fill
English
/fɪl/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To occupy fully, to take up all of.
- (transitive) To add contents to (a container, cavity or the like) so that it is full.
- To enter (something), making it full.
- (intransitive) To become full.
- (intransitive) 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 fill or supply fully with food; to feed; to satisfy.
- (transitive) To trim (a yard) so that the wind blows on the after side of the sails.
- (transitive) To have sexual intercourse with (a female).
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English fillen (fill) inherited from Old English fyllan (satisfy, fulfill, fill up, fill, replenish, complete) inherited from Proto-Germanic *fullijaną (fill, make full) derived from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (full).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*pl̥h₁nós
Gloss
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Concept
Semantic Field
Quantity
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antilandfill English
- autofill English
- back English
- backfill English
- dike English
- dyke English
- fiber English
- fiberfill English
- fibre English
- fibrefill English
- fill-dike English
- fill-dyke English
- fillable English
- filler English
- fillest English
- filleth English
- fillrate English
- fillup English
- forthfill English
- fulfill English
- fulfillable English
- fulfiller English
- fulfilment English
- fylfot English
- in English
- infill English
- infiller English
- infilling English
- lake English
- lakefill English
- land English
- landfill English
- landfillable English
- line English
- linefill English
- loose English
- loosefill English
- microfill English
- nanofiller English
- overfill English
- overfulfill English
- plenal English
- plenipotent English
- postfiller English
- prefill English
- prefiller English
- rate English
- refill English
- refillability English
- refillable English
- refiller English
- rock English
- rockfill English
- spacefiller English
- underfill English
- unfill English
- unfillable English
- unfulfill English
- unfulfillment English
- up English
- upfill English
- fyllata Finnish
- *impleniō Latin
- plenarius Latin
- plenitatem Latin
- plenus Latin
- plēnus Latin
- semiplenus Latin
- Füller German
- Füllmaterial German
- Füllsel German
- Füllstoff German
- abfüllen German
- anfüllen German
- auffüllen German
- ausfüllen German
- einfüllen German
- erfüllen German
- füllen German
- vollfüllen German
- refil Italian
- aanvullen Dutch, Flemish
- invullen Dutch, Flemish
- vakkenvuller Dutch, Flemish
- vervullen Dutch, Flemish
- vullen Dutch, Flemish
- vulling Dutch, Flemish
- vulpen Dutch, Flemish
- vulpotlood Dutch, Flemish
- vulslurf Dutch, Flemish
- zakkenvuller Dutch, Flemish
- *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *pl̥h₁nós Proto-Indo-European
- refill Portuguese
- *fullaz Proto-Germanic
- *fullijaną Proto-Germanic
- fylla Swedish
- fyllekörning Swedish
- rattfylleri Swedish
- uppfylla Swedish
- fullfyllan Old English
- fyllan Old English
- fōt Old English
- gefyllan Old English
- oferfyllan Old English
- पूर्ण Sanskrit
- पृणाति Sanskrit
- *overfillen Middle English
- fillen Middle English
- forthfillen Middle English
- fulfillen Middle English
- upfillen Middle English
- fylla Old Norse
- fylde Danish
- massefylde Danish
- varmefylde Danish
- vægtfylde Danish
- repleniss- Old French
- filati Serbo-Croatian
- fylla Icelandic
- fylling Icelandic
- împlini Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- vullen Middle Dutch
- fullen Old High German
- vüllen Middle High German
- afëllen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- fëllen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *fullen Old Dutch
- *ɸlānos Proto-Celtic
- büllan Cimbrian
- *pr̥Hnás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- fullian Old Saxon
- *plēnos Proto-Italic
- *pr̥náHti Proto-Indo-Aryan
- füllen Low German
- *pílˀnas Proto-Balto-Slavic
- fyllæ Old Danish
- up
- in
- dike
- dyke
- rate
- rock
- lake
- back
- land
- line
- fiber
- fibre
- loose
- filler
- infill
- upfill
- unfill
- plenal
- refill
- fylfot
- fillup
- prefill
- filleth
- fillest
- fulfill
- overfill
- fillable
- fillrate
- linefill
- refiller
- landfill
- rockfill
- lakefill
- backfill
- infiller
- autofill
- unfulfill
- fiberfill
- infilling
- fill-dyke
- microfill
- forthfill
- underfill
- fulfiller
- loosefill
- fibrefill
- fill-dike
- prefiller
- nanofiller
- postfiller
- unfillable
- refillable
- fulfilment
- spacefiller
- fulfillable
- plenipotent
- overfulfill
- landfillable
- antilandfill
- refillability
- unfulfillment