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fill verb (filled, filling) 1 (also fill something up) to make it full • fill the bath with water. 2 intrans (also fill up) to become full • The petrol tank filled up quickly. 3 to take up all the space in something. 4 to satisfy (a need); to perform (a role) satisfactorily. 5 (sometimes fill up) to occupy (time). 6 (also fill something in or up) to put material into (a hole, cavity, etc) to level the surface. 7 to appoint someone to (a position or post of employment). 8 a to take up (a position or post of employment); b to work in (a job), sometimes temporarily • She filled the post for six months. 9 intrans said of a sail: to billow out in the wind. noun 1 anything used to fill something. 2 sometimes in compounds material such as stones, gravel, etc used to fill a space to a required level • rock-fill. be filled with feelings to be profoundly affected by them. eat one's fill to consume enough to satisfy. fill the bill to be perfectly suited for something. to have had one's fill of something or someone to have received or experienced more of it or them than one can tolerate.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon fyllan.