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ALL meanings of filling

fill·ing
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  • noun filling dentistry: substance filling cavity 1
  • noun filling in pies, crusts etc 1
  • noun filling caulk, sand 1
  • adjective filling food: substantial 1
  • noun filling a full supply; enough to satisfy want or desire: to eat one's fill. 1
  • noun filling an amount of something sufficient for filling; charge. 1
  • noun filling 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 filling the feed and water in the digestive tract of a livestock animal, especially that consumed before marketing. 1
  • verb with object filling to make full; put as much as can be held into: to fill a jar with water. 1
  • verb with object filling to occupy to the full capacity: Water filled the basin. The crowd filled the hall. 1
  • verb with object filling to supply to an extreme degree or plentifully: to fill a house with furniture; to fill the heart with joy. 1
  • verb with object filling to satisfy fully the hunger of; satiate: The roast beef filled the diners. 1
  • verb with object filling to put into a receptacle: to fill sand into a pail. 1
  • verb with object filling to be plentiful throughout: Fish filled the rivers. 1
  • verb with object filling to extend throughout; pervade completely: The odor filled the room. 1
  • verb with object filling to furnish with an occupant: The landlord filled the vacancy yesterday. 1
  • verb with object filling to provide (an office or opening) with an incumbent: The company is eager to fill the controllership. 1
  • verb with object filling to occupy and perform the duties of (a vacancy, position, post, etc.). 1
  • verb with object filling to supply the requirements or contents of (an order), as for goods; execute. 1
  • verb with object filling to supply (a blank space) with written matter, decorative work, etc. 1
  • verb with object filling to meet satisfactorily, as requirements: This book fills a great need. 1
  • verb with object filling to make up, compound, or otherwise provide the contents of (a medical prescription). 1
  • verb with object filling to stop up or close (a cavity, hole, etc.): to fill a tooth. 1
  • verb with object filling Cookery. to insert a filling into: to fill cupcakes with custard. 1
  • verb with object filling 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 filling to adulterate: to fill soaps with water. 1
  • verb with object filling Civil Engineering, Building Trades. to build up the level of (an area) with earth, stones, etc. 1
  • verb without object filling to become full: The hall filled rapidly. Our eyes filled with tears. 1
  • verb without object filling to increase in atmospheric pressure: a filling cyclone. 1
  • verb without object filling to become distended, as sails with the wind. 1
  • idioms filling 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 filling fill the bill. bill1 (def 16). 1
  • noun filling A quantity of material that fills or is used to fill something. 1
  • countable noun filling A filling is a small amount of metal or plastic that a dentist puts in a hole in a tooth to prevent further decay. 0
  • variable noun filling The filling in something such as a cake, pie, or sandwich is a substance or mixture that is put inside it. 0
  • variable noun filling The filling in a piece of soft furniture or in a cushion is the soft substance inside it. 0
  • adjective filling Food that is filling makes you feel full when you have eaten it. 0
  • noun filling the substance or thing used to fill a space or container 0
  • noun filling any of various substances (metal, plastic, etc) for inserting into the prepared cavity of a tooth 0
  • noun filling the cavity of a tooth so filled 0
  • adjective filling (of food or a meal) substantial and satisfying 0
  • noun filling the act of one that fills 0
  • noun filling a thing used to fill something else or to supply what is lacking 0
  • noun filling the metal, plastic, etc. inserted by a dentist into a prepared cavity in a tooth 0
  • noun filling the foodstuff used between the slices of a sandwich, in a pastry shell, etc. 0
  • noun filling the crosswise threads, or weft, in a woven fabric 0
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