Antonyms for fill
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : fil |
| Phonetic Transcription : fɪl |
Definition of fill
Origin :- Old English fyllan "fill up, replenish, satisfy," from Proto-Germanic *fullijan (cf. Old Saxon fulljan, Old Norse fylla, Old Frisian fella, Dutch vullen, German füllen "to fill"), a derivative of adj. *fullaz "full" (see full (adj.)). Related: Filled.
- To fill the bill (1882) originally was U.S. theatrical slang, in reference to a star whose name would be the only one on a show's poster. To fill out "write in required matter" is recorded from 1880. Fill-in "substitute" (n.) is from 1918.
- noun capacity
- verb to put in and occupy the whole of
- verb execute, fulfill
- There are plenty of other people ready to fill in the shadows.
- Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
- What's Lanning done that he has a right to fill Allister's place with us?
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- "Come, George, fill up your glass," said Ashton repeatedly; but George declined.
- Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder
- I will sign you a blank cheque, which your uncle can fill up with the amount he has stolen.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- It is for me to fill your cups again, since you have drained them to my dear lads of the white jerkin.
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- Season the mixture with salt and pepper and fill the shells with it.
- Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 3 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- Add the butter and vanilla, cool, and fill into the éclairs.
- Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 4 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- Christine Lorenz, while not large, seemed to fill the little room.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- At the White Springs Hotel they stopped to fill the gasolene tank of the car.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- I filled my life to the very brim with pleasure, as one might fill a cup to the very brim with wine.
- Extract from : « De Profundis » by Oscar Wilde
Synonyms for fill
- all one wants
- ample
- answer
- assign
- block
- blow up
- brim over
- bulge out
- carry out
- charge
- choke
- clog
- close
- congest
- cram
- crowd
- discharge
- dispatch
- distend
- distribute
- elect
- engage
- enough
- filler
- fix
- fulfill
- furnish
- glut
- gorge
- heap
- hold
- impregnate
- inflate
- jam-pack
- lade
- load
- meet
- name
- occupy
- officiate
- overflow
- overspread
- pack
- pack like sardines
- padding
- perform
- permeate
- pervade
- plenty
- plug
- puff up
- pump up
- ram
- ram in
- replenish
- sate
- satiate
- satiety
- satisfy
- saturate
- shoal
- stock
- stopper
- store
- stretch
- stuff
- stuffing
- sufficiency
- sufficient
- supply
- swell
- take up
- top
- top off
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