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Fill in   /fɪl ɪn/   Listen
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Fill  v. t.  (past & past part. filled; pres. part. filling)  
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. "The rain also filleth the pools." "Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. Anf they filled them up to the brim."
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. "And God blessed them, saying. Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas." "The Syrians filled the country."
3.
To fill or supply fully with food; to feed; to satisfy. "Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fillso great a multitude?" "Things that are sweet and fat are more filling."
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.
5.
To supply with an incumbent; as, to fill an office or a vacancy.
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.
7.
(Civil Engineering) To make an embankment in, or raise the level of (a low place), with earth or gravel.
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." "And fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ."





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"Fill in" Quotes from Famous Books



... very briefly, the outline of this strange cruise; and when the letters come, you can fill in the blanks. ...
— If, Yes and Perhaps - Four Possibilities and Six Exaggerations with Some Bits of Fact • Edward Everett Hale
... to fill in before we could get any news of Dawson's vigil in the Malplaquet, and I have never known a day as drearily long. Cary and I were both restless as peas on a hot girdle, and could not settle down to talk or to read or to write. Cary sought vainly to persuade me to read and pass judgment ...
— The Lost Naval Papers • Bennet Copplestone
... up a ball game in a small town and lacked one player. They finally persuaded an old fellow to fill in, although he said he had never played before. He went to the bat and the first ball pitched he knocked over the fence. Every one stood and watched the ball, even the batter. Excitedly they told him to run. "Shucks!" he said, "what's ...
— More Toasts • Marion Dix Mosher
... of his superior to neglect any of these important essentials, and great care was had, in particular, so to dispose of everything as to render the whole so many radii diverging from a common centre, which centre was the stationary arm-chair that the master of the packet loved to fill in his ...
— Homeward Bound - or, The Chase • James Fenimore Cooper
... and the cleverer. She could write French and nearly speak it, while her sister could only read it. She could play difficult pieces from sight, which it took her sister a morning's pains to practise. She could fill in and finish a drawing, while her sister was still struggling, and struggling in vain, with the first ...
— The Three Clerks • Anthony Trollope


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