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   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. füllen, 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. 6.
   
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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. 22.
   
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   The Syrians filled the country. 1 Kings xx. 27.
   
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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. 24.
   
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   filled adj.
   1.  containing as much or as many as is possible or normal; as, “filled to overflowing”.  Opposite of empty. [Narrower terms: abounding in(predicate), abounding with(predicate), bristling with(predicate), full of(predicate), overflowing, overflowing with(predicate), rich in(predicate), rife with(predicate), thick with(predicate); brimful, brimful of(predicate), brimfull, brimfull of(predicate), brimming, brimming with(predicate); chockablock(predicate), chock-full(predicate), chockfull(predicate), chockful(predicate), choke-full(predicate), chuck-full(predicate), cram full; congested, engorged; crawling with(predicate), overrun with, swarming, swarming with(predicate), teeming, teeming with(predicate); flooded, inundated, swamped ; glutted, overfull; heavy with(predicate) ; laden, loaded ; overladen, overloaded ; stuffed ; stuffed; well-lined ]
   
   Syn. -- full.
   
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   2. entirely of one substance with no holes inside.  Opposite of hollow.
   
   Syn. -- solid.
   
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   3. having appointments throughout the course of a period; -- of an appointment schedule; as, “My calendar is filled for the week”.  Opposite of unoccupied and free
   
   Syn. -- occupied.
   
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