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unfilled

fill
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [fil]
    • /fɪl/
    • /ɪnˈfɪld/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [fil]
    • /fɪl/

Definitions of unfilled word

  • verb with object unfilled to make full; put as much as can be held into: to fill a jar with water. 1
  • verb with object unfilled to occupy to the full capacity: Water filled the basin. The crowd filled the hall. 1
  • verb with object unfilled to supply to an extreme degree or plentifully: to fill a house with furniture; to fill the heart with joy. 1
  • verb with object unfilled to satisfy fully the hunger of; satiate: The roast beef filled the diners. 1
  • verb with object unfilled to put into a receptacle: to fill sand into a pail. 1
  • verb with object unfilled to be plentiful throughout: Fish filled the rivers. 1
See all 33 definitions of unfilled

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Origin of unfilled

First appearance:

before 900
One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English fillen, Old English fyllan; cognate with German füllen, Gothic fulljan to make full; see full1

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Unfilled

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Unfilled

unfilled popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data about 54% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

unfilled usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for unfilled

adj unfilled

  • alveolate — having many alveoli
  • blank — Something that is blank has nothing on it.
  • cupped — hollowed like a cup; concave
  • deep-set — Deep-set eyes seem to be further back in the face than most people's eyes.

adjective unfilled

  • empty — A container (esp. a bottle or glass) left empty of its contents.
  • esurient — Hungry or greedy.
  • hollow — having a space or cavity inside; not solid; empty: a hollow sphere.
  • hungered — Simple past tense and past participle of hunger.
  • incurved — Turned inwards.
All 15 Synonyms of unfilled

Antonyms for unfilled

adj unfilled

  • brimming — completely full with something
  • level with — having no part higher than another; having a flat or even surface.
  • lousy with — infested with lice.
  • massed — a body of coherent matter, usually of indefinite shape and often of considerable size: a mass of dough.
All 6 Antonyms of unfilled

Top questions with unfilled

  • how long to bake unfilled pie crust?
  • how long do you bake a pie crust unfilled?

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