Synonyms for fills up
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : fil |
| Phonetic Transcription : fɪl |
Top 10 synonyms for fills up Other synonyms for the word fills up
- accumulate
- add
- add fuel to fire
- arrange
- augment
- bank
- beef up
- better
- build up
- bunch
- call to arms
- charge
- complete
- deliver
- deposit
- enroll
- extend
- fan
- feed
- fill
- fill 'er up
- fill out
- fill up
- find human resources
- fire
- fortify
- gain
- gas
- gas up
- gather
- group
- heat up
- hoard
- hold no more
- impress
- improve
- incite
- increase
- induct
- inflame
- jazz up
- levy
- load
- lump
- mass
- mobilize
- mound
- muster
- nourish
- obtain
- overflow
- pack
- pad
- procure
- proselytize
- punch up
- raise
- reanimate
- recoup
- recover
- recuperate
- refresh
- regain
- reinforce
- renew
- repair
- replenish
- repossess
- restore
- retrieve
- revive
- round up
- run over
- select
- service
- sign on
- sign up
- spill
- stack
- step up
- stockpile
- stoke up
- store
- store up
- strengthen
- subsidize
- supply
- sustain
- swell
- take in
- take on
- tank up
- teem
- top
- well over
- win over
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for fills up
- avoid
- break
- cancel
- damage
- de-energize
- decline
- decrease
- deplete
- destroy
- deteriorate
- diminish
- discourage
- dismiss
- disperse
- dissuade
- distribute
- divide
- dodge
- forfeit
- hurt
- ignore
- injure
- kill
- lessen
- let down
- lose
- lower
- miss
- mix up
- neglect
- reduce
- refuse
- reject
- ruin
- scatter
- separate
- shun
- spend
- spread
- squander
- stop
- subtract
- take away
- unfuel
- use
- waste
- weaken
- worsen
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