Antonyms for fills up

Grammar : Verb

Spell : fil

Phonetic Transcription : fɪl

Definition of fills up

Origin : "a full supply," mid-13c., fille, from Old English fylle, from Proto-Germanic *fullin- (cf. Old High German fulli, German Fülle, Old Norse fyllr), noun of state from *fullaz "full" (see full (adj.)). Meaning "extra material in music" is from 1934.

As in recruit : verb gather resources
As in supplement : verb add to
As in brim : verb flow over the top
As in fuel : verb give energy to
As in heap : verb amass, collect in pile

Example sentences :

Dig ports in Barbary when the Garonne fills up with sand every day!
Extract from : « Sophisms of the Protectionists » by Frederic Bastiat

Soon, however, water soaks into the cell, when it fills up and sinks.
Extract from : « Seasoning of Wood » by Joseph B. Wagner

This is a thick coat of mortar, which fills up the gaps and covers all the cells.
Extract from : « The Mason-bees » by J. Henri Fabre

It isn't sensational or exciting, but it fills up and looks business like.
Extract from : « Roughing It » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

No sandstorm ever fills up the hollows, or carries away the ridges.
Extract from : « A Pilgrimage to Nejd, Vol. 1 [of 2] » by Anne Blunt

His walk to Canton fills up most of the day,—Tuesday night here.
Extract from : « John Whopper » by Thomas March Clark

He fills up with subtleties the gaps in his knowledge, and that makes it all so artificial.
Extract from : « Tante » by Anne Douglas Sedgwick

The rest of his time he fills up on eggs and chicken and cheese and beer.
Extract from : « Idle Ideas in 1905 » by Jerome K. Jerome

Yessum, you takes fine whiskey—'bout half bottle, and fills up with strained pokeberry juice.
Extract from : « Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume II, Arkansas Narratives, Part 2 » by Work Projects Administration

The evil wrought by the one fills up the measure of the evil wrought by the other.
Extract from : « On Compromise » by John Morley

Synonyms for fills up

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