fill : Idioms & Phrases

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air-filled

  • adjective satellite full of air
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Back filling

  • (Arch.), the mass of materials used in filling up the space between two walls, or between the inner and outer faces of a wall, or upon the haunches of an arch or vault.
Webster 1913

blood-filled

  • adjective satellite containing blood
    • the blood-filled centers of arteries and veins
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egg-filled

  • adjective satellite full of eggs
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fill again

  • verb fill something that had previously been emptied
    refill; replenish.
    • refill my glass, please
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Fill horse

  • a thill horse.
Webster 1913

fill in

  • verb supply with information on a specific topic
    • He filled me in on the latest developments
  • verb represent the effect of shade or shadow on
    shade.
  • verb be a substitute
    stand in; sub; substitute.
    • The young teacher had to substitute for the sick colleague
    • The skim milk substitutes for cream--we are on a strict diet
  • verb write all the required information onto a form
    fill in; make out; complete.
    • fill out this questionnaire, please!
    • make out a form
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fill out

  • verb write all the required information onto a form
    fill in; make out; complete.
    • fill out this questionnaire, please!
    • make out a form
  • verb make bigger or better or more complete
    round out.
  • verb supplement what is thought to be deficient
    eke out.
    • He eked out his meager pay by giving private lessons
    • Braque eked out his collages with charcoal
  • verb line or stuff with soft material
    pad.
    • pad a bra
  • verb make fat or plump
    fatten up; fat; flesh out; fatten; fatten out; plump out; plump.
    • We will plump out that poor starving child
  • verb become round, plump, or shapely
    round; flesh out.
    • The young woman is fleshing out
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fill the bill

  • verb be what is needed or be good enough for what is required
    fit the bill.
    • Does this restaurant fit the bill for the celebration?
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fill up

  • verb make full, also in a metaphorical sense
    make full; fill.
    • fill a container
    • fill the child with pride
  • verb become full
    fill.
    • The pool slowly filled with water
    • The theater filled up slowly
  • verb fill or stop up
    close.
    • Can you close the cracks with caulking?
  • verb eat until one is sated
    fill.
    • He filled up on turkey
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fill-in

  • noun someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)
    stand-in; substitute; relief; backup; reliever; backup man.
    • the star had a stand-in for dangerous scenes
    • we need extra employees for summer fill-ins
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filling station

  • noun a service station that sells gasoline
    petrol station; gasoline station; gas station.
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gas-filled

  • adjective satellite full of a gas
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smoke-filled

  • adjective satellite containing smoke
    • smoke-filled rooms
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sperm-filled

  • adjective satellite filled with sperm
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To back and fill

  • to manage the sails of a ship so that the wind strikes them alternately in front and behind, in order to keep the ship in the middle of a river or channel while the current or tide carries the vessel against the wind. Hence: (Fig.) To take opposite positions alternately; to assert and deny. Colloq.
Webster 1913

To fill in

  • to insert; as, he filled in the figures.
Webster 1913

To fill out

  • to extend or enlarge to the desired limit; to make complete; as, to fill out a bill.
Webster 1913

To fill the ranks

  • to supply the whole number, or a competent number.
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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.
  • to grow or become quite full; as, the channel of the river fills up with sand.
Webster 1913