fill
make full, also in a metaphorical sense
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,891 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 9,465 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
verb
- make full, also in a metaphorical sense also: fill up, make full fill a containerfill the child with pride
- become full also: fill up The pool slowly filled with waterThe theater filled up slowly
- occupy the whole of also: occupy The liquid fills the container
- assume, as of positions or roles also: take, occupy She took the job as director of developmenthe occupies the position of manager
- fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condtion ro restriction also: fit, conform to, meet, satisfy, fulfill, fulfil does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?This job doesn't match my dreams
- appoint someone to (a position or a job)
fill in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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The hanging-gardens seemed to fill his thoughts.
An Egyptian Princess — Volume 07 · Georg Ebers · Chapter 1
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Gentlemen, I hope you will all fill in honour of our host.
Representative Plays by American Dramatists — Love in '76 · Oliver Bell Bunce · Chapter 1
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But undergraduates of every race Flocked to the Theatre, each night to fill it.
Punch — Volume 101, November 7, 1891 · Various · Chapter 1
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In a few years it will be too late and we won't be able to fill up the gap.
William Gibson Interviewed · Giuseppe Salza · Chapter 1
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The streams increase; love's waves my bark do fill; Thus are they wracked that guide their course by will.
Elizabethan Sonnet Cycles: Phillis - Licia · Martha Foote [Editor] Crow · Chapter 1