filling

Noun
Synonyms: fillwoofweftpick

WordNet 3.0

Noun (6)

  1. any material that fills a space or container“there was not enough fill for the trench”Synonyms: fill
  2. flow into something (as a container)
  3. a food mixture used to fill pastry or sandwiches etc.
  4. the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weavingSynonyms: woofweftpick
  5. (dentistry) a dental appliance consisting of any of various substances (as metal or plastic) inserted into a prepared cavity in a tooth“when he yawned I could see the gold fillings in his teeth”“an informal British term for `filling' is `stopping'”
  6. the act of filling something
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Fill \Fill\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Filled; p. pr. & vb. n. Filling.] [OE. fillen, fullen, AS. fyllan, fr. full full; akin to D. vullen, G. f["u]llen, Icel. fylla, Sw. fylla, Dan. fylde, Goth. fulljan. See Full, a.]

1.To make full; to supply with as much as can be held or contained; to put or pour into, till no more can be received; to occupy the whole capacity of. [1913 Webster]

The rain also filleth the pools.— Ps. lxxxiv. 6.[1913 Webster]
Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. Anf they filled them up to the brim.— John ii. 7.[1913 Webster]

2.To furnish an abudant supply to; to furnish with as mush as is desired or desirable; to occupy the whole of; to swarm in or overrun. [1913 Webster]

And God blessed them, saying. Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas.— Gen. i. 22.[1913 Webster]
The Syrians filled the country.— 1 Kings xx. 27.[1913 Webster]

3.To fill or supply fully with food; to feed; to satisfy. [1913 Webster]

Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fillso great a multitude?— Matt. xv. 33.[1913 Webster]
Things that are sweet and fat are more filling.— Bacon.[1913 Webster]

4.To possess and perform the duties of; to officiate in, as an incumbent; to occupy; to hold; as, a king fills a throne; the president fills the office of chief magistrate; the speaker of the House fills the chair. [1913 Webster]

5.To supply with an incumbent; as, to fill an office or a vacancy. --A. Hamilton. [1913 Webster]

6.(Naut.) (a) To press and dilate, as a sail; as, the wind filled the sails. (b) To trim (a yard) so that the wind shall blow on the after side of the sails. [1913 Webster]

7.(Civil Engineering) To make an embankment in, or raise the level of (a low place), with earth or gravel. [1913 Webster]

To fill in, to insert; as, he filled in the figures.

To fill out, to extend or enlarge to the desired limit; to make complete; as, to fill out a bill.

To fill up, to make quite full; to fill to the brim or entirely; to occupy completely; to complete. "The bliss that fills up all the mind." --Pope. "And fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ." --Col. i. 24. [1913 Webster]

Filling \Fill"ing\, n.

1.That which is used to fill a cavity or any empty space, or to supply a deficiency; as, filling for a cavity in a tooth, a depression in a roadbed, the space between exterior and interior walls of masonry, the pores of open-grained wood, the space between the outer and inner planks of a vessel, etc. [1913 Webster]

2.The woof in woven fabrics. [1913 Webster]

3.(Brewing) Prepared wort added to ale to cleanse it. [1913 Webster]

Back filling. (Arch.) See under Back, a. [1913 Webster]

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