fills

noun

(after a possessive) A sufficient or more than sufficient amount.

An amount that fills a container.

The filling of a container or area.

Inexpensive material used to occupy empty spaces, especially in construction.

(archaeology) Soil and/or human-created debris discovered within a cavity or cut in the layers and exposed by excavation; fill soil.

An embankment, as in railroad construction, to fill a hollow or ravine; also, the place which is to be filled.

(music) A short passage, riff, or rhythmic sound that helps to keep the listener's attention during a break between the phrases of a melody.

(weaving) The weft yarn.

(crosswording) The answers in a crossword puzzle that are not part of the theme.

One of the thills or shafts of a carriage.

A surname transferred from the given name.

(film, television) Ellipsis of fill light. [(film, television, photography, theater) A light that may be used to reduce the contrast of a scene to match the dynamic range of the recording media and capture the amount of detail typically seen by eye in average conditions.]

verb

(transitive, ergative) To make full

To add contents to (a container, cavity, or the like) so that it is full.

To enter (something), making it full.

To occupy fully, to take up all of.

(intransitive) To become full.

(of containers, cavities, or the like)

To become pervaded with something.

(transitive) To satisfy or obey (an order, request, or requirement).

(transitive) To install someone, or be installed, in (a position or office), eliminating a vacancy.

(transitive) To treat (a tooth) by adding a dental filling to it.

(transitive) To block, obstruct

(transitive) To supply fully with food; to feed; to satisfy.

(transitive, nautical) To trim (a yard) so that the wind blows on the after side of the sails.

(transitive, slang, vulgar, of a male) To have sexual intercourse with (a female).

(transitive, slang, vulgar, of a male) To ejaculate inside someone or something.

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