to fill up

Examples

• All

• I have this same photo filling up an entire wall in my office.

• So the breathing helps greatly to fill up that gap.

• I say "I can do it!" and fill up with confidence.

  The Phone Book (2008)

• Allow it to fill you up.

  Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)

• How can I fill up my cup of worth in that category?

• All of the colours of the quickly setting sun fill up your sky.

• So I'm like, oh, let me just fill my stomach up and always be full.

• I need something to fill up my time, and I've always been good at organization.

  Fiction book (1995)

• I look at my little girl here, so small in size, yet so large she fills up my life.

  Fiction book (1999)

• So we're going to actually fill the whole branch up with these beautiful icicle ornaments.

Synonyms

F

to fill

vsto fill up

∞ 1.0

To make a place full by putting people or things into it

stresses reaching complete capacity in literal and metaphorical situations

F

to flood

vsto fill up

127 2.1

To fill a place with more things than it can handle

is about bringing something to complete capacity, not necessarily supplying excess

L

to load up

vsto fill up

• Informal

94 3.0

To fill a car, box, or yourself with things until each is full

is broader and applies to making things full in many situations

S

to saturate

vsto fill up

55 5.2

Make something so full of liquid or color that it can take no more

is the broader act of making something full, not only by soaking

I

to inflate

vsto fill up

44 2.9

To fill something with air so it becomes larger and round

is broader and covers making things full by any material, not only air

B

to blow up

vsto fill up

23 2.7

To fill something with air or gas until it gets larger

is broader and applies to making things full beyond air or gas situations

C

to cram

vsto fill up

16 3.2

Push things or people into a small space until nothing fits

is the general action of making something completely full without implying force

T

to top off

vsto fill up

• Informal

5 3.6

Fill something to the top until it almost overflows

is broader and applies to making things completely full in many contexts

F

to fill to the brim

vsto fill up

5 2.7

To make something so full that nothing else can fit

is used both literally and metaphorically, not only for exact capacity

T

to top up

vsto fill up

3 3.2

To fill something again or add money to an account until full

is the broader act of bringing something to complete capacity not only adding more

J

to jampack

vsto fill up

1 4.5

Fill a place or container until there is no room left

is about bringing something to complete capacity in many kinds of situations

C

to chock up

vsto fill up

• UK

7.4

To fill a space so full that nothing more can be added

is the general act of making something completely full not only tight packing

G

to glut

vsto fill up

7.0

To fill a market with too much of a product so it becomes unwanted

is focused on achieving complete capacity rather than creating an unwanted surplus

Antonyms

D

to drain

198 1.0

To let liquid flow away from something

D

to deplete

13 6.3

To use up almost all of something so little is left

How Full

to satiate

9 7.1

to fill up

19 1.8

to top up

3 3.2

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology