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[fɪl] verb I

1) [T] to make something full

Let me fill your glass.[/ex]

The room was filled with thick smoke.[/ex]

She filled the bowl with warm water.[/ex]

2) [I] to become full of something

The bar was slowly filling with people.[/ex]

3) [T] to put something into a hole or GAP so that the hole or GAP no longer exists

We used cement to fill the cracks.[/ex]

4) [T] if sound, smell, or light fills a place, it is very strong or noticeable

Brilliant sunlight filled the whole room.[/ex]

5) [T] if someone fills a job or position, they are given that job or position

All the vacancies have now been filled.[/ex]

6) [T] if something fills you with a particular emotion, you feel that emotion very strongly

The sound of his voice filled me with dread.[/ex]

7) [T] if you fill a period of time, you spend it doing something

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fill a need/gap/void/vacuum — to provide something that is missing or needed[/ex]

- fill in

- fill sb in

- fill sth in

- fill out

- fill sth out

- fill up

- fill sth up

II noun fill [fɪl] have your fill of sth — to experience so much of something that you do not want any more[/ex]