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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Fill \Fill\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Filled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Filling}.] [OE. fillen, fullen, AS. fyllan, fr. full full; akin to D. vullen, G. f["u]llen, Icel. fylla, Sw. fylla, Dan. fylde, Goth. fulljan. See {Full}, adjective]
1. To make full; to supply with as much as can be held or contained; to put or pour into, till no more can be received; to occupy the whole capacity of.
The rain also filleth the pools. --Ps. lxxxiv. 6.
Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. Anf they filled them up to the brim. --John ii. 7.
2. To furnish an abudant supply to; to furnish with as mush as is desired or desirable; to occupy the whole of; to swarm in or overrun.
And God blessed them, saying. Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas. --Gen. i. 22.
The Syrians filled the country. --1 Kings xx. 27.
3. To fill or supply fully with food; to feed; to satisfy.
Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fillso great a multitude? --Matt. xv. 33.
Things that are sweet and fat are more filling. --Bacon.
4. To possess and perform the duties of; to officiate in, as an incumbent; to occupy; to hold; as, a king fills a throne; the president fills the office of chief magistrate; the speaker of the House fills the chair.
5. To supply with an incumbent; as, to fill an office or a vacancy. --A. Hamilton.
6. (Naut.) (a) To press and dilate, as a sail; as, the wind filled the sails. (b) To trim (a yard) so that the wind shall blow on the after side of the sails.
7. (Civil Engineering) To make an embankment in, or raise the level of (a low place), with earth or gravel.
{To fill in}, to insert; as, he filled in the figures.
{To fill out}, to extend or enlarge to the desired limit; to make complete; as, to fill out a bill.
{To fill up}, to make quite full; to fill to the brim or entirely; to occupy completely; to complete. ''The bliss that fills up all the mind.'' --Pope. ''And fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ.'' --Col. i. 24.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
filled \filled\ adjective
1. containing as much or as many as is possible or normal; as, filled to overflowing. Opposite of {empty}. [Narrower terms: {abounding in(predicate), abounding with(predicate), bristling with(predicate), full of(predicate), overflowing, overflowing with(predicate), rich in(predicate), rife with(predicate), thick with(predicate)}; {brimful, brimful of(predicate), brimfull, brimfull of(predicate), brimming, brimming with(predicate)}; {chockablock(predicate), chock-full(predicate), chockfull(predicate), chockful(predicate), choke-full(predicate), chuck-full(predicate), cram full}; {congested, engorged}; {crawling with(predicate), overrun with, swarming, swarming with(predicate), teeming, teeming with(predicate)}; {flooded, inundated, swamped ; {glutted, overfull}; {heavy with(predicate) ; {laden, loaded ; {overladen, overloaded ; {stuffed ; {stuffed}; {well-lined ]
Syn: full. [WordNet 1.5]
2. entirely of one substance with no holes inside. Opposite of {hollow}.
Syn: solid. [WordNet 1.5]
3. having appointments throughout the course of a period; -- of an appointment schedule; as, My calendar is filled for the week. Opposite of {unoccupied} and {free}
Syn: occupied. [WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
filled
adjective
1: (usually followed by 'with' or used as a combining form) generously supplied with; "theirs was a house filled with laughter"; "a large hall filled with rows of desks"; "fog-filled air"
2: (of time) taken up; "well-filled hours"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
32 Moby Thesaurus words for "filled": SRO, brimful, brimming, bulging, bursting, capacity, chock-full, chuck-full, congested, cram-full, crammed, farci, flush, full, full to bursting, jam-packed, overfull, overstuffed, packed, packed like sardines, plenary, ready to burst, replete, round, satiated, saturated, soaked, standing room only, stuffed, surfeited, swollen, topful
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