fill

CEFRA1

/fɪl/

verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To make something full.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    To make full

Examples

  • I'll find someone to fill in for you.

  • Please fill this glass for me.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • [ˈfɪɫ]

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

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

  2. To enter (something), making it full.

  3. To become full.

More examples

In context

  • The doors opened and guests filled the auditorium.

  • Fill in the blanks.

  • She filled a glass with milk.

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Antonyms

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Origin

verb

From Middle English fillen, fullen, from Old English fyllan (“to fill, fill up, replenish, satisfy; complete, fulfill”), from Proto-West Germanic *fullijan, from Proto-Germanic *fullijaną (“to make full, fill”), from *fullaz (“full”), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (“full”). Cognate with Scots fill (“to fill”), West Frisian folje (“to fill”), Low German füllen (“to fill”), Dutch vullen (“to fill”), German füllen (“to fill”), Danish fylde (“to fill”), Swedish fylla (“to fill”), Norwegian fylle (“to fill”), Icelandic fylla (“to fill”) and Latin plenus (“full”)