ALL meanings of fill up
fill up
F f - verb with object fill up to supply to an extreme degree or plentifully: to fill a house with furniture; to fill the heart with joy. 1
- verb with object fill up to satisfy fully the hunger of; satiate: The roast beef filled the diners. 1
- verb with object fill up to put into a receptacle: to fill sand into a pail. 1
- verb with object fill up to be plentiful throughout: Fish filled the rivers. 1
- verb with object fill up to extend throughout; pervade completely: The odor filled the room. 1
- verb with object fill up to furnish with an occupant: The landlord filled the vacancy yesterday. 1
- verb with object fill up to provide (an office or opening) with an incumbent: The company is eager to fill the controllership. 1
- verb with object fill up to occupy and perform the duties of (a vacancy, position, post, etc.). 1
- verb with object fill up to supply the requirements or contents of (an order), as for goods; execute. 1
- verb with object fill up to supply (a blank space) with written matter, decorative work, etc. 1
- verb with object fill up to meet satisfactorily, as requirements: This book fills a great need. 1
- verb with object fill up to make up, compound, or otherwise provide the contents of (a medical prescription). 1
- verb with object fill up to stop up or close (a cavity, hole, etc.): to fill a tooth. 1
- verb with object fill up Cookery. to insert a filling into: to fill cupcakes with custard. 1
- verb with object fill up Nautical. to distend (a sail) by pressure of the wind so as to impart headway to a vessel. to brace (a yard) so that the sail will catch the wind on its after side. 1
- verb with object fill up to adulterate: to fill soaps with water. 1
- verb with object fill up Civil Engineering, Building Trades. to build up the level of (an area) with earth, stones, etc. 1
- verb without object fill up to become full: The hall filled rapidly. Our eyes filled with tears. 1
- verb without object fill up to increase in atmospheric pressure: a filling cyclone. 1
- verb without object fill up to become distended, as sails with the wind. 1
- idioms fill up fill and stand on, Nautical. (of a sailing vessel) to proceed on a tack after being hove to or halted facing the wind; fill away. 1
- idioms fill up fill the bill. bill1 (def 16). 1
- transitivephrasal verb fill up make full 1
- verbal expression fill up make full of 1
- transitivephrasal verb fill up petrol tank: fill 1
- intransitivephrasal verb fill up become teary-eyed 1
- noun fill up a full supply; enough to satisfy want or desire: to eat one's fill. 1
- noun fill up an amount of something sufficient for filling; charge. 1
- noun fill up Civil Engineering, Building Trades. a quantity of earth, stones, etc., for building up the level of an area of ground: These houses were built on fill. Compare backfill. 1
- noun fill up the feed and water in the digestive tract of a livestock animal, especially that consumed before marketing. 1
- verb with object fill up to make full; put as much as can be held into: to fill a jar with water. 1
- verb with object fill up to occupy to the full capacity: Water filled the basin. The crowd filled the hall. 1
- phrasal verb fill up If you fill up or fill yourself up with food, you eat so much that you do not feel hungry. 0
- phrasal verb fill up A type of food that fills you up makes you feel that you have eaten a lot, even though you have only eaten a small amount. 0
- verb fill up to complete (a form, application, etc) 0
- verb fill up to make or become completely full 0
- noun fill up the act of filling something completely, esp the petrol tank of a car 0