fill

verb

• 1 [with object] cause (a space or container) to become full or almost full:I filled up the bottle with water the office was filled with reporters
• block up (a cavity in a tooth) with cement, amalgam, or gold.
• [no object] become full:Elinor’s eyes filled with tears the dining car filled up
• [no object] (fill up) fill the fuel tank of a car.
• become an overwhelming presence in; pervade:a pungent smell of garlic filled the air
• cause (someone) to experience a strong emotion or feeling:his presence filled us with foreboding
• [no object] (of a sail) curve out tautly from its supports as the wind blows into it.
• (of the wind) blow into (a sail), causing it to curve outwards.

• 2appoint a person to hold (a vacant post):the board contacted him to say they had already filled the position
• hold and perform the expected duties of (a post or role):he had filled the post in an acting capacity for some time
• satisfy or fulfil (a want or need):community land trusts are a way to fill the pressing need for housing

• 3occupy or take up (a period of time):the next few days were filled with meetings

• 4chiefly North American be supplied with the items described in (a prescription or order).

• 5(in poker) complete (a good hand) by drawing the necessary cards.

noun

• 1 (one's fill) an amount of something which is as much as one wants or can bear:we have eaten our fill I’ve had my fill of surprises for one day

• 2an amount of something which will occupy all the space in a container:a fill of tobacco
• [mass noun] material, typically loose or compacted, which fills a space, especially in building or engineering work:loose polystyrene fill
• [mass noun] the action of filling something, especially of shading in a region of a computer graphics display.
• (in popular music) a short interjected phrase on a particular instrument.