

   Sorry, no more applicants. The position has been filled.

8. 8

   To treat (a tooth) by adding a dental filling to it.

   Dr. Smith filled Jim's cavity with silver amalgam.

   Be that as it may, had the disturbance continued after our having filled the molar, and presuming that nothing had been done to the bicuspid, we might have been still as far as ever from knowing where the trouble lay.

9. 9

   To block, obstruct

   The drains were filled with gunk and no water could flow off.

10. 10

    To supply fully with food; to feed; to satisfy.

    Are all the children filled and ready for bed?

    Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?

    Things that are sweet and fat are more filling.

11. 11

    To trim (a yard) so that the wind blows on the after side of the sails.

12. 12

    jergaTo have sexual intercourse with (a female).

    Did you fill that girl last night?

13. 13

    jergaTo ejaculate inside someone or something.

sustantivo

1. 1

   A sufficient or more than sufficient amount.

   Don't feed him any more: he's had his fill.

   Then they set somewhat of food before me, whereof I ate my fill, and gave me somewhat of clothes wherewith I clad myself anew and covered my nakedness; after which they took me up into the ship, […]

2. 2

   An amount that fills a container.

   The mixer returned to the plant for another fill.

3. 3

   The filling of a container or area.

   That machine can do 20 fills per minute.

   This paint program supports lines, circles, and textured fills.

4. 4

   Inexpensive material used to occupy empty spaces, especially in construction.

   The ruins of earlier buildings were used as fill for more recent construction.

   Strippage from a borrow area was first treated as waste, under the contract, but after passage of time was suitable for fill and was so used.

5. 5

   Soil and/or human-created debris discovered within a cavity or cut in the layers and exposed by excavation; fill soil.

6. 6

   An embankment, as in railroad construction, to fill a hollow or ravine; also, the place which is to be filled.

7. 7

   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

   The second part of recomposed Embroidering Golden Banner achieves the brightness and cheerfulness of music, and presents a cheerful passion through sanda playing methods such as left-hind octave fills, right-hand echo decoration, and encircled decoration.

8. 8

   The weft yarn.

9. 9

   The answers in a crossword puzzle that are not part of the theme.

10. 10

    Variante de fill lightEllipsis of fill light.

sustantivo

1. 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.

Formas

plural

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pasado

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participio

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gerundio

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3.ª persona del singular

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