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Definition: To fill out
Fill
\Fill\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Filled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Filling.] [OE. fillen, fullen, AS. fyllan, fr. full full;
akin to D. vullen, G. f["u]llen, Icel. fylla, Sw. fylla, Dan.
fylde, Goth. fulljan. See
Full, a.]
1. To make full; to supply with as much as can be held or
contained; to put or pour into, till no more can be
received; to occupy the whole capacity of.
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The rain also filleth the pools. --Ps. lxxxiv.
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Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with
water. Anf they filled them up to the brim. --John
ii. 7.
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2. To furnish an abudant supply to; to furnish with as mush
as is desired or desirable; to occupy the whole of; to
swarm in or overrun.
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And God blessed them, saying. Be fruitful, and
multiply, and fill the waters in the seas. --Gen. i.
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The Syrians filled the country. --1 Kings xx.
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3. To fill or supply fully with food; to feed; to satisfy.
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Whence should we have so much bread in the
wilderness, as to fillso great a multitude? --Matt.
xv. 33.
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Things that are sweet and fat are more filling.
--Bacon.
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4. To possess and perform the duties of; to officiate in, as
an incumbent; to occupy; to hold; as, a king fills a
throne; the president fills the office of chief
magistrate; the speaker of the House fills the chair.
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5. To supply with an incumbent; as, to fill an office or a
vacancy. --A. Hamilton.
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6. (Naut.)
(a) To press and dilate, as a sail; as, the wind filled
the sails.
(b) To trim (a yard) so that the wind shall blow on the
after side of the sails.
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7. (Civil Engineering) To make an embankment in, or raise the
level of (a low place), with earth or gravel.
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To fill in, to insert; as, he filled in the figures.
To fill out, to extend or enlarge to the desired limit; to
make complete; as, to fill out a bill.
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.
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