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fill
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[ verb ] make full, also in a metaphorical sense
Examples "fill a container" "fill the child with pride" Used in print (Rocky Mountains News, [Denver, Colorado],...)Jay_Porter drew a base_on_balls to fill the bases but Don_Wert 's smash was knocked_down by Rudolph for the putout . (Harry H. Hull, "The Normal Forces and Their Ther...)* * f is the work necessary to fill the manometer column from the reference height to h . (B. J. D. Meeuse, The Story of Pollination....)She also builds one or two waxen cups which she fills with honey . (Richard F. McLaughlin, et al., "A study of the...)Some of these were obviously filling from interlobular branches of the bronchial_arteries while others were filling from direct hilar branches following along the pleural surface . Some of these were obviously filling from interlobular branches of the bronchial_arteries while others were filling from direct hilar branches following along the pleural surface . |
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[ verb ] become full
Synonyms Examples "The pool slowly filled with water" "The theater filled up slowly" Used in print (Frank Oppenheimer, "Science and Fear-- A Discussion...)I am usually filled with an uneasiness that through some unwitting slip all hell may break_loose . (James A. Ibers et al., "Proton magnetic resonance...)The bubble was filled to the top and special precautions were taken to prevent any sample from remaining in the capillary . (J. W. C. Hagstrom et al., "Debilitating muscular...)Some of the small vessels were filled with fibrin thrombi , and there was extensive interstitial hemorrhage . (Christopher Davis, First Family....)Both watched Scotty constantly , Rachel without seeming to , Virginia openly , her eyes filled with concern . (W. H. Gass, "The Pedersen Kid," in The...)Big_Hans began pouring whisky in the kid 's mouth but his mouth filled without any getting down his throat and in a second it was dripping from his chin . |
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[ verb ] occupy the whole of
Synonyms Examples "The liquid fills the container" Used in print (J. W. C. Hagstrom et al., "Debilitating muscular...)The small and large_intestines were filled with gas , and the jejunum was dilated to about 2 times its normal circumference . Related terms |
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[ verb ] (work) assume, as of positions or roles
Synonyms Examples "She took the job as director of development" Used in print (Whit Masterson, Evil Come, Evil Go....)Charlie_Marble was back_and_forth on several occasions , first to confer_with Andy on the advisability of cancelling the Las_Vegas engagement - they decided it was wise - and later to announce that a prominent comedian , also an agency client , had agreed to fill the casino 's open date . |
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[ verb ] fill or meet a want or need
Used in print (Gibson Winter, The Suburban Captivity of the...)The perplexing question still remains as to why the middle_classes turn_to the churches as a vehicle of social identity when their clubs and charities should fill the same need . (U.S. Reports. Volume 366. Cases Adjudged in the...)Within a_few years various du_Pont manufactured items were filling the entire requirements of from four to seven of General_Motors ' eight operating divisions . (Committee for Economic Development, Distressed...)The existence of a public_school vocational training_program in trade and industry provides a base from which such needs can be filled . (Jay Williams, The Forger....)He filled a real need , showing society what it looked_like , turning it inside_out , portraying its wars and its leaders , its ugliness and its beauties , reflecting its profound religious impulses . Related terms provide feed_on quench quell answer fulfillment satisfier satisfaction |
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[ verb ] (food) eat until one is sated
Examples "He filled up on turkey" Used in print (Jack Kaplan, "The Health Machine Menace: Therapy by...)In Chicago , some time ago , Mr._H. , age 27 , a diabetic since he was six , stopped using insulin because he had bought a `` magic spike '' - a glass tube about the size of a pencil filled with barium chloride worth a small fraction of a cent - sold by the Vrilium_Company of Chicago for $ 306 as a cure-all . |
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[ verb ] (work) appoint someone to (a position or a job)
Used in print (The Dallas Morning News,...)Marshall_Formby of Plainview , former chairman of the Texas_Highway_Commission , suggested a plan to fill by appointment future vacancies in the Legislature and Congress , eliminating the need for costly special elections . Related terms |
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[ verb ] fill to satisfaction
Examples "I am sated" Used in print (Joyce O. Hertzler, American Social Institutions;...)The significant things in it , at the higher religious levels , are the inner emotional , mental , and spiritual occurrences that fill the pressing human needs of self-preservation , self pacification , and self completion . |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 24677
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