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🥛 To make full ✅ To satisfy 👔 To appoint 🍽️ Enough amount 🪨 A filler material
fill

fill

34 2.0
Enough of something to satisfy a need or desire
  • noun
  • /fɪl/
translation icon : saciedad
  • And every year, we eat our fill.
  • eat your fill

Examples

  • They'd drunk their fill and were browsing the new grass at the water's edge.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • The children played until they had their fill of fun and laughter.

  • - No, I had my fill, thanks.

    Blacktop (2000)

  • Figure I'll get my fill of both on this trip.

    Day of the Animals (1977)

  • Okay, looks like it's had its fill.

    Creature (1985)

  • Anyway, I've had my fill of life on the ground.

    Contact (1997)

  • We've all had our fill, I think we should head back to the ship.

    Bloodsuckers (2005)

  • I've had my fill of Sanchez's hospitality.

    Licence to Kill (1989)

  • Only after he had eaten his fill did Casimir turn from the carcass.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • Heron waited until they'd drunk their fill of the water, splashing disdain at the taste with their noses.

    Fiction book (1990)

Synonyms

plenty
vsfill
∞ 1.0

A large amount that is more than needed

is about an amount that satisfies desire or need rather than excess
enough
vsfill
2 1.0

An amount that satisfies a need

is about an amount that satisfies personal desire rather than a practical purpose

Antonyms

lack
∞ 1.3

Not having something you need or want

insufficiency
1 6.5

A lack of skill, experience, or resources needed for a job

Idioms

to fill the air
18 3.7

A strong sound, smell, or feeling that people notice around them

to fill to the brim
5 2.7

To make something so full that nothing else can fit

to fill someone's shoes
4 5.3

To take over someone's job when it is hard to do it as well

to fill the bill
2 4.0

To be right for a particular purpose or need

to fill one's face
  • UK
8.5

To eat a lot of food quickly

to fill one's hand
8.6

Put as much as your hand can hold

to fill one's boots
  • UK
9.1

To enjoy something fully and take as much as you want

to fill one's pants
  • NSFW
9.9

To be so frightened that you almost wet yourself

to get one's fill
  • Informal
3.7

Have as much of something as you want until you feel satisfied

Compounds

fill-in
6 3.5

A person who temporarily does another person's job

side-fill monitor
  • Specialized
7.2

A speaker at the side of a stage that helps performers hear the sound

How Much

abundance
91 3.3
plenty
∞ 1.0
fill
34 2.0
some
∞ 1.0
little
1 1.0

Surface Forms

fill singular
fills plural

Etymology

The word fill comes from the same root as full meaning 'not empty', so having your 'fill' of food or drink means you have enough to feel full and satisfied.